Here we have a manufacture that makes great cutters and even a really sturdy router but I dont understand why there router does not have standard screw caps for the motor brushes instead they made the spring that is like a torsion(it is shaped like a danish dessert) rather than a common coil. The springs are okay but not the cheap little pin that is used to hold it in place has weakend over the last 5 years and the pins broke off there mounts due to the heat made by the motor.So I have decided to make a small metal bracket to hold a standard coil spring for the brushes.Argh!
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Oh yeah.Freud.... Frese Di Udine, know them well and they have a propensity for such ploys, the last thing I ever got from them was a set of shaper cutters about 15 years ago. Great concept, window profiles, changeable carbide inserts. The only problem is they stopped making the inserts after just a few years so who ever bought these cutters (expensive at that) was stuck with some paper weights.
Philip
Overall as a serious hobbyist the Freud router is an accurate,tough machine except for the ^%&*$&$ brush spring design.Everybody else uses screw caps on the outer body with spring and brush ,so I went this morning to a junk surplus store and found some good springs and some metal electrical terminals at the right size and bent it around so that it hold the coil spring and fastened it directly ahead of the brush hole and screw mount it on to the motor chasis*&&%$$# and its been working great again .thanks Pete.
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While there are routers that have the "brush caps" that you refer to they are by no means universal. I apologize for the problem you experienced with the brush holder and if you will email me your address and let me know whether the tool has a single brush holder attached to the field or if it has 2 individual brush holders I will happily send you a replacement. That is an unusual problem so I am also curious if there is arcing at the brushes.Charles M
Freud America, Inc.
Charles,
Since we got your ear; I have been having a problem with my FT2000E for several years. It seems that there is excess run-out in the top or bottom bearing systems. I cannot run any mid-size bit at any speed over about 50% of the dial setting. I get vibration. I am not talking about bit panel-raising bits or the like. Even a 3/4" dia. short mortise bit will vibrate.
I did replace the top end-cap a few years back thinking that the top bearing was sloppy but it did not help. Everything is well seated and the collet is clean.
Do you know of any solution to this?
I'd have to see the tool to know for sure. Even though you have had the router longer than the warranty period it sounds like something we can take care at no charge. Send the router to the address below and include a note describing the problem (or print this thread) and include your return shipping address and daytime telephone:
Freud America, Inc.
Attn: repair Dept.
218 Feld Ave.
High Point, NC 27263
Charles M
Freud America, Inc.
Thanks,
I may have to wait a bit to take you up on your offer. I am heavily into some trim projects and cannot let up. The tool works as long as I keep the speed low enough.
my machine does not have that problem with the 3/4" bit.
You have a deal,I will get back to you,and I will send some pics to show the repair.I think it's the single piece thanks.
Edited 11/2/2004 1:25 am ET by vertis
Edited 11/2/2004 1:37 am ET by vertis
My email adress is [email protected]
3 1/4 router brush
Hello. My name is Sean konu. Yes I have the same problem with the brush holder. the single holder. 1130 upland dr. Mt Shasta ca 96067. If this fix is still available. Please helping
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is almost 8 years old
ron
Philip,
Where did you purchase the cutters you mentioned? We offered a head that took HSS cutters in that time frame called the Shaper Shop. Is it possible this is what you have?Charles M
Freud America, Inc.
Danzi Utensili in Monza but now she is in Muggio. Any way I don't know what it was called or even if it was marketed in the US, all I know is that it will be a cold day in hell before I buy a Freud product again. By the way this is also the prevalent opinion here in Brianza.....but I did hear some good feedback about your low noise blades, if I recall(but i'm not sure) they were the 35cm diameter.
Philip
Edited 11/1/2004 4:22 pm ET by wop
I'm sorry to hear of your experience. I am with the American branch of Freud and don't have info on the system you purchased. However, I do know that Freud produces many custom insert cutters for the European market and I would be surprised if they can't produce the knives for you. Have you attempted to contact Freud in Udine directly to inquire about them?Charles M
Freud America, Inc.
Hello Charles, Do you have some info on setting up the EB 100? My problem is the tape keeps rolling over and going off the edge of the wood. Thanks USANigel
USANigel,
If the tape wanders up and down it usually due to either loose guides, overheated material (poly) or a problem with the veneer (wood). If it consistently goes either up or down it may be due to the pressure roller not being perpendicular to the table. The roller is held by a bolt that passes through the table and there is no actual adjustment. to correct this you tap the head of the bolt in the direction you wish to move the roller (toward the back of the machine if the tape is moving down and to the front if it is moving up). HTH
Charles M
Freud America, Inc.
