I have a "wrong" collet on the router - these are the times. And you

So, you buy yourself a tool and you are happy, and then in the process of work you will find out about all its pros and cons. It turned out differently this time watched a carpentry specialist, where he dealt with milling cutters, and it turned out that I had ...

Wrong collet

It is correctly called - stepped, what are her problems? In fact, it holds the cutter worse than it could. When the nut clamps the collet in the seat, then due to the conical shape, the cutter is fixed, everything seems to be fine, I thought so myself.

But, it turned out, because of the shape, such a clamp is considered unreliable, it's correct to say - not reliable enough. During operation, the cutter may "fall through" or get out of place, the loads and speed on the router are serious.

Correct milling cutter

It has a conical shape, and dips with exits are excluded there because of the shape, which ensures reliable fixation.

I learned all this from the lecture of a specialist, immediately rushed to my instrument, untwisted, looked and was upset at first. But then I found out that tapered collets are only available on cool, branded routers, with a horse price tag, which you would definitely not buy.

I thought a bunch of people use the same as mine, and nothing, in general, rested. However, I will tighten the nut harder now, and more often monitor the position of the cutter.