[Grunblau]

Recently, I was trying to source some small endmills for my machine. With the 1/2" and 1/4" collets that come with the router, you would have to find a tapered solution or a small endmill with a 1/4" shank. If you thumb through the MSC catalogue, for example, you will find a huge assortment of small endmills with an 1/8" shank but precious few with a 1/4" shank. The other concern is run-out, if you were able to hold micro tools with your router, the run-out would likely snap them off anyway.

I had always been a bit jealous of the people with Porter Cable routers as they had the option of using the Think & Tinker collet system early on. A couple years ago, they got around to making them for the Bosch router and I finally got a hold of a set!



Here are the results!




Looking forward to trying it out soon!

:cheers:

Brian

[beluga282]

Simply WOW !!!

Really amazing ... I was thinking about this collet few weeks ago, for the same router !!!


Thank you !!!

[CarveOne]

I have these on my Porter Cable 7518, Hitachi M12VC, and most recently my DeWalt DWP611 routers. You will not want to work without these once you use them.

[Shonky]

Hi Brian, thanks for the video.

Maybe you mentioned on the video and I missed it, but which grade of collets did you buy? I have a Hitachi M12VC ready for my machine, and I intend on purchasing this kit down the road, but I'm not sure which to go for.

[Grunblau]

Hi Brian, thanks for the video.

Maybe you mentioned on the video and I missed it, but which grade of collets did you buy? I have a Hitachi M12VC ready for my machine, and I intend on purchasing this kit down the road, but I'm not sure which to go for.

Thanks for the comments!

I got the Precision Grade ones. Chances are I'd notice the missing $90 more than .0003" of extra accuracy. Although it seems as though it might be better than that on the new router. I don't have the tools necessary to measure down to .0001"

[kinghong1970]

sweet... grats!