How well does the EB100 work for doing panels? How does it handle wide and long panels? I haven't found anyone in my neck of the woods with any experience on this device? I'm hesitant on spending $250+ for something that to me looks a little small for edgebanding panels.
Edited 11/3/2004 3:58 pm ET by craig
Three cheers for Charlie of Frued. I think if other co. reps would check out these forums it would be great help for everyone involved. And to get answers without going thru 6 tiers of hierachy is admirable. Now if you only had replacement tool cases for the biscuit machine that I got . The original probably lasted one month before the hinges broke and the sides just fell apart.
How do you like the biscuit machine with regards to reliabilty,accuracy etc.
When I first got the unit it worked well. The edge banding I had was on the thick side. Edge banding seems to have got thinner over the last few years and I need to spend some time "tuning" the tracking of the edge banding. If your going to do wide and large panels then some extra support will help. The eb100 is a little crude and has some rough corners but works ok. I would love to have a better model but the one I would like is $30,000 and does it all!
Frese di Udine does not sell direct here so I went through my supplier (who has quite a big customer base in the professional level) new inserts were not available and would not be produced even on request. paperweights.
Now this supplier will only get something from Freud only on specific order and with an explanation of the past difficulties. Now I use Omas, Cmt and two other industrial level "brands" with whom I have never had a minimum of problem.
Sorry but in my dealings with Freud, and as I hear it from a lot of falegnami here ,they just don't cut it, maybe that's why they had to look so much for a foreign market.
Philip
I refer to them as Fraud.
DJK
Fraud! ROTFLMAO!!! That's a good one that I haven't head before! Any particular complaint or just feeling grouchy?Charles M
Freud America, Inc.
Many years ago I returned a router bit to Freud with a courteous letter. I thought they would want to inspect the carbide which had chipped badly after a few uses. Their response was that I had apparently abused the bit and would not replace it. That was my last purchase.
Another thing Freud does with their router bits drives ME nuts! Next time you're looking for a Freud bit just try to find a 1/4" roundover by reading the label. It will be labelled 1 1/4" or some other number which tells you the overall circumference of the bit. You actually have to look at the BACK of the package to get the profile and size.
I'm particularly aggravated by this because I sell them at my place of work. We keep them in a locked glass display cabinet to prevent unexpected "customer assistance", and I always have to unlock the case to pull the bit and read the reverse side of the packaging. I've complained to the Freud rep who just shrugs and rolls his eyes. Good saw blades, though...particularly the industrial line.
Regards,
Ron (in Ottawa waiting for another loooonnnggg winter)
Ron,
I will pass your suggestion about the packaging along. The practice of indicating diameter is done primarily for consistency since this is the critical dimension for most bits. We offer profile labels for use in displays that indicate the radius for the bits where relevant to answer the problem you are experiencing. I recommend that you ask the rep for these.Charles M
Freud America, Inc.
Thanks, Charles! It's good to see someone from Freud responding to issues concerning their product. Unfortunately, it's a rare occurence!
Regards,
Ron
"Unfortunately, it's a rare occurence!" Not here at Knots!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)Another proud member of the "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>)
On this I agree with you, Knots gets alot of feed back from those who are directly responsible(or at least involved)....but as stated it's rare, which is one of the reasons I look at this forum.
Philip
All,
Frued, through Charles, is one of the companies that seems to routinely monitor what we have to say about their products. I wish more companies would do the same since we are the folks that help keep them in business. We may have a bad experience from time-to-time with a particular product or company and I appreciate the firms that put themselves out there and speak directly to us.
Doug
I think some companies may lurk, but Charles (Freud) is the only rep I have seen that actually participates (and I am glad he does).
For years, the customer service at Laguna was abominable; but when complaints started to flood the public woodworking forums, their policy mysteriously changed. Now, they are the picture of courtesy and helpfulness.
So I hope everyone around here will not hesitate to air their complaints about tools and customer service. It does seem to make a difference. The woodworking tool business is hotly comptetitive, and I think every manufacturer knows they are dead in the water if they pick up a reutation for poor quality and lousy CS.
nope R. Lee of Lee Valley always pops in if there is a problem with anything reguarding their products. Good company feed back there too.
Philip
A little FYI- the "danish dessert" springs you are referring to; do they sort of remind you of a tiny version of a typical belt-carried tape measure? If, yes, then they are alson known as constant force springs.
They are used commonly as springs for motor brushes because they exert a constant force on the brush regardless of the the brush wear. Whereas (Wear-as?) a coil type spring would exert more force on a new brush and less on a brush that was near the end of it's useful life.
Pretty impressive that someone from Freud has joined this discussion and offered to help. I hope it works out.
Thanks for the clarification,there was nothing with wrong with the spring but the pin that keeps it in place was the problem.
Freud I'm impressed.
John
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