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I received a new router for christmas. It is the first one I've owned. It is a 3 and 1/4 horsepower model manufactured by King Canada.
After using it a very short while with a straight bit (with unpredictable results with groove width... chalked up to my newbie learning curve), I put in an Ogee bit (with bearing) and noticed that it wasn't straight. After wasting some valuable shop time trying to determine the cause, I determined that the shaft of the router was bent. Putting my dial indicator on the round part of the collet tightening nut showed rounout of about 0.005". Putting the dial indicator on a bit's bearing resulted in a runout in the neighborhood of 0.015 ". I was disapointed.
I brought it back and was gladly able to exchange it. The new one is already showing signs of simialar troubles. I'm not sure if it was ever truly straight.
My questions:
<OL><LI>Is any runout acceptable? <LI>Is it dangerous to be spinning a bit at 20,000 + rpm if it isn't turning on it's axis? <LI>Has any other user bought the same router? (Any thoughts>) <LI>Can this unit be used with any true precision? </OL>
Thanks in advance.
After using it a very short while with a straight bit (with unpredictable results with groove width... chalked up to my newbie learning curve), I put in an Ogee bit (with bearing) and noticed that it wasn't straight. After wasting some valuable shop time trying to determine the cause, I determined that the shaft of the router was bent. Putting my dial indicator on the round part of the collet tightening nut showed rounout of about 0.005". Putting the dial indicator on a bit's bearing resulted in a runout in the neighborhood of 0.015 ". I was disapointed.
I brought it back and was gladly able to exchange it. The new one is already showing signs of simialar troubles. I'm not sure if it was ever truly straight.
My questions:
<OL><LI>Is any runout acceptable? <LI>Is it dangerous to be spinning a bit at 20,000 + rpm if it isn't turning on it's axis? <LI>Has any other user bought the same router? (Any thoughts>) <LI>Can this unit be used with any true precision? </OL>
Thanks in advance.