Routermonster
Established Member
Hi All
I had an accident with my trusty Trend T9 last week.
The aluminium spindle lock cover sheared off when I started the router. The knob and spring attached to the spindle locking pin had fallen off. I realise now that this spring is designed to pull the pin out of the spindle as soon as the latter starts to rotate. The spindle locking pin had continued to engage the spindle on start up, and the starting torgue had caused it to forced off part of the cover, effectively splitting it in two. My carelessness - should have checked the knob!
Anyway, I am having no luck finding a spare part (Trend Ref WP-T9/026), I contacted Trend and they said that they have very few spares left for the T9 - certainly not the above cover, which they said had been subject to numerous failures. They added that since the T9 was discontinued in 2006 and the manufacturer that supplied them (Italian firm Felisatti?) has apparently ceased trading there is now no chance of acquiring any more spare parts.
Does anyone know where else I could find any spare parts? I've tried a few on-line powertool suppliers with no success. Although they display lists of T9 spares, the above part is often absent, and one firm that did list it said that they didn't keep stock and would have to order it from Trend ....
I've tried e-bay and there's nothing
So, I'm faced with chucking out an otherwise perfectly good router. :-({|=
I guess the next stage is to start reading some of the the reviews and discussions on this forum (T11, DW625, Triton, F****L ...).
The missus says my new avatar should be RouterMuppet, and on seeing the cost of a new one she is not pleased!
Les
I had an accident with my trusty Trend T9 last week.
The aluminium spindle lock cover sheared off when I started the router. The knob and spring attached to the spindle locking pin had fallen off. I realise now that this spring is designed to pull the pin out of the spindle as soon as the latter starts to rotate. The spindle locking pin had continued to engage the spindle on start up, and the starting torgue had caused it to forced off part of the cover, effectively splitting it in two. My carelessness - should have checked the knob!
Anyway, I am having no luck finding a spare part (Trend Ref WP-T9/026), I contacted Trend and they said that they have very few spares left for the T9 - certainly not the above cover, which they said had been subject to numerous failures. They added that since the T9 was discontinued in 2006 and the manufacturer that supplied them (Italian firm Felisatti?) has apparently ceased trading there is now no chance of acquiring any more spare parts.
Does anyone know where else I could find any spare parts? I've tried a few on-line powertool suppliers with no success. Although they display lists of T9 spares, the above part is often absent, and one firm that did list it said that they didn't keep stock and would have to order it from Trend ....
I've tried e-bay and there's nothing
So, I'm faced with chucking out an otherwise perfectly good router. :-({|=
I guess the next stage is to start reading some of the the reviews and discussions on this forum (T11, DW625, Triton, F****L ...).
The missus says my new avatar should be RouterMuppet, and on seeing the cost of a new one she is not pleased!
Les