OF 1010 Eq router - is this normal?

[Cheese]

So I disassembled the turret/detent assembly for the third time. What I originally thought was a series of spot faces used as detents are actually just ejector pin marks. The actual detents are the bottom of the holes that hold the adjustable height screws. In my case, I screwed the shortest height adjuster so far into the turret, that it would no longer act as a detent stop. It would only stop on either side of the correct position.

This is pretty much a problem with the shortest height adjuster only. While the middle height adjuster can be screwed in far enough to affect the detent, it actually has to be screwed in below the top surface of the turret. The tallest height adjuster just isn't long enough to ever cause an issue.

So bottom line is, when adjusting the shortest height adjuster, make sure there are at least 5 threads visible, this ensures the detent will work properly. As fewer threads become visible, the detent will no longer center properly and will start to move further and further off center.

 

[DobieG]

Not sure if this will work but this may be the thread that showed one person's fix for the turret problem on the OF 1400:  festool-jigs-tool-enhancements/of1400-depth-stop-turret-my-fix/msg308822/#msg308822. I am not very computer savy so do not know how to link the thread. Just do a search for:  OF1400 turret fix. Hopes this helps.

 

[Scorpion]

So I disassembled the turret/detent assembly for the third time. What I originally thought was a series of spot faces used as detents are actually just ejector pin marks. The actual detents are the bottom of the holes that hold the adjustable height screws. In my case, I screwed the shortest height adjuster so far into the turret, that it would no longer act as a detent stop. It would only stop on either side of the correct position.

This is pretty much a problem with the shortest height adjuster only. While the middle height adjuster can be screwed in far enough to affect the detent, it actually has to be screwed in below the top surface of the turret. The tallest height adjuster just isn't long enough to ever cause an issue.

So bottom line is, when adjusting the shortest height adjuster, make sure there are at least 5 threads visible, this ensures the detent will work properly. As fewer threads become visible, the detent will no longer center properly and will start to move further and further off center.

Sometimes the simplest answer is the right one.  Strange that the design doesn't allow the screw to bottom out at the min-height.  I get that it doesn't matter however the common user would expect that it could go all the way down.  Maybe it's intentional for another reason (needs to be long enough for some condition).  Dunno.

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[Cheese]

Strange that the design doesn't allow the screw to bottom out at the min-height.  I get that it doesn't matter however the common user would expect that it could go all the way down.

You're right...it could be as simple as not cutting those last 5 threads which would leave a larger diameter to act as a stop on the top of the turret.  [tongue]

 

[ben_r_]

Man, good thread. Now I have to remember to check the turrets on mine when I get home!