Great input Mike, Yes I have a rule of thumb to bottom it out then pull it out 1/16 inch, and tighten it up. Same with the Router extension.
Kind Regards, Timothy J. Ziegler Ziegler WoodWork & Specialty 14171 160th Ave. Foreston MN 56330 320-294-5798 shop 320-630-2243 cell On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 9:40 PM Okla Mike (Liltwisted) < legacym...@iglide.net> wrote: > One of the things we have a tendency to do is push the shaft too far into > the collet. Then when we tighten it, it will bury out and tighten up as a > jamming to the bottom instead of squeeze onto the bit or extender shaft. > So in this condition, without enough compression on the shaft, it will only > take a little vibration to get everything loose enough to start slipping. > Good thing for us, there is usually a lot of vibration noise or our work > that gets in the way of launching it at us. The solution is; figure out > how far you can insert the shaft and get a measurement. Then remove the > collet and see how far in the shaft will run into the collet before it pops > out the other end. Now if you add 1/8" to the collet measurement and > subtract 1/4" from the depth measurement, you will have your safe install > zone. On my carriage, I made those 2 marks, scratched into the metal. > It's pretty easy to make an ink mark on the router bit to make sure you are > in the safe area. Now install it and while running, you may lose the marks > but you will never lose the bit! > > Now there is one more thing you need to do. Your extreme shaft may have > suffered some damage. Make sure the shaft is smooth and free of burrs. If > you need to polish it, you can chuck in a 1/2" shaft into the drill press > and the chuck the extreme onto the shaft as well. you will now be able to > spin the shaft and work out any imperfections the slip may have caused. > Good luck and be safe. > Mike OK > > On 6/20/2023 8:10 PM, Mike Newman wrote: > > I have a question for those of you that have the extreme router bit > extension on their LOM router. How often do you check and re-tighten the > extension into the router? I have had it come loose a couple of times with > no real advance notice. Do you check it every time you use the router or > so much run time between checks? Ruin the walking stick I was working on > but no issues with the router or collett/nut that I can see/feel. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/a2c13700-0201-4108-bff1-bc28dd4e7756n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/a2c13700-0201-4108-bff1-bc28dd4e7756n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/22c93eda-d083-77d7-342d-b2d77647e394%40iglide.net > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/22c93eda-d083-77d7-342d-b2d77647e394%40iglide.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/CAMBiJLFwZKqn79K8ktKvvh87ysyF8eyiHOqOqbpSNOX_Xp_CKQ%40mail.gmail.com.
