I have been snooping around the forum for several years gathering useful data and tons of knowledge but this is my first post.  I tried to find another post with the same problem and although I found many with similar issues none seemed to have the same cause.

I have a Festool OF 1400 router that I have been using for about a year and a half without any problems.  I love the ease of setup and operation and of course the dust collection.  I just recently decided to use it with a standard PC guide bushing and a template to router out a shallow mortise for some bed hardware.  This is the first time using the guide bushing in this router.

When I installed the guide bushing I found two things.  The first thing was that the bit was not perfect centered in the bushing.   I found a couple of posts on this and I am confident that I can easily resolve that issue.  The second issue that I found was that I have about 1/32nds slop in the entire guide bushing adapter plate.   The movement is NOT in the bushing itself but rather where the plate connects to the base.   There is a gap in the base plate on either side of that adapter plate tabs which allows movement side to side.  I am sure that this can't be typical but I surprised that I haven't been able to find someone with the same problem.  I have not taken the base apart to see if there are any adjustments but at first glance I did not see any obvious adjustment to tighten up the adapter plate.

Has anyone else run across this issue or am I the first?  Is there a known solution?

Thanks for your help.

Andy

Andy,
  I can't help much as I don't have the 1400 but as no one else has answered I went to the shop and checked my 2200. Although there is a different mounting system, the adapters look very similar. I found I had to do a thorough job of cleaning the sawdust out of the recess before it seated well. Once seated though, there was no movement whatsoever and in fact was a little difficult to pull it back out. It appears to be an airtight fit all the way around the edge.
-Charlie

Thanks for the replies.   My router is clean so that isn't the problem.  I even took it apart to make sure everything was clean and it didn't make a difference.

I experience the problem when the clips are as tight as the get.

I posted two videos on YouTube so you can see what I am talking about.

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtBN_tlf-BQQjUSwiqxkn5w/videos

If the link doesn't work you can search for the title of the thread on YouTube.

I went to my local Festool sellers.  I've noticed the same issue with the 1400 router they have in store.  Does anybody noticed the same issue or the router was defective?

My 1400 has some movement and I went to my dealer and the display one had the same movement.

I am in the market for a new router and I was looking at the 1400 and 1010. (I have a production router in a table so the smaller size of the 1010 is not an issue.) I will be sure to check this when picking up a router at my local dealer.

I am surprised to see this much play in the guide bushing. I was recently in the shop of a local technical college and used their 1010 with a guide bushing. It was a "well used tool", however, there was no play at all. The bushing to collet alignment was slightly eccentric, so it was important to set up for alignment to one side and follow that for all of the work. 

Isn't this an issue of bent tabs? EDIT: it's not, judging from the video.

Will have to check my OF 1400, but I can't remember any play on it. But I only have the 24mm that came with it or maybe one other. I already had some rings for the OF 1010 when I bought the 1400 and since I don't use them that much, I didn't buy additional ones for the 1400.

Thanks everyone for the feedback.  I agree that any play in the bushing is not acceptable (specially for an 800$ router).  The fact a couple user have seen this issue indicate the model has some production issue.  I'm new to this group, does Festool sometime respond to this group or should I contact their representative?  I was really looking forward to buy the router, but this whole thing turn me down.  I already own a Rotex sander and it's a wonderful machine.  However I won't buy a router that will be less precise than the cheap one I already have.   I'll keep you posted if I find any other information.  I'll encourage all of you (which have issue) to contact Festool to see how to react to the problem.

Thanks again!

Stephane

For all precesicion collet work I put the pat warner plate on my Dewalt dw621. He makes the plate for of1400.