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  1. #1
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    Default Router problems...

    Hi. I have just bought a new router to replace my old one because the old router's speed dial broke. I have bought the exact same make and model so I am familiar with it and I had zero problems with my old one until the eventual speed dial failure whereupon it would only work at max rpm. I mainly use my router in a router table. The problem I am having with this new one might sound a little insane. My router bit is gradually climbing up against gravity as I cut so that the end of the cut is deeper than the beginning. I though it was my imagination to begin with but I have measured and the bit is a whole 4mm higher in the table than when I set it. I have checked that the blade is not loose and re-fitted and re-tightened it just to make sure and it is still doing it. I have never had this happen before. Is it a faulty collet?? What could be causing this. I am at my wit's end.

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    I’ve had this before with a bad collet (triton) and also with a bit that proved to be slightly under size/ soft? Place the bit in and tighten it, then mark where the bit meets the collet with a black market pen. Rout again and see if the black line has risen away from the collet. This will confirm the bit is moving in the collet.
    What brand router is it?

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    Swap collets with the old router and rout with both machines see if the problem follows the collet or the router or the bit.

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    Welcome to forum,
    try what apple8 said

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    Is the router's collet properly fitted? Is it supposed to click into the tightening nut or is it just fitted loose into the arbor?

    Are you trying to fit a 6mm router shank into a 1/4" (6.35mm) collet? Or a 12mm shank into a 1/2" (12.7mm) collet?

    Both of these inconsistencies will cause a loose-fitting shank to climb out of an ostensibly tight collet.
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