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Originally Posted by EricRLuna Did you ever have any luck finding a replacement? I just had a rather large router bit go flying past my head this afternoon - collet broke apart. I discovered, as did you, that the collet is $45 - I did notice that Sears had a 'Quick Change' collet system for 1/4 routers for $35.00, which is not that bad since you get the adaptor and 4 doohickies (technical term) to put on your bits for a quick change setup (seems to work like quick connect air line fittings).
I was going to buy it, however the package said it would work for 1/4" routers - this router is a 1/2" with a 1/4" adaptor, so I was not certain it would work (will look in to it though).
Whatever happened to the good old days when Craftsman stood behind their products?
Eric R. Luna | Hi, I personally wouldn't recommend using these. IMHO, too much can go wrong with a quick change system for router bits. You would most likely be better off spending the $$$ for the collet setup.
Just my $0.02 worth.
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