So I've got it hung in a router table running a quarter inch round-over on a few hundred MDF parts and it's easy-peasy. I get done, clean up, blow off the router motor and set it on top of the table for the next time I need it. Which was today. To my knowledge the router has not been used since I last did. I plugged it in to a working outlet, turned it on, and....nothing. There is no visible damage to the cord or the router itself. It has less than 10 hours use on it - practically new.

Any thoughts? I haven't started dismantling as it was discovered late today and I got mad and left. Plus it's Friday and I had a massage but that's a whole nuther story.

Tia
JP

"JayPique" wrote:


So I've got it hung in a router table running a quarter inch
round-over on a few hundred MDF parts and it's easy-peasy. I get done,
clean up, blow off the router motor and set it on top of the table for
the next time I need it. Which was today. To my knowledge the router
has not been used since I last did. I plugged it in to a working
outlet, turned it on, and....nothing. There is no visible damage to
the cord or the router itself. It has less than 10 hours use on it -
practically new.

Any thoughts? I haven't started dismantling as it was discovered late
today and I got mad and left. Plus it's Friday and I had a massage but
that's a whole nuther story.
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Personally, I'd grab that router and head to the nearest Milwaukee
service center.

It might be something under warranty.

Lew

On 3/7/2014 10:23 PM, JayPique wrote:
So I've got it hung in a router table running a quarter inch round-over on a few hundred MDF parts and it's easy-peasy. I get done, clean up, blow off the router motor and set it on top of the table for the next time I need it. Which was today. To my knowledge the router has not been used since I last did. I plugged it in to a working outlet, turned it on, and....nothing. There is no visible damage to the cord or the router itself. It has less than 10 hours use on it - practically new.

Any thoughts? I haven't started dismantling as it was discovered late today and I got mad and left. Plus it's Friday and I had a massage but that's a whole nuther story.

Tia
JP


Question how do you remove dust?

Too often I see people using a closed cabinet with holes drilled in the
door... and then they have the DC sucking air from that cabinet. Norm
Abrahms like.

Well most routers send air from the head of the motor toward the bit, so
if you are sucking the air out of the cabinet you are starving the motor
of air.. it can't cool, and you are sucking dust into the motor.

If you did this, than you probably need to open the motor, I'll bet
there is dust packed in the commutator.

--
Jeff

"JayPique" wrote in message
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So I've got it hung in a router table running a quarter inch round-over on a
few hundred MDF parts and it's easy-peasy. I get done, clean up, blow off
the router motor and set it on top of the table for the next time I need it.
Which was today. To my knowledge the router has not been used since I last
did. I plugged it in to a working outlet, turned it on, and....nothing.
There is no visible damage to the cord or the router itself. It has less
than 10 hours use on it - practically new.

Any thoughts? I haven't started dismantling as it was discovered late today
and I got mad and left. Plus it's Friday and I had a massage but that's a
whole nuther story.

Tia
JP

Do you have a air compressor? I always pressure air through my power tools
when through using them. WW

JayPique wrote in
:

So I've got it hung in a router table running a quarter inch
round-over on a few hundred MDF parts and it's easy-peasy. I get done,
clean up, blow off the router motor and set it on top of the table for
the next time I need it. Which was today. To my knowledge the router
has not been used since I last did. I plugged it in to a working
outlet, turned it on, and....nothing. There is no visible damage to
the cord or the router itself. It has less than 10 hours use on it -
practically new.

Any thoughts? I haven't started dismantling as it was discovered late
today and I got mad and left. Plus it's Friday and I had a massage but
that's a whole nuther story.

Tia
JP


You might have a bit of dust inside the motor, and there's a chance it
would be dislodged if you rotate the shaft manually.

If the brushes are removable, I'd probably look at those next. Remove
the brush and shine a light down the hole it came out of. Look for
anything other than the motor wall and commutator.

After this, disassembling the router will probably be necessary. Once
apart, I'd look for any foreign matter and start tracing the power system
with a meter.

Puckdropper
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Make it to fit, don't make it fit.

On 3/8/2014 1:11 AM, Puckdropper wrote:
JayPique wrote in
:

So I've got it hung in a router table running a quarter inch
round-over on a few hundred MDF parts and it's easy-peasy. I get done,
clean up, blow off the router motor and set it on top of the table for
the next time I need it. Which was today. To my knowledge the router
has not been used since I last did. I plugged it in to a working
outlet, turned it on, and....nothing. There is no visible damage to
the cord or the router itself. It has less than 10 hours use on it -
practically new.

