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Another Router Blooper

Post by Taffy Evans » Sun Jun 29, 2014 7:24 am

This happened last week, lucky I notice the sound of the router change as the bit slipped down, and lucky it happened where it did.
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Re: Another Router Blooper

Post by demonx » Sun Jun 29, 2014 9:59 am

Those dastardly routers. Can't live with em, can't live without em.

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Post by simso » Sun Jun 29, 2014 3:15 pm

Whoops, happens to us all unfortunately, what frustrates me is it always happens closer to the end of the job rather than at the start
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Re: Another Router Blooper

Post by MattW » Sun Jun 29, 2014 7:11 pm

Nice save Taffy

I noticed you have laminated the upper brace, is it for extra stiffnes?
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Re: Another Router Blooper

Post by Taffy Evans » Mon Jun 30, 2014 7:56 am

Hi Matt, no just saving my brace wood, I did not want to cut into the good stuff for this brace and thought I'd do something different to get what I wanted.

I nearly got a bigger sound hole, if had not noticed the change in depth. :oops:
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Re: Another Router Blooper

Post by charangohabsburg » Mon Jun 30, 2014 9:27 am

Scary. One more reason than just the noise to not use mines very often. Although, my problem is usually to get the bit out of the collet when I'm done! :lol:
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Re: Another Router Blooper

Post by Nick Royle » Mon Jun 30, 2014 9:43 am

charangohabsburg wrote:Scary. One more reason than just the noise to not use mines very often. Although, my problem is usually to get the bit out of the collet when I'm done! :lol:
I'm sure you're far more experienced than I but that trouble stopped for me when I followed advice and stopped letting the bit "bottom out" in the collet. Wrong phraseology I'm sure but I now drop it in all the way, then hold it up a fraction while I tighten the collet.

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Post by charangohabsburg » Mon Jun 30, 2014 9:56 am

Thanks for the advice Nick, I'll try to think of it next time I'll use a router.
You may be wrong though regarding my experience, at least the one with routers. I use those screaming dust-throwers only about twice per year. But although I almost hate them they come in quite handy now and then! :)
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Re: Another Router Blooper

Post by kiwigeo » Mon Jun 30, 2014 11:46 am

Nick Royle wrote:
charangohabsburg wrote:Scary. One more reason than just the noise to not use mines very often. Although, my problem is usually to get the bit out of the collet when I'm done! :lol:
I'm sure you're far more experienced than I but that trouble stopped for me when I followed advice and stopped letting the bit "bottom out" in the collet. Wrong phraseology I'm sure but I now drop it in all the way, then hold it up a fraction while I tighten the collet.
Even if it wasn't the root cause of the problem position of the cutter shaft in bthe collet is important. I also make sure I keep my collets clean using a cleaning kit that came with my Trend T5 router. Especially important when the router is sitting upside down in a router table.
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Re: Another Router Blooper

Post by Taffy Evans » Tue Jul 01, 2014 7:05 am

I have a Makita router that I have mounted as a overhead pin router, must have had it since the early eighties, and it will not hold the 1/4" or metric shaft bits any more, they slide down. The 1/2" - 12mm bits are fine [uses no collet] Iv'e done all sorts of cleaning and even contacting Makita but it looks like an expensive fix. Used to be able to get Imperial and metric collets but I cant find them now.

Good tip about the placement of the bit in the chuck, thanks.
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Re: Another Router Blooper

Post by Nick Royle » Tue Jul 01, 2014 11:17 am

charangohabsburg wrote:Thanks for the advice Nick, I'll try to think of it next time I'll use a router.
You may be wrong though regarding my experience, at least the one with routers. I use those screaming dust-throwers only about twice per year. But although I almost hate them they come in quite handy now and then! :)
:) I also definitely have a love/hate relationship with routers. I just pattern [table] routed 16 layers of 18mm ply for two OM-ish moulds and I pretty much hated every second of it! It's on the table that they really worry me, I feel a bit better when I'm holding on to the thing... But I've done my first three guitars' binding channels on a router table jig and don't much fancy doing them by hand!

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Re: Another Router Blooper

Post by demonx » Tue Jul 01, 2014 8:27 pm

My old triton router damaged many guitars until I found out if I bought a better quality collet it would solve the problem.

Google Gifkin collet and it may solve a few problems. Worth the money.

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