Bad Collet?

[ChrisRice]

Take a look at the threaded part of the spindle shaft. I had 2 crack and they wobbled bad.

2nd Dewalt 611 Cracked Spindle Need Advice!

A few months ago I posted about breaking the collet on the dewalt 611, not actually the collet but the threaded part that it screws onto. It actually fractured in 2 places vertically. [image]At the time I had recently slammed into an oak clamp pretty hard so I thought maybe that was the cause. Bought a new router been about 3 months and I have another crack. [image] I use the original 1/4" collet and the 1/8" collet from Elaire. I’m no stranger to routers, I’ve used them all my life as a c…

The dewalt has a 1 year warranty, look for a local service center.