[smitty10101]

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...

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

 

[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.

 

[DaninVan]

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'. )

 

[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.

 

[M00sie1945]

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

 

[Stick486]

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...

 

[Stick486]

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.

agreed..

 

[Nickp]

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.

That's the way I read it too...his post portrayed his love for that router...I, too, have often described the ultimate demise of some favorite thing of mine in much the same way...especially if I've spent a lot of time in restoration. When the original engine bit the dust (can I say that?) in my 64 Vette, I had a formal eulogy complete with a couple of bottles of VO. One shot went into the carburater... But I felt much better when I slapped in a 4-bolt Grumpy Jenkins 350 build...

Moral of the story...? @smitty10101 Go out and get yourself a new one...you deserve it...

 

[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.

 

[Marco]

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.

Politically Correct...... Life Partner

 

[DaninVan]

Politically Correct...... Life Partner

Let's not give SWMBO any ideas, eh! :surprise:

 

[OutoftheWoodwork]

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

I don't know Herb... the teeth marks are gettin' deep in my tongue, and it's burstin' to come out.... LOL

 

[OutoftheWoodwork]

@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

 

[Stick486]

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.

smitty

what ever your heart desires...
they're your tools...

 

[Nickp]

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.

My stand is "my tools, I call 'em whatever I want"...:grin:...On a serious note, I typically use the traditional...if it's got a motor or engine, it's a "her" or "she"...if it holds tools, it's a "her" or "she"...my Walker Turner drill press "her"/"she"...my Darra James "her"/"she"...you get the point...

On the other hand, my screwdriver is a "he"...every time it slips or doesn't fit properly it's "son of a b#$%&" so it must be a "he"...Now my hammer is a "thing"...at least when it reaches for my thumb or finger..."*&^% of @#$% hammer!"

I'll need to go through my inventory to see if there's anything alien in there...

 

[Bstrom]

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.

 

[thomas1389]

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.