Drugstore Cowboy

Hi new girl --
You've already been given every suggestion I could have thought of -- and then some.
But a gentleman never sees a lady come into the room without doffing his hat and saying HI.

I will concur with what you have been told -- not likely anything you did WRONG -- I had a Craftsman that had a bad habit of seizing up like that.

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harrysin

I'm not familiar with you're particular router Toni but I find that 1/4" cutters frozen in the collet are common, the staged photo shows how I remove them. As a matter of interest I had remove this one using this method! A most important point to remember with this method is to hold the cutter!!!!

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gregW

Harry
it took me a minute to see the wrench that you have clamped in the vise to support the collet...that's a real good idea.

Toni
If you don't have a vise you could just clamp the wrench to a table top, or even just lay the wrench across a couple of blocks and it should work as well.

Greg

Mike

The 315 number is not the model number, it is common to all Craftsman routers. If you go to the website and copy the link which shows your router I will be able to tell you the model number. If it is red and silver it is a 26620 which is a clone of the Bosch 1617. The collet must be snapped into the nut before putting it on the shaft. If you dont do this it will bind every time with every bit. Same thing with the 1/2" and 3/8" collets. The good news is once you get the collet off the bit and snap it into place you will not have this trouble again.

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nevanerviss

The router's model number is 275000, and I finally got it out... I had to take a pair of channel locks on the collet nut, and a pipe wrench on the collet shaft, and turned in opposite directions, and the nut moved, which allowed me to extract the bit... It came with 2 collets, 1/4 and 1/2... The 1/4 was too big for the little hole that the collet goes into (I don't know what that's called), and from what I've seen, my router only takes 1/2 inch bits... To the best of my knowledge (and there isn't much), the 1/4 collet is not a converter sleeve... So, I think I'll have to go get some 1/2 bits, which ain't gonna be cheap... Thanks a lot for the suggestions, guys...

I like this place... Mind if I stay a while??

Toni

harrysin

The longer you stay the more you will learn. Whilst 1/4" routers have their uses, there is no substitute for a powerful 1/2" machine, especially one with soft start/variable speed. when you see the things that you make with it, the memory of it's cost will only be a faded memory.

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Dr.Zook

Yes, please stay Toni. We need more active female members.

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the "Doctor"

In woodworking there is no scrap, only firewood.

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Joe Lyddon

Toni, why would we mind having you around to help, etc.?

You are welcome to stick around as long as you want to!

I was wondering if you got the 1/2" collet completely OUT before trying to insert the 1/4" collet... the 1/2" er must come out first.

Julie

Hi new girl... I'm an old girl (well not OLD, but one of the original members of this forum)

Sorry, Dr. Zook, I haven't been too active here, but I HAVE been using my router on a daily basis, along with all my other power tools.

~Julie~

Dr.Zook

Ok Julie, we will let you off with a warning this time but next time!!!!!!!!! Glad you are keeping active with your router tho. I have seen where you were lurking from time to time. Glad to hear from you. Don't be a stranger.

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In woodworking there is no scrap, only firewood.

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