Long story short, I just burned out my Mastercraft Maximum 2.0 HP 11A router machining MDF for about 50 hours. Router was ran for up to 8 hours at a time without any dust control. After each 8 hour job was done I would vaccum up all the dust and resume. But now it looks like the bearing is gone after generating about 60 pounds of MDF dust.

Is this normal?

Would like to to replace it with a better router or better yet with a spindle that can run off 220v... (I initially posted 115V but now realized I have 220V available)

Does anyone have any recommendations?

Has anyone used FESTOOL OF 2200 router? If yes, how do they compare to regular routers when it comes to CNC applications... or will it also burn out quick?