Welcome to the forum! First question I have is are you using metric bits with Imperial collets? I don't know the capacity and range of the collets on the Wen unit but I just wonder if that's possibly the issue?
David
David
Thanks for responses from all. Much appreciated - I hope to repay kindness in later forums. I decided to return the WEN router. Great motor, but very clunky plunge mechanism and lock and the 'throat' isn't big enough to accept the 2" flattening bit I bought to go with it. This coupled with the hassle of changing bits, made me decide to keep looking!Welcome to the forum I have never had any problems with that style of adaptor.
I sure do and I consider the MUSCLECHUCK to be probably the best invention since the router itself, it's a super precision piece of gear, all three of my 1/2" routers have them.Harry, do you use the reducers in your musclechuck as well? I have been wondering how well such a combination would work. I don't even know why I daydream about musclechucks - getting one here would be beyond-the-pale expensive.
Here is a PDF that I posted quite some time ago and should be of interest to all routologists. I lost the original when a hard drive crashed, it's been salvaged from a back-up.One thing I forgot to add was take your collet out and measure how long it is. For example if the collet is 1 inch long then you must insert your router bit in at least 1 inch. Any less and you may not get a good grab on the router bit. Also important is to not put the router bit much deeper. You do not want the router bit to bottom out in the router shaft. If it bottoms out it is going to make it hard to get the router bit to tighten up because the bit has no where to go and the collet has to rub against the shaft to tighten. So insert it in the length of t he collet as a minimum but do not insert it in too far. Both too little and too much can make your bit not fit properly causing excessive runout, rough running and hard to tighten and loosen. The length of your collet needs to be measured the 1" is just an example.