[Cherryville Chuck]

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.

 

[Cherryville Chuck]

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

The V2 can be adjusted from above the table if you drill a hole large enough for a 13 mm socket to go through in the right spot. I use that socket on a 3/8" drive mechanics speeder wrench. The only way you could adjust it faster is by motorizing it. The speeder wrench also gives me a good idea of how much I'm adjusting. The V2 also has a slightly wider throat than the V. When I used a panel raising bit with the V it wouldn't go through the throat and I had a clamp a sheet of 1/4" panel onto my table so the profile wouldn't be too high. The V2 also comes with plugs on the end of the plunge tubes for removing the springs. No need to take the base off, just the plastic sub base which you will anyway when you mount it. The V2 also has a unique plunge system. It uses a half nut arrangement that changes with a lever similar to the column lock. In one position the nut engages and then you can use the threaded rod to adjust height which is how you leave it for the table. In plunge mode you disengage the half nut and it pushes up and down freely. (A word of warning: never try to lift a V2 by the adjusting knob. It just pops on and off, VOE.) I added a remote switch to mine so that I only need to reach under to unlock the column lock if I need to adjust.

I was looking yesterday and they are still available. I think it was CPO I saw it for $280. It has the same collet as a Bosch 1617 and I was having issues with bits getting stuck in the collet which I've read others had issues with too so I changed it out with a Musclechuck which is way easier to use anyway. There isn't one made for a V model but there is for the V2 which also fits the VC and I think the VE has the same one too.

 

[Cherryville Chuck]

Barb I was going to send you a PM but decided to do this in the open


Hopefully, I didn't offend you. While I was doing the original post my brain (?) was not thinking about this not being a male-oriented forum, my MSP kicking in (Male Shovenist Pig). So since that time I've come to realize (wake up to) that there are several females that are on here.

So if I offended anyone I apologize.

My original post was done for some levity and to lighten my grief for losing my favorite router. In these politically correct times what pronoun do we associate with our tools? He, She, ??? "IT" just doesn't seem to convey the close relationship, trust, need, we have with them.

Again, Sorry if I offened you.

smitty

Maybe I'm a male chauvinist too but I didn't see that as derogatory. To me it implied something that was quite dear and important to you just like our wives are to us. Something that would be hard to live without.

 

[Cherryville Chuck]

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.