Festool router collets dewalt compatible?

[trebuchet]

Just received an used old OF2000 (not OF2200) with a damaged 12mm collet. I tried the collet of my dewalt 625 and it fits, apparently...
Any experiences in cross compatibility with dewalt/elu or other brands collets?

 

[Jim_in_PA]

Don't assume that just because the threads match that the collet is fitting properly in the tapered recess in the motor spindle. It may be longer, shorter, a different angle, etc. Both the "male" and the "female" part of the collet have to match up exactly as designed to hold securely.

 

[Michael Kellough]

There is a better chance of a match if that Dewalt router is a descendant of the venerable Elu router.

 

[Bob D.]

Mixing router collet parts is asking for trouble.

Except for a router like the new one that Woodpeckers has coming. It uses an industrial CNC-grade ER-20 collet and comes with 1/4" and 1/2" collet inserts, but you can use any collet insert compatible with an ER-20 collet from 1/16" to 1/2" including metric sizes.

That is something that router should have had long ago. I would buy one for my router table if I didn't have the PC7518 in there now.

It might make a good router for Woodpeckers Slab Mill but I don't think it comes with a base which you would need to mount it on there.

 

[AlexThePalex]

The collet is the part that spins at 20.000 RPM and keeps it all together. I would not improvise with that, just order the original collet from Festool.