2 Makitas in a row that run hot...is this the new norm?

Hey Glenn,

the trim routers are so-called universal motors and their motor characteristics is that they get hot the slower they run. Therefore I would run it relatively fast, in a speed setting range where first of all the mechanical load does not slow it down. It’s the fact that the mechanical load slows it down and lets it become hot that is the negative aspect of such a motor (see here for comparison universal motor vs. induction motor).

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