Hello!,
Today is day one with my Shapeoko 4. I have the standard Cabide Router. I did a project to test out the machine. The first toolpath used a 102. When it came time to switch to my v-bit I couldn’t get the bit loose. I big nut came off but when I try to put the bit and colet out it won’t budge at all.
Any help would be great.
Thank you.
Tap it with a wrench.
Sometimes Sawdust gets jammed up there and it makes it too tight.
That did not work. It seems to be really stuck.
Back when I first started with my Shapeoko, I had bits get stuck. I found it was because I pushed the bit too far into the collet.
If you have the nut off, I had to take pliers and hold the bit and use a hammer to the pliers to get the bit out. Never did that again.
That was the issue! I used a pair of vice grips and the hammer and she came right out.
I only have the bit go in the collet about 0.75" no more that the collet length. Also, when changing the bit tap the nut a few times with the wrench to get extra dust out. Every few changes I take the whole collet out and blow the excess dust out. I haven’t had an issue since. (Knock on wood) good thing I have plenty laying around to knock on.
My 1/4 collet never has this problem and my 1/8 ALWAYS does.
I’m knocked out the dust; used the pliers/ made sure to not bottom the bit out still it will not come out without resorting to the pliers.
Makes me hate to use the 1/8 collet, but to use my 1/8 ball bits, it’s a must.
I might see if I can get another 1/8 collet and see if that, itself, is the problem.
Is there a possibility that you received a Metric collet? A 3 mm would be tight. 1/8 is .125 imperial 3.175 mm. The ID of my collet is .125 / 3.2 mm
Just shooting it the dark
Thanks, I’ll mic it out in the morning and maybe!
Thanks
I USED to experience this problem also with the 1/8 bit/colletts. I solved this issue by upgrading all my bits to 1/4" D shanks. I also experienced a problem with the factory supplied wrenches so I upgraded them by picking up a pair of new wrenches from Amazon. These are for the Shapeoko supplied router. Other router may have different dimensions.
YES, I have had enough fine dust in my collet that it got packed in and the bit was stuck.
Cleaning everything is my new step 1 to maintain the collet.
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