speed control

Would I be correct in assuming the mid-point setting (0-10 scale) of a 15A router speed control would result in approximately half of the full speed of the router? I'm trying to limit rpms to around 10K while running a raised panel bit. First time making doors and am a bit intimidated by the...

Hi Folks! I want to find a single speed router that has brushes rather than being a induction motor. I am shopping on ebay for used since I want to use it to make a Bowling ball spinner. I will plug it in through a Router Speed Control and they require a motor with brushes and not a variable...

hi new to forum . can i use a rheostat on porter cable router model # 6902 type 5 ?

THis isn't quite like the other posts I've found on Freud speed control issues - but there's a lot out there I haven't seen. My Freud starts - but sometimes does not come up to full speed - just to a 'slow' speed that is probably less than 1,000 rpm. Sometimes, when it does come up to speed...

Hello. I have a Makita 3612C (3 1/4 horsepower, variable speed) that I need some guidance with. Earlier today I was doing some easy routing when all of a sudden the router speed changed, I saw some orange sparks inside the router, and the circuit breaker for the outlet I was using popped. The...

Hi, I've had my FT200E for a number of years, and haven't used it in a while. I recently started getting back into woodworking, and I need to use a large slotting bit, and for the life of me I cannot figure out how to adjust the speed down?? No where in the owner's manual does it discuss the...

Hi all. 4 or 5 years ago I bought a cheapy cheap router, brand-name Torq. Probably made in Korea or Cambodia for all I know! I went the cheap route as I had never used one and didn't want to splash out a lot of cash and then find that I didn't have the talent for it. Anyway I built a router...

I didn't know my PC 5182 was so obsolete. Guess I'm showing my age (60). The last time I had it in for service in the 1980s, the variable speed control, for lack of a proper term, was burned out. The guy at the service center said it was ridiculous for PC to have put the electronic speed...