I was using my PC 7518 at 10000RPM in a table to make a window stool
the other day. While I was examining the last piece off the table,
the router started varying its speed up and down. Nobody was near the
thing; no load on it.

I went ahead and did the next piece. When I applied the load the
rouiter went up to 10000 RPM and stayed there for the entire cut.
After the cut, more varying speed stuff.

Anybody seen this one before? Has a cure been identified??

Len

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I was using my PC 7518 at 10000RPM in a table to make a window stool
the other day. While I was examining the last piece off the table,
the router started varying its speed up and down. Nobody was near the
thing; no load on it.

I went ahead and did the next piece. When I applied the load the
rouiter went up to 10000 RPM and stayed there for the entire cut.
After the cut, more varying speed stuff.

Anybody seen this one before? Has a cure been identified??

Len


Contact Porter Cable, this has been reported on numerous occasions.
Apparently it is a problem not unique to your router.

" writes:
Anybody seen this one before?

Yes. It's probably a normal aspect of the really-low-speed operation
when unloaded.

Has a cure been identified??

Cut more wood :-)

Have you tried blasting the dust out of the switch? Both of ours have
been bothered by this on occasion (or even failed to start at all) and
have benefited from a good shot of compressed air.
FWIW
Lenny

On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:36:19 -0800 (PST), "
wrote:

I was using my PC 7518 at 10000RPM in a table to make a window stool
the other day. While I was examining the last piece off the table,
the router started varying its speed up and down. Nobody was near the
thing; no load on it.

I went ahead and did the next piece. When I applied the load the
rouiter went up to 10000 RPM and stayed there for the entire cut.
After the cut, more varying speed stuff.

Anybody seen this one before? Has a cure been identified??

Len