I'm not the sharpest bit in the tray but I would spray the lock button and work it until it loosened up. If that didn't work I would put the router motor in a vise and turn it on..... you would either have a router that worked or one that used to.

 

Welcome to the forum.

 

Welcome to the forum....

If you can bite the bullet on a newer router, you will find one with better handling, more power and more adaptive for table use...IMO

 

I had that happen and ended up taking it apart and cleaning it, works fine now.

 

Nice to see, Rob, that these older machines might be resurected...

 

There is a very easy fix for this. Get a can of WD-40 and a few small pieces of scrap cardboard. Insert the cardboard between the tool and the spindle lock button. Spray a small amount of WD-40 onto the cardboard. The solvents in the WD-40 will soak into the cardboard and dissolve the gummed up oil and dirt that is binding the spindle lock button. You may have to do this a few times to get the button to move freely.

 

Good tip, @amazonseller0008 , welcome to the forum.

 

Welcome to the forum @amazonseller0008

 

Probably just gummed up with pitch and sawdust that has had years to harden. WD-40 is a cleaner, not a lubricant, so the cardboard tip is a good way to avoid overdoing it. But you might as well take the opportunity to blow the sawdust out of the router. The older routers were more susceptible to sawdust than the newer ones. It's not just the sawdust, pitch, or resins in some wood is pretty sticky stuff and can find it's way into parts the get hot when running.