Any thoughts? I haven't started dismantling as it was discovered late
today and I got mad and left. Plus it's Friday and I had a massage but
that's a whole nuther story.

Tia
JP


You might have a bit of dust inside the motor, and there's a chance it
would be dislodged if you rotate the shaft manually.

If the brushes are removable, I'd probably look at those next. Remove
the brush and shine a light down the hole it came out of. Look for
anything other than the motor wall and commutator.

After this, disassembling the router will probably be necessary. Once
apart, I'd look for any foreign matter and start tracing the power system
with a meter.

Puckdropper

I don't know what type of motor the router has, but in my table saw
motor there are a set to contacts that are in the starting circuit.
Occasionally a wood chip will get into these contacts preventing their
proper operation. When this happens, all you have to do is disassemble
the motor and clean the dust and wood chips from the insides. Just
remember what comes out must go in as far as the parts are concerned

So I've got it hung in a router table running a quarter inch round-over
on a few hundred MDF parts and it's easy-peasy.
I get done, clean up, blow off the router motor and set it on top of the table
for the next time I need it. Which was today. To my knowledge the router
has not been used since I last did. I plugged it in to a working
outlet, turned it on, and....nothing. There is no visible damage to
the cord or the router itself. It has less than 10 hours use on it -
practically new. Any thoughts?


I'd start simple & electrical ... flip the switch on & off
vigorously ; wiggle the cord ends ; reset thermal overload ;
As someone else suggested - spin the motor by hand ..
Good luck - let us know what you find.
John T.


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"JayPique" wrote in message

So I've got it hung in a router table running a quarter
inch round-over on a few hundred MDF parts and it's
easy-peasy. I get done, clean up, blow off the router
motor and set it on top of the table for the next time I
need it. Which was today. To my knowledge the router has
not been used since I last did. I plugged it in to a
working outlet, turned it on, and....nothing. There is
no visible damage to the cord or the router itself. It
has less than 10 hours use on it - practically new.

Any thoughts? I haven't started dismantling as it was
discovered late today and I got mad and left. Plus it's
Friday and I had a massage but that's a whole nuther
story.

I have one router - an old one - that does that occasionally. The problem
is that when it stops the brushes are sort of between the commutator strips
or at least aren't making good contact. My solution for that is to rotate
the arbor slightly (while unplugged or at least "off", of course).


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So I've got it hung in a router table running a quarter inch round-over
on a few hundred MDF parts and it's easy-peasy.
I get done, clean up, blow off the router motor and set it on top of the
table
for the next time I need it. Which was today. To my knowledge the router
has not been used since I last did. I plugged it in to a working
outlet, turned it on, and....nothing. There is no visible damage to
the cord or the router itself. It has less than 10 hours use on it -
practically new. Any thoughts?


Have you tried directing extreme profanity at the offending tool? I have
used this approach many times. It has only worked twice in the last 50
years though. But it did work on those two occasions. It is always
available as a first resort.

(Did I just post this?)

On Sat, 8 Mar 2014 09:06:43 -0500, "dadiOH"
wrote:

"JayPique" wrote in message

So I've got it hung in a router table running a quarter
inch round-over on a few hundred MDF parts and it's
easy-peasy. I get done, clean up, blow off the router
motor and set it on top of the table for the next time I
need it. Which was today. To my knowledge the router has
not been used since I last did. I plugged it in to a
working outlet, turned it on, and....nothing. There is
no visible damage to the cord or the router itself. It
has less than 10 hours use on it - practically new.

Any thoughts? I haven't started dismantling as it was
discovered late today and I got mad and left. Plus it's
Friday and I had a massage but that's a whole nuther
story.

I have one router - an old one - that does that occasionally. The problem
is that when it stops the brushes are sort of between the commutator strips
or at least aren't making good contact. My solution for that is to rotate
the arbor slightly (while unplugged or at least "off", of course).
+1 more on the brush problem - rotate and try again. If that starts
it, I'd pull and clean the brushes. If turning doesn't make it start,
I'd pull and check the brushes anyway - and while apart check with
ohneter to make sure the swirch is working.

On 3/8/2014 1:58 PM, Lee Michaels wrote:

Have you tried directing extreme profanity at the offending tool? I
have used this approach many times. It has only worked twice in the
last 50 years though. But it did work on those two occasions. It is
always available as a first resort.

