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   forestgirl | Jul 28, 2002 09:33pm | #1

   I had an older Craftsman router and quit using it partly for this reason.  The newer routers have a clip-gizmo that keeps this problem from happening.  As you loosen the collet nut, the bit gets pushed out of the collet.

   Never did figure out how to keep it from happening with the old router.

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

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   dhpascoe | Jul 29, 2002 04:50pm | #2

   Collets get deformed with age. Try buying a new one.

   Dave of Florida

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   Elcoholic | Jul 29, 2002 10:03pm | #3

   Most of the Crapsman routers I've seen don't have replaceable collets.John O'Connell - JKO Handcrafted Woodworking

   Life is tough.  It's tougher if you're stupid - John Wayne

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   forestgirl | Jul 29, 2002 10:10pm | #4

   That router hit the garbage quite awhile ago.  I'm floating along now with 2 Porter Cables, one fixed-base and one plunge.  forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl   ;-)