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Help!!! I've cracked and broken off a piece of my lock nut on my old Sears Commercial router Model# 315.17380 mounted under my table. That's the splined nut under the jam nut with the two grooves cut into it for the spindle locking lever to engage in order to loosen the collet nut and remove or install a bit. About 2/3 of the nut is still in place on the collet shaft and one locking groove remains, but I haven't gotten up the courage to try to remove the last bit I was using. I did finish my last two passes with it like this so that I could go ahead and clamp a glue-up and go to bed. It isn't as bad as I thought it would be, but there is definitely a little vibration. Not good for the router, table, bits, wood, me... So...to wrap this up...this part is discontinued by Sears. Does anyone have any idea about a replacement or the ease in which a replacement may be machined? I should check ebay before I submit this post, shouldn't I?
Thanks in advance,
Josh
-When in doubt, cut a little more and then scale down the whole project.
Thanks in advance,
Josh
-When in doubt, cut a little more and then scale down the whole project.