Hell, Bubba! ... that's worth a minimum $.02 of fame in the "Tip"
section of any DIY/Woodworking magazine!

In the shop, or onsite, I do find the following phrase most effective
when muttered, under breath, and often, and with heavy emphasis on first
word, in a Shakespearean, rhythmic, iambic pentameter:

"_YOU_ GD, MF'ing SOB'ing, POS!". ©1951-2014

Works for me, since I was 8 years old ...

(Did I just post this?)

(Must have, I definitely just replied.)

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On Sun, 09 Mar 2014 09:23:29 -0500, Swingman wrote:
"_YOU_ GD, MF'ing SOB'ing, POS!".

I buy the occasional lottery ticket, but rarely check the numbers
until I've collected several of them. I've found the above line
particularly useful when getting down to the last few numbers. After
winning nothing, I curse and swear at the damned lottery. *Then* I win
several dollars, just enough to keep me buying.

I can't swear at all the tickets, because then I get nothing. It only
works if I swear at the last few tickets.

On 3/7/2014 9:08 PM, woodchucker wrote:
On 3/7/2014 10:23 PM, JayPique wrote:
So I've got it hung in a router table running a quarter inch
round-over on a few hundred MDF parts and it's easy-peasy. I get done,
clean up, blow off the router motor and set it on top of the table for
the next time I need it. Which was today. To my knowledge the router
has not been used since I last did. I plugged it in to a working
outlet, turned it on, and....nothing. There is no visible damage to
the cord or the router itself. It has less than 10 hours use on it -
practically new.

Any thoughts? I haven't started dismantling as it was discovered late
today and I got mad and left. Plus it's Friday and I had a massage but
that's a whole nuther story.

Tia
JP


Question how do you remove dust?

Too often I see people using a closed cabinet with holes drilled in the
door... and then they have the DC sucking air from that cabinet. Norm
Abrahms like.

Well most routers send air from the head of the motor toward the bit, so
if you are sucking the air out of the cabinet you are starving the motor
of air.. it can't cool, and you are sucking dust into the motor.

If you did this, than you probably need to open the motor, I'll bet
there is dust packed in the commutator.


From my own personal experience with the same router I would agree. ;-)

"JayPique" wrote:


So I've got it hung in a router table running a quarter inch
round-over on a few hundred MDF parts and it's easy-peasy. I get
done, clean up, blow off the router motor and set it on top of the
table for the next time I need it. Which was today. To my knowledge
the router has not been used since I last did. I plugged it in to a
working outlet, turned it on, and....nothing. There is no visible
damage to the cord or the router itself. It has less than 10 hours
use on it - practically new.

Any thoughts? I haven't started dismantling as it was discovered
late today and I got mad and left. Plus it's Friday and I had a
massage but that's a whole nuther story.
-------------------------------------------------------------
So what did you find?

Lew

"JayPique" wrote:

So I've got it hung in a router table running a quarter inch
round-over on a few hundred MDF parts and it's easy-peasy. I get done,
clean up, blow off the router motor and set it on top of the table for
the next time I need it. Which was today. To my knowledge the router
has not been used since I last did. I plugged it in to a working
outlet, turned it on, and....nothing. There is no visible damage to
the cord or the router itself. It has less than 10 hours use on it -
practically new.

Any thoughts? I haven't started dismantling as it was discovered late
today and I got mad and left. Plus it's Friday and I had a massage but
that's a whole nuther story.
------------------------------------------------------------
Ever solve this problem?

Lew

"JayPique" wrote:

So I've got it hung in a router table running a quarter inch
round-over on a few hundred MDF parts and it's easy-peasy. I get
done, clean up, blow off the router motor and set it on top of the
table for the next time I need it. Which was today. To my knowledge
the router has not been used since I last did. I plugged it in to a
working outlet, turned it on, and....nothing. There is no visible
damage to the cord or the router itself. It has less than 10 hours
use on it - practically new.

Any thoughts? I haven't started dismantling as it was discovered
late today and I got mad and left. Plus it's Friday and I had a
massage but that's a whole nuther story.
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Sent: March 07, 2014.

After 3 months, looks like the problem went away.

Lew






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On Mon, 2 Jun 2014 20:21:41 -0700, "Lew Hodgett"
Sent: March 07, 2014.
After 3 months, looks like the problem went away.

That's what you get for swearing at it. It took time for its hurt
feelings to go away.