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- From: gph@hpindda.cup.hp.com (Paul Houtz)
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 18:38:20 GMT
- Subject: Re: Problem with router
- Message-ID: <5330105@hpindda.cup.hp.com>
- Organization: HP Information Networks, Cupertino, CA
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- gary_preckshot@lccmail.ocf.llnl.gov (gary preckshot) writes:
- >
- >> My solution was to junk the Sears router and buy a Porter Cable.
- >
- >I have to second this advice. If you can't seat the bit fully in the
- >collet and tighten it securely without some sort of kludge, it's hard to
- >see how you'll get any kind of repeatability. How much are you out, anyway?
- >----------
-
- Beware!
-
- I have seen instructions on three different makes of routers which
- specifically state NOT to seat the bit fully in the collet. My Sears
- router, ca 1970 specifically says that, my Bosch 1615EVS specifically
- says this, and I believe I was looking at the instructions for a
- Makita that said the same thing.
-
- In addition, Patrick Spielman in his book "Router Jigs and Techniques"
- also says that it is a bad idea to fully seat the bit in the collet.
-
- My Bosch instructions say to seat the bit fully and then raise it up
- at least 1/8" before tightening.
-
- I thought the concern was that the bit might freeze in the collet, but
- perhaps it may also not seat properly and slip.
-