I'd like some help here please...?!?
I have the PC 7518 router installed in a Woodpecker table with the Woodpecker precision lift. (I bought this as a package off Craigslist many years ago).
It has been working great till this morning, when I was routing a few red oak rails/styles for a cabinet door. Half-way thru it was making some odd sounds, and when I shut it off to investigate, it would not turn on.
I hoped it was just sawdust clogging the works so I went about vacuuming and cleaning the router with a compressed-air-blow-gun; it did spit out a ton of sawdust - I wish I had thought of doing this cleanup before.
Anyway, it still does not turn on. I now want to open it up to take a look - maybe it's something easy to fix, maybe the brushes have to be replaced. But I don't know how to remove it from the lift-mechanism, and I can't find a manual online.
The Woodpecker site is not helpful, because they have upgraded to V2, which is very different from the previous version.
(I did find the user manual for the newer version of this lift, which confirms the difference)
I found a review for my router-lift at newwoodworker, but of course it does not tell me how to remove a router from the lift.
This is how it looks when installed on the lift but before being seated into the table:
I want to believe the two large bolts at the middle of the router body hold the router to the lift, but am wary of wrongly loosening/opening anything.
I also don't want to mess with the rest of the table setup if possible (like the router plate).
Any thoughts, comments?
I have the PC 7518 router installed in a Woodpecker table with the Woodpecker precision lift. (I bought this as a package off Craigslist many years ago).
It has been working great till this morning, when I was routing a few red oak rails/styles for a cabinet door. Half-way thru it was making some odd sounds, and when I shut it off to investigate, it would not turn on.
I hoped it was just sawdust clogging the works so I went about vacuuming and cleaning the router with a compressed-air-blow-gun; it did spit out a ton of sawdust - I wish I had thought of doing this cleanup before.
Anyway, it still does not turn on. I now want to open it up to take a look - maybe it's something easy to fix, maybe the brushes have to be replaced. But I don't know how to remove it from the lift-mechanism, and I can't find a manual online.
The Woodpecker site is not helpful, because they have upgraded to V2, which is very different from the previous version.
(I did find the user manual for the newer version of this lift, which confirms the difference)
I found a review for my router-lift at newwoodworker, but of course it does not tell me how to remove a router from the lift.
This is how it looks when installed on the lift but before being seated into the table:
I want to believe the two large bolts at the middle of the router body hold the router to the lift, but am wary of wrongly loosening/opening anything.
I also don't want to mess with the rest of the table setup if possible (like the router plate).
Any thoughts, comments?
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