@wlamprecht
Sounds like you are located east of the Atlantic (and possibly south of the Equator?).
I have an older, but almost identical B&D - only 400W, still use it from time to time. It came with 6mm, 1/4" and 8mm collets. Sunnybob is right - get a vernier. If your bits are true 1/4" (not to be taken for granted because it said so in the advert), they would not fit into a 6mm collet, but would swim in the 8mm one. BTW, I am assuming there is a collet in place? Looks like the one in Tom's diagram, but simpler.
As an aside, I would not recommend mounting that router in a table - the motor housing on mine has a collar (like that on a power drill for the auxiliary handle) that fits into a socket in the plunge mechanism. Perhaps it is just mine, but the motor body slips slightly under axial load, altering the depth of plunge.
Sounds like you are located east of the Atlantic (and possibly south of the Equator?).
I have an older, but almost identical B&D - only 400W, still use it from time to time. It came with 6mm, 1/4" and 8mm collets. Sunnybob is right - get a vernier. If your bits are true 1/4" (not to be taken for granted because it said so in the advert), they would not fit into a 6mm collet, but would swim in the 8mm one. BTW, I am assuming there is a collet in place? Looks like the one in Tom's diagram, but simpler.
As an aside, I would not recommend mounting that router in a table - the motor housing on mine has a collar (like that on a power drill for the auxiliary handle) that fits into a socket in the plunge mechanism. Perhaps it is just mine, but the motor body slips slightly under axial load, altering the depth of plunge.
