I’m recently having problems with disconnects. It’s only been with hardwood drilling.
I’m making cribbage boards and drilling 3/8 holes.
Ive attached info I can collect. It will drill about 10 holes and disconnect.
New makita router.
Only disconnects with these holes. And occasionally will do all 120 fine.
Is there static build up with repeated drilling? Can I ground something?
Router and machine only thing on circuit.
Weather is cold but no rain (Washington)
Seemed to fix it. Moved router to separate circuit and put on a surge protector.
I will move these back to same circuit with a surge protector on next project to see if that was problem.
Abe
depends on where in Washington you are, over here on the east side static will be more of a concern. living on the west side it will still be there just not as active. Grounding your system makes a world of difference in disconnects, I have my 3XL on two dedicated circuits so i haven’t had too many disconnects since 2019 when i bought it.
Trim routers make a lot of noise (electrical noise). The brushes are pressed against the armature and as the brushes wear they make more and more electrical noise. You need to check your brushes. On the Makita/C3D routers they do not wear down to the nub. When they get about half consumed they need replaced. C3D supplies spare brushes with their routers because of this problem. You can get the brushes from C3D or order Makita for the C3D router because the C3D router is a clone of the Makita. Even moving it to another circuit you could still have issues as the brushes wear further.
I am on the west side. After separating the router from the machine circuit I was able to finish without disconnects.
As for the router, it’s brand new. Less than an hour on it. The bearings on my stock 3d router crapped out and it seized so I bought a new makita.
Thanks guys, appreciate the input
