How to Service a Plunge Router

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Hi, I'm Ed Reyes from Master Builders here in Tampa, Florida. I am here for Expert Village and I am going to show you how to use the proper use for a plunge router. Now it is pretty fairly easy to upkeep these instruments here. The first thing you always want to do is make sure that it is unplugged and you have no power to it because it is a very high speed instrument and it can do some serious damage. So safety first, always unplug the unit. This area up here on top that is the breather. It is always good to take either a vacuum or blow pump and blow that out because this does create a lot of dust between the cutting. The area over here that turns, it is good to get 3 in 1 oil and just grease it every once in a while or WD40 works good also. The plunger areas it is good to release it and there is a spring in here. It is good to insert oil. I recommend once a month depending on how much you use it. Then you want to depress it back and forth so that the oil gets in there. There really are no bushings or any internal work to be done here. Again, this is another instrument that if it needs to be repaired and you are seeing some damage to it, you need to take it to a certified tech. This is something that you don't want to play with. Regarding the bits, cleaning up the bits is very simple. It takes some paint thinner, lacquer on a rag and you rub it around your ball bearings joint here. That is all you need to do. You want to try and stay off the blade itself but you want to keep this ball bearing rolling real smooth and simple. There is a lot of light maintenance here involved, there is nothing major to do. Basically you just want to keep it oiled and you want to keep it running smooth.

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