MacGyvering #1: the router

Great deal. You can never have too many routers.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

I agree with Wayne. I have 6 routers, though three get the heaviest duty. Nice score!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Great fix….I Had a simular problem with a cheapie I bought on Ebay… my solution was to give it to my brother. :)

-- Greg - Charles Town, WV

Greg, I use the “Give it to (insert any name here)” solution to questionable tool purchases, alot! Tough to find someone that will say, “no,” to a free tool…even if it’s a piece of junk.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

I used to have a Sears router, and ran into the same problem. My solution was a nut and bolt, but you won’t need two wrenches to change depth. I wonder if this is universal to Sears units?

-- Robert from Raymond, MS. "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is therefore not a practice, but a habit." - Aristotle

I can hold the nut furthest from the hook end in place with a wrench or screwdriver, then all I need to do is twist it to tighten/loosen. I’m surely not going to be buying another one of these as my second (and likely more oft used) router.

I know that Dick has a couple set up for one particular function. This one would work well for that. set and forget!

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

And now you can hang it on your pegboard!

-- John

As far as another router goes. The PC890s are showing up on the second hand market now. I picked one up for $65 a while back and put it in my router table.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

What a great bargain Scott. Is that your router table router now? It seems like it would be a good place to use it.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

A router table where you have a router lift for depth would be ideal. Whats the HP on the router?

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

that was my problem with the Sears—it destroyed a bit / a thingy (lol ) and a template kit. I was NOT a happy camper.

I’ll show Rick your “fix” and hopefully we can save this router from making it to the garbage. I cursed that thing for a very long time—I’m over it now.. really.. honestly… #$)*#$

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

I know is an old post Scott but… I think I might have a quicker solution for you. Have you tried the ‘quick release nut’n’bolt from a mountain bike seat or wheel? You know, the type with the lever that you first tight and then fold 180º…

-- Jojo, shopless in Kyoto · http://twitter.com/kagushokunin

that’s a great idea Jojo…
definitely worth a try – and I’m getting tired of seeing the Sears router sitting in the corner.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

My first router was a Sears.
I don’t purchase anything from Sears now.

Bpb

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

Don’t know whether it would work *Debbie but I’m pretty confiden it will. At least, if I take in account the crazy workloads mines used to take without failing… And if it doesn’t… well, they’re not expensive at all (you can even borrow one just for the sake of trying).

-- Jojo, shopless in Kyoto · http://twitter.com/kagushokunin

I was looking for just the thing Jojo… not having been on a bicycle since college, that solution eluded me. What a great idea. – especially since I haven’t used the router since this initial set up – for bullnosing stairs. it wasn’t the best fix, but a cheap and workable bandaid at the time.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

Hey, If you guys decide to give it a try at the bike bolt, please jlet us know whether it works or not.

BTW Scott, it helps to have a bicycle as a main way of transportation, you’ve gotta love Japan. :o)

-- Jojo, shopless in Kyoto · http://twitter.com/kagushokunin

I like your post title ScottB . . . MacGyvering. That would be a good title for title for a Forum Topic as we all do that from time to time. Im thinking Niki would be the lead MacGyver with all the stuff he dreams up.

My first router was from Sears . . . but a core box bit got stuck in it . . . and that was that. I then got my DW616 and have recently got a 1/4” plunge from Canadian Tire.

-- The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them