uses for a HF trim router with too much runout?

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peter havriluk
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uses for a HF trim router with too much runout?

Post by peter havriluk » Fri Sep 09, 2016 1:46 pm

Folks, any suggestions? Never used it as a router after I watched the router bit spinning with a wobble. But it is a motor in a case with a power cord and a switch and a chuck that can hang onto 1/4" shafts. And HF didn't want to honor their time-limited guarantee, so it's mine for all time.
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Re: uses for a HF trim router with too much runout?

Post by ken cierp » Fri Sep 09, 2016 3:18 pm

If you use bits with a ball bearing guide I don't think is matters much -- they only can cut as deep/wide as the the bearing allows, might have some chatter.

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Re: uses for a HF trim router with too much runout?

Post by peter havriluk » Fri Sep 09, 2016 4:58 pm

Ken, thanks. I had no idea of what a wobbly router would be good for.
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