Hi all. Found this forum which has been around I see for many years so may be there is some router guru who can help me with my issue. Many many years ago when we first moved into a new home I was given a Ryobi router for Christmas. Model R-160. It was used quite often in those early years. I have resurrected the router to do some decorating work for my wife. The router came with a 3/8" screw in collet but I only have a box of 1/4" shank router bits. I sent a query to Ryobi and they replied that they did not have 1/4" collets or even sleeves that would allow me to use the 1/4" shank bits. So I did a google search and found that I could purchase sleeves that would convert 6.35mm shank bits to 8mm bits. I thought that I would try one out but before I initiated a purchse I found that the existing 3/8" screw in collet had a fine crack in it and it actually split in half when I dropped it rendering it useless. Back to Ryobi who stated that they no longer have parts for the R-160 router. I searched Bigwarehouse spares who have just about anything and even though they have the Ryobi Router R-160 listed their spares are all listed as NLA....no longer available. Does anyone with R-160 experience have a solution? Cheers all
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