Hi Chris,
Honored to meet you.
I am a disabled hobbyist and this too represented a large outlay of cash for me. I researched (as best could) basically the exact same machines you did before also settling on the AccTek AKG6012.
I bought mine from Jenny at Accek and she has been super to work with. I have PayPaled her the deposit some 10 - 15 days ago but the router has not shipped yet. Have never imported anything before but so far...so good.
Thought "bigger was better" so that is the reason for the 6012. That may have been a little mistake, don' know if I'll ever use that extra length or not.
Hopefully I can share my experiences as well, maybe they'll be helpful in some way. Don't know how helpful I will be though, I'm so much of a Newbie.
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