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   knuts | Jun 04, 2009 02:37am | #1

   Had the same problem when I had mine enclosed. Rigged it this way instead.

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   hammer1 | Jun 04, 2009 02:31pm | #2

   It's not unusual for the router to get a bit warm but enclosing it can limit air flow and expose the motor to more debris and dust. I used a less elegant solution on my PC than knuts. I whittled a vac attachment for one side, bent a piece of aluminum for the other and sealed the gaps with a piece of foam. Bolted it together through the edge guide holes.

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   Frozen | Jun 04, 2009 04:09pm | #3

   I had a problem like this with a Milwaukee router in an open-based router table, when I was pattern-routing a dozen or so handle cut-outs in some plywood boxes. The guide bushing got hot enough to burn, and I had to wait several minutes for a cool down after a few cut-outs. I eventually realized that all I needed to do was let the router run for 30 seconds or so between handles, and the air flow it generated running free was enough to cool everything down. I also got a little less aggressive with the feed.

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   forestgirl | Jun 05, 2009 08:34am | #4

   "I have two 1 1/4" vent holes in the back of the cabinet and use a Jess-Em fence with a hose to the dust collector."  Do you have dust collection going to the cabinet itself?  If you don't, I would guess there's not enough ventilation inside the cabinet.

   My rather rudimentary router cabinet -- essentially a dust-collection box -- has a DC port in the back (in addition to a port off the fence), and an opening for air inflow in the front of the cabinet.  I designed it that way to make sure there was enough airflow to yield effective dust collection, but it also provides for fresh air wafting across the router motor, helping to keep it cool.

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)