I was setting up to make some dovetails for three draws. I have not done
this before. Boards were planed to 5/8 ''.
I had borrowed a friends Leigh jig and he also lent me his router bits. My
router.
When I put the bushing and dovetail bit into my PC 7529 router I found that
when I tried to adjust the router depth, the bit could not extend far enough
because the collet hit the bushing. My friend said he had used this bit for
wood up to 3/4" . You can't cheat and pull the bit out of the collet far
enough. It is that far off.
Any ideas will be appreciated.
Bill
"Bill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I was setting up to make some dovetails for three draws. I have not done
> this before. Boards were planed to 5/8 ''.
>
> I had borrowed a friends Leigh jig and he also lent me his router bits. My
> router.
>
> When I put the bushing and dovetail bit into my PC 7529 router I found
that
> when I tried to adjust the router depth, the bit could not extend far
enough
> because the collet hit the bushing. My friend said he had used this bit
for
> wood up to 3/4" . You can't cheat and pull the bit out of the collet far
> enough. It is that far off.
>
> Any ideas will be appreciated.
Routers are notorious for not having the bases centered with the collet.
Could your guide bushing be off center causing the collet to hit the
bushing? If so, you will need to center the base or bushing. You should be
able to lower the collet down inside the bushing.
Actually I did center it with a centering pin.
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Bill
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "Bill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I was setting up to make some dovetails for three draws. I have not
done
> > this before. Boards were planed to 5/8 ''.
> >
> > I had borrowed a friends Leigh jig and he also lent me his router bits.
My
> > router.
> >
> > When I put the bushing and dovetail bit into my PC 7529 router I found
> that
> > when I tried to adjust the router depth, the bit could not extend far
> enough
> > because the collet hit the bushing. My friend said he had used this bit
> for
> > wood up to 3/4" . You can't cheat and pull the bit out of the collet far
> > enough. It is that far off.
> >
> > Any ideas will be appreciated.
>
> Routers are notorious for not having the bases centered with the collet.
> Could your guide bushing be off center causing the collet to hit the
> bushing? If so, you will need to center the base or bushing. You should
be
> able to lower the collet down inside the bushing.
>
>
>