Portable electric router

A portable electric router including an electric motor with a drive shaft for driving a cutter to cut an object to be machined, said router comprising:

• a bracket for supporting said electric motor;
• a base connected to said bracket and arranged to be brought into sliding contact with said object to be machined;
• a cutter connected to one end portion of a drive shaft of said electric motor;
• handles pivotally attached to handle-mounting sections of said bracket and in substantially the same plane for holding said router in cutting operation;
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• a coupling mechanism for mechanically coupling each of said handles to each of said handle-mounting sections of said bracket, said coupling mechanism including first and second annular members which are respectively attached to said handle-mounting section thereof and said handle so as to be coaxially arranged in confronting relationship to each other, each of said first and second annular members having elongated recess portions and elongated projection portions which are alternately and successively arranged at a predetermined angular interval with respect to its own center, said elongated recess corporations and projection portions of said first annular member being arranged to be engaged with said elongated projection portions and recess portions of said second annular member so as to provide a desirable mounting angle of said handle with respect to said bracket.