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   Jamie_Buxton | Mar 10, 2007 06:01am | #1

   Setting the depth of cut is a little different on this router.  Look carefully at the side.  You'll find two little icons -- one an open padlock, and the other a closed one.   When you're routing, you want the base in the closed position.  The height adjustment holds much better then.   And if all else fails, read the instructions.

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   Len | Mar 10, 2007 09:40am | #3

   Read the instructions? Ok, I admit I had the same problem but I managed to figure it out without cracking the instructions. LOL.

   It's a nice little router. Once you twist it into the locked position.

   Len

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   cmiller231 | Mar 11, 2007 05:14am | #6

    Jamie Barton  I probably should have  explained my diaappointment is in the fine adj.What i mean is that the motor has to be in the locked position with the clamp unclamped. This is simply one hand on the base and one on the motor keeping it twisted clockwise to keep the fine adj screw engaged  ( looking at  it from base )and a third hand or finger trying to move the fine adj   wheel.Maybe i make things too hard  on  myself but i just feel that with it in the locked position it  could have been made so that motor could not rotate out of this position.There by leaving one hand free to make adj.                      Thanks for the reply                               Chris

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   Routerman | Mar 10, 2007 06:40am | #2

   A good one, but not for dovetails.

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   cmiller231 | Mar 11, 2007 05:36am | #7

   Routernan  What router would you consider good for routing  1/2" dovetails as i was doing.? I can not see anything  wrong with the Bosch  from a power stand point

      Now . i  can see that the precision of wood working tools bothers you by reading your links.. Well  it bugs me too. As  for  the concentric problems with the bases i feel 98% could be solved if they put a   pilot diameter in the  router base and on the plastic base.To me it would be a big selling point.  But its the same old story its only "WOOD",I have an old  Sears with an excuse for a pilot on it and it  seems to be pretty close . although i have never checked it with a ind,I made a plastic one for the bosch using the center hole as the pilot. Again , i have not checked it yet.

                             Thank you for the reply Chris

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   marking | Mar 10, 2007 02:32pm | #4

   I really like my bosch colt. Fits my hand like a glove. I could rarely get the collet lock to work, so I made a flat wrench - much less frustrating! Next I think I'll buy the fence guide for it.

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   zolton | Mar 10, 2007 05:15pm | #5

   The collect lock on my Colt also turned out to be defective. The button on the outside of the unit didn't engage the built-in wrench enough, and now both the shaft where the "wrench" was to have fit into it and the "wrench" itself are deformed. So, like another poster here, I had to get a small, flat wrench in order to work the collet from the outside with two wrenches. Not a major deal, but it would have been nice if the collect lock had worked. A very poor design, in my opinion - either that or a defect in manufacturing...

   And - a confession. I tried to take the router apart to see if I could fix the collect lock feature. While prying and jerking the motor shaft from the housing, I forgot that you have to remove the motor brushes before the shaft can come out. So I broke the brushes off. Then I filed them down so they'd work again until I could buy some new ones. Stupidity compounds sometimes.

   Also like another poster, my base slipped quite a bit while routing until I learned to lock it by twisting it onto the screw adjustment. It does pay, it seems, to read the directions...

   Zolton

    

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   cmiller231 | Mar 11, 2007 05:42am | #8

   Sounds like there is two cases with  shaft lock malfunctions. Maybe  somebody should call up bosch and ask them  if this is a common problem .     Chris