Porter-Cable 310 router, bits stuck in collet

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Porter-Cable 310 router, bits stuck in collet

Post by peter havriluk » Sat Jan 07, 2017 1:18 am

Just use this beautiful tool for the first time, it's been sleeping shiny new for a few years. Went to remove the router bit, and the collet was most firmly hanging onto the bit and the shaft. Any suggestions as to how to make removing bits a bit easier? Any lubricants work?

I did a search on the tool and there was a fair bit of discussion about this problem, but I didn't see any suggestions of a fix known to work.

Thanks, folks.
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Re: Porter-Cable 310 router, bits stuck in collet

Post by John Parchem » Sat Jan 07, 2017 12:49 pm

I have this router, and have also experienced this issue. I generally remove the collet and use a drift to tap it out. So I do not have any clean ways of doing it.

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Re: Porter-Cable 310 router, bits stuck in collet

Post by peter havriluk » Sat Jan 07, 2017 3:08 pm

John, sounds like a reasonable response if the collet wants to depart. Mine was stuck solid in the shaft.
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Re: Porter-Cable 310 router, bits stuck in collet

Post by Tim Benware » Sun Jan 08, 2017 12:38 pm

I've had to wrap the bit with a cloth and wiggle it out with pliers then I sold it and bought one that worked!
I've "Ben-Had" again!
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Re: Porter-Cable 310 router, bits stuck in collet

Post by ken cierp » Mon Jan 09, 2017 7:00 pm

Knock it out with a drift pin --- do not use lube.

Replace the collect -- we use the ones from mlcs

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Re: Porter-Cable 310 router, bits stuck in collet

Post by peter havriluk » Mon Jan 09, 2017 9:18 pm

Ken, thanks for suggesting I replace the collet. Didn't know that they were aftermarket parts. I'll try that. Oh, well, MLCS catalogs a bunch of 'collet extensions', no plain old collets or self-releasing collets, near as I can tell.

Still looking.
Peter Havriluk

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