Main > Woodworking
Ryobi Router hacking me off fixing to return it!!!!
rdowdy95:
I forgot to tell you guys man I was so scared reading the horror stories and stuff, and I am a novice at this stuff as well. To play it safe I tied a rope around my waist with a cookies sheet in front of my jewel area so I wouldn't have to me the next Bobbit victim. So tell me pulling the carbide out a little bit is it safe or should I look for a longer bit?
NightGod:
--- Quote from: rdowdy95 on July 28, 2006, 10:44:09 pm ---I forgot to tell you guys man I was so scared reading the horror stories and stuff, and I am a novice at this stuff as well. To play it safe I tied a rope around my waist with a cookies sheet in front of my jewel area so I wouldn't have to me the next Bobbit victim. So tell me pulling the carbide out a little bit is it safe or should I look for a longer bit?
--- End quote ---
O_O
Not that a sheet metal cookie sheet would stop a 30,000 RPM piece of carbide, but it's a nice gesture.
Personally, I would a) get a longer bit or b) get a flush mount bit that has the bottom bearing instead of the top one. It will be far more useful to you in the long run, anyway, since you can use it for laminate/plexi cutting alot easier.
rdowdy95:
Cool. I will go ahead and order that longer one I stated in the above post.
Have any of you ever pulled a bit out a tad bit? Say like not shoving it in all the way?
DrewKaree:
You shouldn't be shoving the bit in "all the way" ever. It'll be a pain in the ass to remove. Pull the bit out a smidge. Lemme clarify first.
YOU SHOULD NEVER BE PULLING THE BIT OUT MORE THAN AN EIGTH OF AN INCH. IF YOU HAVE TO, YOU NEED TO PURCHASE A LONGER BIT!
Second. It's a pattern bit. You shouldn't need to use the plunge capabilities of your router AT ALL! Set it at ONE depth, and screw the motor down (IIRC, it's a big latch that you open up, screw the motor down some, and close the latch again), then fine tune the adjustment with the depth ring, and finally, if that router has it, a little dial.
It sounds as if you're buying tools as you go along. I'm guessing that nut is a 9/16", but if you go and buy a wrench without taking along the one that already WORKS, you're silly. You also may not be able to buy just a single wrench, you might need to buy the whole friggen set.
I know you might be frustrated right now, but if that's the case, seriously, as nos suggested, just take it back NOW and get a better one to begin with. If you think the people working at the store better be able to adjust it, then stop and think about what you're expecting. You're expecting that since you're unable to get this thing set up properly by yourself, you'll take it back, and they'll do it for you. What if the setting isn't right? If the setting IS right, how do you believe those people are going to be able to figure it out? Same way as you should be able to, right? It's just something that's frustrating, not something that's the end of the world.
ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS attach pictures when you're including such a gawdawful run on sentence. Then, explain your problem in relation to the picture we'll all be looking at (both you AND us) so that we are all looking at the same thing, and the description won't be so foreign. Remember, there might not be anyone else who owns the exact same tool as you do, and we might be giving you instructions that ensure that you'll lop off a finger, toe, carbuncle, malignant growth, etc.
Seriously. Without pics, unless we've got the same thing you've got, we're working in the dark hoping we don't blow the place up ;D WITH pics, we can see what you're talking about. You're in luck, since nos has the same router. If HE'S talking about the same thing YOU'RE talking about, then you're golden. If not, well....
Lastly, since it's a plunge router, it CAN cut in an up/down motion, but it's not recommended except with certain bits, and there isn't a bit you should be using that would recommend cutting in that way. Oh, and I forgot one thing - CLAMP DOWN YOUR WORKPIECES AND FOR THE LOVE OF PETE, BE CAREFUL!
Brax:
--- Quote from: DrewKaree on July 29, 2006, 01:45:27 am ---You shouldn't be shoving the bit in "all the way" ever. It'll be a pain in the ass to remove. Pull the bit out a smidge. Lemme clarify first.
YOU SHOULD NEVER BE PULLING THE BIT OUT MORE THAN AN EIGTH OF AN INCH. IF YOU HAVE TO, YOU NEED TO PURCHASE A LONGER BIT!
--- End quote ---
Comment #1 In my opinion you SHOULD be putting the router bit "all the way" in. It's a collet. It's loose; you're not going to get it "stuck". It spins close to 30,000 rpm, it needs all the help it can get to hang on to the bit. Router bits were designed to be inserted all the way until they hit the stop.
Comment #2 Pulling a router bit out at all is STUPID. "Half way" is Russian roulette. If you want to kill yourself, this is an effective way to do it! I'd say you've already violated the number one safety rule when it comes to routers.
I can't say I could follow what you were trying to do, but it sounded like a complicated stack of wood you were trying to lower your bit down to. The bit was designed to use a "pattern" and cut into your wood. Generally people use 1/4" pressboard for patterns. The router can lower the bit between 1 1/2" and 2", I can't imagine you need more than this. (Especially for an arcade cabinet) My first thought is that you might need to simplify your process so that you can use the bit you already have.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version