Lost collet for 7625 black and decker router - Black & Decker 11A 1 Router

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in wood. The tool consists of a motor that drives a cutting bit; the bit spins quickly and cuts the wood. The router can be moved horizontally through the wood to form a desired shape, and the type of edge on the shape is determined by the design of the router bit. Different edge designs can be cut by changing bits. It is very easy to change the bit on a Black & Decker router.

Step 1 Turn the router off and ensure that it is disconnected from the power supply. Wait for the router bit to cool down if it was recently used.
Step 2 Detach the chip shield from the back of the face plate.
Step 3 Depress the spindle lock button on the side of the router and rotate the spindle until it locks.


Step 4 Turn the router upside down and place it on a flat surface.
Step 5 Keep the spindle lock button depressed and loosen the collet nut that holds the bit with the spanner wrench. The collet is the device on the router that holds the bit in place.
Step 6 Remove the bit and insert the shank of the new bit into the collet. The shank should protrude at least 1/8" from the collet.

Step 7 Keep the spindle lock button depressed and tighten the collet nut with the wrench.
Step 8 Release the spindle lock button. Reattach the chip shield.

Take the collet fully apart and clean out all sawdust and other debris. Does this happen on all i/4 shank bits? use only quality bits preferably American bits. I use Whiteside and Amana, Cmt is a good bit. If it does not hold any 1/4 bit replace collet. To my knowledge Sears has never made a router, they just sell them. It's possible it was a Skill, a Black and Decker, or some other common brand with a few specs that Sears had them made with (good luck with that). Check router forum.com
other people have looked for collets, there is many suggestion or answers. t site has them, but it does not specify 1/4 or 1/2

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Should be a collet nut on shaft. grasp shaft with vicegrips and loosen collet nut with wrench.

i have found that most times there is a slight bit of rust on the bit

buff it down with some 150 paper,and also buff inside the collet

They don't have an instruction manual online at the Black and Decker support site, but if you want a look at the exploded diagram, it's here.

Basically there's a collet nut that gets tightened down to hold the bit in place. You've got to loosen it up and you'll be able to pop bits in and out. You've got to have some way to lock the shaft while you're doing this though.

Most modern routers have a spring loaded shaft lock button. While you're holding it in, start turning the collet. When the shaft gets to the point where there's a little hole for the spring lock, you'll probably hear a little click, and the shaft will be locked so you can loosen the collet. If you take your finger off the shaft lock, it pops right back out again so hold it down while you're loosening and tightening.

If you don't see a shaft lock button, you may have a second hex nut at the base and with two wrenches, you can hold the hex nut and turn the collet loose that way.

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Right size, clean collet?

I put in a bit that fitted the existing collet. When I took this out, the collet came with it.

I just did this on my black and decker router. You need to unscrew the nut that holds the collet and remove it altogether. Then slip out the collet in there and replace it with the new size. Take care to notice how it goes in when you take the old one out. Then rescrew the nut that holds it in place and tighten. My router had three collets and only one of them works for each size, so if it doesn't tighten properly, it may be the wrong size. Good luck.

the third standard handheld collet size is 8mm (thank the germans for that). you could either get a new 8mm collet for the router or for cheaper get a 1/2" to 8mm reducing sleeve from a good tool stockist or ebay... the sleeves are unversal. the collets are not...

good luck