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Hi everyone. thanks for all the ideas. i am trying. the collet was new, i has bought it when i got the router. I lent it out a mew months ago and have only needed to use it recently. surprised by the stuck cutter etc. it has never given me any hassle. i have tried to upload a photo, being a...

Ok, i will go fiddle with it, some more. and a bit more. I will give it a go with screwdriver and hammer first but i have had a look at it close up n personal, seems to me it was dropped straight on the cutter or hit with a hammer. i must say, i will never lend out any tools ever ever ever...

pss, i have read most other threads, sorry for repeat style ?, tried tapping the cutter first. the nut came off no problem but cutter stuck and collet stuck. i have put a few drops machine oil. not working. thinking of using more force but i dont wanna. maybe if i clamp the cutter in a vice with...

Ps, have just read on another forum, the Elu 31's never utilised a collet?" The problem with these routers is that originally they didn't hold the cutter in a collet at all. Instead the bottom of the motor shaft is threaded M12 x 1mm metric fine male and cutters for use with the router had a...

Hi peeps I need help. My collet and cutter are stuck in the router. The nut is off but somehow the collet and cutter is jammed :cry: The collet is about 5/8th of the way in, the cutter shank is all the way in. I have mangled the cutter with locking pliers trying to get a grip. usually it just...