I think you meant to say, you bought an
additional router motor and not the body.
Now you have two routers.
Jay Pique wrote:
> I've got that set that came with a plunge and fixed base, and man is
> it a pain to switch back and forth between them. As such, I just
> bought another 690 router body (6902) for $69 on Amazon. I haven't
> even used it yet and it's worth it already.
>
> JP
On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 17:12:34 -0700 (PDT), Jay Pique
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I've got that set that came with a plunge and fixed base, and man is
>it a pain to switch back and forth between them. As such, I just
>bought another 690 router body (6902) for $69 on Amazon. I haven't
>even used it yet and it's worth it already.
>
>JP
It can be a PITA to get the motor out of the plunge base. What I have
learned is that if I leave the base about 1/8" shy of fully seating in
the plunge base, then after the lock screw is loosened (a lot), a
quick tap on the router motor will slide it down in the base and
release the locking clamp. Give the locking screw a qiuck tap to make
sure the clamp swings free and the base will easily slide off the
router.
I added a D-handled base to the set, and leave the standard base
attached to my router table. I also cut the cord on the router to
about 18" and put a new plug on it so that it isn't in the way when
the router is in the D-handle base. An in-line socket can be added on
the cut off router cord to make it in to an extension cord.
Ed
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On Jul 8, 9:45=A0am, Pat Barber <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think you meant to say, you bought an
> additional router motor and not the body.
>
> Now you have two routers.
Yep - I've got a dedicated motor for each of the plunge base and fixed
base. I also just picked up an HNT Gordon rabbet plane off of eBay.
It was actually a deal at 1/2 the price of new, and it's new. Not a
nick or a ding, and the previous owner knew how to sharpen and lap the
blade. Looks unused. I really like it. It's my first wooden plane
and my first to adjust using a hammer. It's really quite easy to
adjust. Pefect shavings right out of the box after I set the blade.
JP
Jay Pique wrote:
> I've got that set that came with a plunge and fixed base, and man is
> it a pain to switch back and forth between them. As such, I just
> bought another 690 router body (6902) for $69 on Amazon. I haven't
> even used it yet and it's worth it already.
>
> JP
I won't argue that additional routers are handy, but you found switching
to be a pain? <G>
All of my router motors are in a drawer, the bases are on a shelf. I
must be a glutton for punishment.
Well, pulling the motor out of that plunge base for the 690 is definitely a
pain. You had to have been there.
Tom Dacon
"B A R R Y" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Jay Pique wrote:
>> I've got that set that came with a plunge and fixed base, and man is
>> it a pain to switch back and forth between them. As such, I just
>> bought another 690 router body (6902) for $69 on Amazon. I haven't
>> even used it yet and it's worth it already.
>>
>> JP
>
> I won't argue that additional routers are handy, but you found switching
> to be a pain? <G>
>
> All of my router motors are in a drawer, the bases are on a shelf. I must
> be a glutton for punishment.