MDF and alu sandwich router

[michael]

Builds lookin good mate,

As for your spindle, I'm now qualified to say get a Kress!, I know you were going to come over the other week to here my Trend T3, Since then the bearings gave way and I'm now the proud owner of a Kress 1050 thanks to a little trade with Steve.Hilton

It makes half the noise and has twice the power, Soon as I picked it up I knew it was a qaulity item (pretty heavy though).

Michael.

[michael]

I had one to wire into another machine...I didn't believe it was spinning at 30.000RPM it was so quiet!...applied tacho....30.100RPM Are you considering water-cooling the router mounting?

I did notice the 43mm collar felt rather hot after a short period of time, Is it the bearings that are getting so hot or just the motor it self.

Water cooling the mounting? Sounds interesting have you any examples on how this can be acheived:question:

Michael.

[John S]

Well you could pi..............no we won't go down that route

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[michael]

Well you could live dangerously like John suggests :naughty: If your pee is pure you won't be electrocuted!....take a chance :D

I was thinking just a piece of square bar bolted to the mounting with a hole down the centre and pass water through...voilà kiss principle cooler :idea: I have one drawn up in cad somewhere that got a little fancy.

I'm not sure of the internals of the Kress ie whether it's like a lot of routers and has the bearings mounted in rubber cups or if they're in metal for heat transfer....Bearings get hot and the comm takes a pounding (I have a router that I ran for 5 minutes and the comm is messed up...cheap crap) Way too much plastic in use on electric tools these days!

Would like to see a pic if you find your cad drawing:wave:

[John S]

Possible to simplify a design I don't split my brackets.



I drill the side hole first and put a bolt and nut thru and tighten it up, then bore the 43mm hole.
Lastly I cut the head off the bolt so the stud with cutaway can move and clamp.
Just like a tailstock barrel clamp.

Saves a slitting or sawing operation, did I mention I was idle ?

Not noticed mine getting hot but it's only the 800w model, never run more that 6mm cutters so couldn't see the reason to go bigger