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1. 
   WayneL5 | Sep 27, 2005 04:15am | #1

   Dirt.  Clean the collet and the bit.  Scrape off all the glazed sawdust down to metal.  Be careful not to scratch the metal.

2. 
   Curtis | Sep 27, 2005 04:25am | #2

   Hello

   It sounds like a problem I had a little while ago.

   My problem was dirt,pitch and debry built up inside the arbor/collet.

   I used simple green and a old tooth brush to really clean everything (collet, jam nut,farrel) after I dried the workings, everything  worked  just fine for me.

   I hope your problem is as simple to solve as mine was.

   one more thought.

   I would also check if the router bit has any ware on the shaft as well.

   good luck.

   C.A.G.
3. 
   philip | Sep 27, 2005 04:47am | #3

   If every thing is clean as previously mentioned , and you still have the problem, that collett reducer is the culprit, especially if it is the single slit variety-these do not clamp evenly at the best of times, and also require the collett to be very tight. You should lube the load bearing faces of the nut and collett just a little to reduce friction when you tighten.
   Those plain reducer sleeves are not good practice-it's far better to have the correct size collett.
   And I assume the reducer you are using is a match for the bit-it is possible to mix a 6mm shank with a 1/4" sleeve/collett, which will cause grief.
   And for further grief :a 12mm sleeve in a 1/2" collett.
   Philip Marcou

   
   

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   Edited 9/27/2005 2:42 am ET by philip

4. 
   JohnG | Sep 27, 2005 06:10pm | #4

   I have a M12V and I had the same issue for a while when using 1/4" shafts.  I read somewhere to make sure the slit on the adapter lines up with the slit on the 1/2" collett. This, with cleaning the shaft with simple green, works for me.

1. 
   Yogi | Sep 28, 2005 03:14am | #6

   John-  What is "simple green?-  Thanks

1. 
   chiseler3 | Sep 28, 2005 05:11am | #7

   I have the M-12v router and the collet with the single split.

   I looked at in and it is caked with grime. Would oven cleaner and some

   fine polishing paper work? Is there a better collet reducer design out

   there that I could get?

   John

1. 
   Yogi | Sep 28, 2005 05:43am | #8

   Wrong guy to ask-  I haven't had the problem (yet)-

2. 
   JohnG | Sep 28, 2005 04:42pm | #9

   It is a cleaner we bought at Lowes.  It does a good job removing pitch from our blades.

3. 
   WayneL5 | Sep 29, 2005 03:26am | #10

   It's a brand name of a general purpose cleaner.  It would be with all the other cleaning supplies, not a specialty item in the tool section.

5. 
   mike4244 | Sep 27, 2005 09:11pm | #5

   Sounds like the collet adapter, but the bit could be metric. Once in a while a metric bit can show up by mistake. This happened one time that I know of, in a shop I worked in. The cutter was new, the router was a reliable PC that never had a bit slip before. The collet was replaced and the same thing happened. We had a machine shop a block away, my boss took the bit down there after work and they measured the shank. Turns out the bit was less than 1/2". Manufacturer, don't recall whom, replaced the bit with three free ones.

   mike