@clyde can you post a pic of your machine? im thinking about a similar setup with mach3
Sorry-I can’t answer that on account that I got about five flags for being of topic.
id be happy for a new topic with pics of your awesome machine… that way no flags!
Excuse me, Only FOUR flags for being off topic.
Someday.
In the darkness, he waits…
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to the one flagging these post on my thread
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Anyone in Canada have any luck sourcing the replacement brushes locally?
Really struggling to get the brushes in Canada
I think these routers are not intended to be CNC spindles. They are designed for using a few minutes at time for small routing projects, and not used hours at a time spinning. My brushes just wore down after 6 months of light use. I have cut some large projects though that took several hours to cut. If these are continues to be used, I guess I am going to keep a set of brushes on spare.
It is going to take up to 10 days to get new brushes from Amazon. I decided to make my own brushes though. I found a local store that sold graphite rods. I bout a 12 inch, 1/2 inch diameter rod, and used my Dremel to grind a few inches down to the same size as the brushes. I recycled the connectors from the old brushes and drill a small hole in my homemade brushes, and used Gorilla Glue to hold it all together. I am letting it dry overnight. I will post the results later.
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Homemade brushes work great! after about 1 minute of spinning, it quit sparking and started running very smoothly.
Hello. I have the 240v UK version of the dewalt 611 router. Can I put the same brushes being sold in Amazon to my unit? Thanks.
Not saying they use the same brush but i have only ever seen one part number
The motor itself is DC, AC input dont affect the brushes.
Looking into this myself at the moment - the part number for those brushes (the Amazon ones) lists them as BRUSH 120V
There is another part number that’s just BRUSH - so I think those maybe the UK / EU version, rather than the 120V ones?
Basing it off this - DeWalt Genuine Spare Parts D26200K Compact Router - Type 1 | eBay
I’ve just sent a message to the ebay vendor to check which brushes we need for the UK version - will update when I get a response
Response:
Hi there,
you will need A28459 x 2 theses are UK parts Dewalt just have a weird part number on them.
Kind regards Jamie
Power Tool Centre Ltd.
Which are the ones labelled BRUSH in the ebay link above - the Amazon.com ones are the US version BRUSH 120V
Thanks to all of your replies.