Bosch 1617 Plunge Router Base..

[SARGE..g-47]

New!.. Purchased 2 months ago and never used. The Bosch motor bit the dust on a large deck edition yesterday, so I will throw in the fixed base and the fried motor if anyone could use spare parts from it (switch, etc.) as I am replacing with a Milwaukee fixed-plunge combo.

First .... $50 plus $10 shipping gets it.. Contact by PM or email if you want it.

Sarge...

[SARGE..g-47]

Bases sold....

Regards...

Sarge...

[Knottscott]

Bases sold....

Regards...

Sarge...

Good! Now I don't have to wrestle with the decision!

[LinuxRandal]

New!.. Purchased 2 months ago and never used. The Bosch motor bit the dust on a large deck edition yesterday, so I will throw in the fixed base and the fried motor if anyone could use spare parts from it (switch, etc.) as I am replacing with a Milwaukee fixed-plunge combo.

First .... $50 plus $10 shipping gets it.. Contact by PM or email if you want it.

Sarge...

Was the motor new, or just the base? (wondering if you tried to get it fixed, or just decided to swap).

TIA

[SARGE..g-47]

Was the motor new, or just the base? (wondering if you tried to get it fixed, or just decided to swap).

TIA

Morning LR..

The motor was 5 years old and had a lot of time logged on it. It was the old magnesium housing which is the "first strike" against it. Functional, but a PITA to keep waxed to avoid the problems that brings. But... much more to the story!

I have used 1/4" bits in the Bosch over it's 5 year work history. My Milwaukee 5625 sits under the table with 1/2" collet. I used a 1/4" round-over to round edges around a large deck. Then I was going to use a 1 1/2" over-head pattern bit to even some edges where I customed some railing on the stairs after I got it up and decided to make the modification. That required a 1/2" collet to match the bit I have usually used in the table.

The 1/2" Bosch collet has sat in a plastic bag for 5 years under my R cab. It slid abut 1/2" into the reciever and wouldn't go any farther. I forced (yes forced) it out and tried again after steel wooling the shaft with WD-40. Same scenario and a cocked entry. Pry it out again and repeat for several trys.

About the 3rd try I got a block of wood and tapped it with a rubber mallet as you would a DP chuck. Would not seat and still went in at an angle. I don't get frustrated easy, but at this point the old southern boy was steamed. That be "strike two"!

Pry it out and replace the 1/4" collet. Turn it on and "no start". That be "strike three"! .... Could be a pure co-incidence and the switch could have finally "went south", but I would bank on I damaged the internals with the hard taps attempting to get that 1/2" collet on.

Did I investigate internally at this point? NO... I was annoyed enough after losing an hour of down-time. I put a 1/2" collet in my 1973 Craftsman D handle and it finished the job with ease...... I went up immediately and ordered a Milwaukee 2 1/4 HP plunge-fix combo from Tyler Tool to replace.

Just the excuse I was looking for on another Milwaukee as at this point in life (house paid off.. 3 vehicles paid off.. everything paid off), I just want a hand-held router I can change collets on in seconds as it should be. There may be a simple fix for the motor.... but this old boy ain't going there with the collet situation "as is" and a no start!

I have no clue as to why it would not slide in as simply as any of the other 5 routers I have owned? Again.. at this point I don't even care as 480 linear feet of lumber for the "First Ladie's" request for a new bed-room suit awaits the final stain on the deck today.

Time doesn't wait on an old man..... and as Paul Harvey so eloquently stated, "That's the rest of the story"! ha.. ha... ha.. ha..ha..

Sarge..