Showing your girl in various stages of undress is not very gentlemanly......

 

So many unpostable puns...

 

resurrect...

pop the speed control knob off then underneath, in the potted unit, there is a small variable resistor. The common problem with these gadgets is that the wipers don't make good contact with the resistive arc-strip they swipe around. Pressing on them usually diagnoses this - it works or stops working etc. Lo and behold, pressure on the VR may cure the problem. place a couple of tiny rubber washers on the face of the VR so that they come between the circular knob and the VR - padding, if you like. When you press the control knob back on, the VR is now under a little pressure. it may start working again...

plan ''B''...

the small yellow wire is a feedback wire into the controller and doesn't need to be hooked back up to anything. The wire from the switch goes directly to the wire from the motor.

 

I forgot to mention---the old girl trips the circuit breaker upon startup. the motor spins for a millisecond then the breaker trips. But no smell whatsoever.

@ stick pressing/turning/cursing at the yellow wheel (potentiometer) doesn't help. So I guess plan B is the go-to operation.

After thought!!! How about a shot of contact cleaner on/into the pot to dissolve any carbon. Guess It can't hurt & I am talking contact cleaner here---not canned air.
I remembered all the warning you gave me about that stuff!

She served me well!!

 

or get you a Bosch..

 

not the Bosch's...

 

So, did you find a short you could fix on your woman or will you looking for a new love named Ms. Bosch? This is like a murder mystery and I gotta know the ending!

 

I have the trim Bosch, and while it's nice, I think I like my DeWalt better. (Of course, all my routers are trim routers now, since full-size is too cumbersome with my sign making.)

The comments I could make on the opening post, I'll try and remain lady-like and keep quiet.... (for now) :lol: but oh, the comments I could make...

 

Oh, that is good of you Barb, How long can you hold it back? LOL
Herb

 

Autopsy! Check the brushes. Open it up and check out the cord with an ohm meter. Cords go bad next to the tool and at the plug end.
....or write a country 'my wife left me and my router died' kinda song.

 

Autopsy!
....or write a country 'my wife left me and my router died' kinda song.

as long as he doesn't sing it....

 

New member M00sie had his two quit because of the speed control. He opted to move forward to something newer. I checked to see if there any critical parts I might need besides the speed control and it, the armature, and the plunge base are the only 3 items you can't still get. Even collets are available. If the speed control goes on mine I'll probably just bypass it. I took the V model out of my table when I got my V2 model. It is way better for table use.

 

I took the V model out of my table when I got my V2 model. It is way better for table use.

Chuck what makes it better in your eyes. Just wanting to know.

 

Well Smitty if you're half as good a troubleshooter as you are a writer you'll have this licked in no time.

 

My m12v has started acting up a little lately speed control issue. I am going to give sticks idea a try. Maybe some contact cleaner on the pot. I used CRC contact cleaner https://www.homedepot.com/p/CRC-QD-11-oz-Contact-Cleaner-02130-6/202262505 when I was in the Ham Radio business. I hope I don't have to retire mine she has been a good friend for many many years.

 

Hey, Smitty; generally not a lot of 'triggering' around here, other than the ones on the power tools.
(I was having a brain freeze here; I couldn't think of "trigger" without coming up with 'unhinged'. )

 

Hey, Smitty; I couldn't think of "trigger" without coming up with 'unhinged'. )

They go hand in hand...
in Smitty's defense...

No matter what happens or is said, someone will find a way to take it way too seriously...
or make themselves insulted/offended by it...

 

M12v

Its such a shame that an otherwise bullet proof router is nothing more then a piece of junk just because some non repairable or un-replaceable electronic part goes poof, or whatever. I had (have) posted in the marketplace to give away parts for the 2 scrappers I have. The only bite I had was from one of our members who had the misfortune of dropping his & needed a replacement plunger base. I mailed it, but haven't heard back.
I tried popping the little yellow wheel off one of mine, but all I did was pull the whole stem out. No way that's going to go back in again. Next thought was to see if there was a different spot to drill in to where I could spray some of that contact cleaner. Another exercise in futility. At my age, I think my only hope is that at least one of the 3 I have left will last until I no longer am able to use it.:smile: Paul

 

Its such a shame that an otherwise bullet proof router is nothing more then a piece of junk just because some non repairable or un-replaceable electronic part goes poof, or whatever. I had (have) posted in the marketplace to give away parts for the 2 scrappers I have. The only bite I had was from one of our members who had the misfortune of dropping his & needed a replacement plunger base. I mailed it, but haven't heard back.
I tried popping the little yellow wheel off one of mine, but all I did was pull the whole stem out. No way that's going to go back in again. Next thought was to see if there was a different spot to drill in to where I could spray some of that contact cleaner. Another exercise in futility. At my age, I think my only hope is that at least one of the 3 I have left will last until I no longer am able to use it.:smile: Paul

I'm still thinking about parts Paul but the only part I can think of needing might be a collet and I'm not sure if those ones ever fail.

 

@smitty10101 trust me; it's hard to offend me. My comments would have been straight from the gutter :lol: I am the most UNpolitically correct person around; I can out swear, and put a sailor to shame. I can make just about any man blush, if I want... (don't know if I ever mentioned it here, but when I was 19, I worked at a local adult book store - with what we called "peep shows" in the back of one of them) So my mind is perpetually dirty... no hope for me - ever :lol:

No, I was not offended in the least... I actually was gonna ask a question about the scenery and her duties from under the table, is all....

@Herb Stoops my "lady-like" status didn't have a chance... sorry LOL

 

I am selective with my admirations - the 925 DeWalt radial arm does dados and is ‘she’ is one sweet saw. The GWI DeWalt does the crosscutting and ‘he’ is clean cut dependable. The TS is loud and cantankerous and ‘he‘ needs a lot of attention. The Bosch router requires a lot of attention as to how you work with ‘her’. The smaller tools - battery powered drills and drivers, Japanese handsaws, etc. - are more like ‘kids’ who are always hanging around wanting to be used a lot.

 

I never personify my tools, cars or what have you. They're just "it". But if they talk back, they go to the dark corner.