Collett Karma

[dazzler]

Hey

Ive been using my gifkins jig for about 4 months now.

Couldnt sleep so decided to watch Rogers DVD about using the jig.

Watched the lot including the bit about tightening the grub screws that hold the collett on the router bit shaft. Thought yeah some day I will.

Started another box this morning and about 5 min in could hear a faint rattling. Stopped it real quick thinking the grub screw may have been coming loose:o .

You guessed it.........grub screw coming loose.

So I went and actually tightened all of them!:rolleyes::D

If I hadnt watched the DVD prob would have just kept going.:rolleyes:

Karma Mon!

Dazzler

[lesmeyer]

Dazzler,
to prevent the grub screws from loosening again, you could apply some "thread lock" made by Champion. This is available at bunnings. It is similar to loctite. It will prevent the screws from loosening due to vibration, but will allow the screws to be removed when required.
Regards
Les

[Carry Pine]

Thanks for the wake up call. First job on the weekend! (Sometimes you just need to follow the instructions.)

[Knurl]

It's amazing what you learn if you re-read the instruction book some years after buying a tool. (or even months!). I just revisted my Triton workcentre assembly and useage guide and saw that I was cross-cutting in quite a dangerous manner: without a reference block against the fence I was trapping the offcuts and could have hurt myself. Also learned how the blade guard was protecting my fingers when in fact I had been using pushrods when I really didn't need to. It's quite amazing and I recommend it to all. The wc2k is 3 years old.

Safe cutting!

[doug the slug]

.... without a reference block against the fence I was trapping the offcuts and could have hurt myself....

Dont feel to bad about it Knurl. ive seen a triton demonstrator do the same thing.

and ive seen triton demonstrators do stuff more dangerous than that too.

But, yes there are some dangerous practices that we can fall into unless we read the instructions or watch the dvd's. 3 dvd's i would not be without are george's triton dvd, Gary Rogowski's (sp) router dvd and the woodrat dvd. there's not much else you needhttp://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/images/icons/icon14.gif

[Clinton1]

Dazzler, can you post under one of Doug's posts some time please?
Or the other way around, I'm not fussy.

[doug the slug]

Dazzler, can you post under one of Doug's posts some time please?
Or the other way around, I'm not fussy.

well the proper order of posts is

1. landseka
2. me
3. davidG's old avatar

Dazzler's is quite stand-alone (and outstanding)http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/images/icons/icon10.gifhttp://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/images/icons/icon10.gifhttp://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/images/icons/icon10.gif