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I have an 800W water cooled spindle on my 6040 CNC router and it works very well. It will fit on the X-Carve (65mm diameter body) but I haven’t tried that as yet.
It’s very quiet in operation, uses an ER11 collet so can take a range of bit sizes up to 7mm.
One advantage over a router is that there is no fan blowing dust every where, a problem I have with the Makita router on the X-Carve.
Yep, blow the dust out and replace the brushes. Get someone who knows what they’re doing to assist and I know it’s obvious, remove the plug from the power supply first…
i took the brushed apart, and cleaned everything out. However the brushes look like they have plenty of life left. i dont think that new ones will solve the problem.
i noticed that, on my air diverted on the bottom of the unit (have since removed it), it was a white 3d printed piece, that had accumulated some black dust on it over time.
Francesco, one other option that you can try to see if the router is burnt up or if it is just the electronics.
I removed the electronics from my unit, all except the power switch. I ran a new power wire through the drag chain and another 4-wire stepper motor wire that will eventually power just my LEDs. (Right now my LEDs do not work.) I left the power switch to turn off the spindle during bit changes as a safety feature.
Pretty much all that needs to be done after the stock controller is removed is to connect the black and the white wires inside the router with the new incoming power wires (there is no green (120v ground), only a two wire 120V hookup). I replaced the stock power cord bc it was too short to run through the drag chains on my 1000x1800 X Carve.
Of course doing this will void the warranty, if it has one one remaining (if you destroy the Controller while taking it out, but most likely it will slide back into place). This will also remove the slow start and any speed control the spindle has. The slow start and the speed control can be replaced with one of the $20 harbor freight Router Speed Controllers. Yes, this will work with the 611 IF the stock speed controller is removed.
I removed the electronics and performed this modification. The minimum speed is still probably around the same as with the factory controller. But now I have a Manual speed control for my router that is not attached to the spindle. This will allow me to dial in the speed by ear While the machine is cutting. Not too scientific but by my understanding many older machine operators used to use this method to determine speeds.
I want to also point out that I have not made one cut yet with my X carve. I just finished putting it together and setting it up. I was in the process of calibrating my machine when I was pulled away. So I have not fully tested this new arrangement yet, but I do not see any issues when testing the spindle Under no load.
Also remember that you are dealing with dangerous voltage. So if you do not feel comfortable performing this modification, then don’t do it. Make sure all power is shut off before proceeding.
This of course is an option that can be tested on your 611. If it was just the factory controller that malfunctioned, then this will most likely get you up and running again.
used for about 2 weeks, (however i bought my unit used from a pawnshop, it looked brand new), speed was set to 2 (3- for one job), running for about 3-4 hours per job. It served its purpose, i guess i was mainly looking for an excuse to upgrade to liquid cooled spindle. I am still going to attempt to fix it/take it to a service center.
If you run about 3 hours per day, you’ll get a couple months out of a set of brushes. I burned up my first set in about 2 months.
I contacted Dewalt for warranty repairs and they had a 3-4 week lead time and couldn’t guarantee it being done in that time. I just consider the brushes a consumable like bits and factor it into costs.
Most of the Dewalt consumer tools are now made in China and the quality is down a bit. The contractor grade tools are still assembled in Mexico from higher quality parts made in North America.
14 days x 4 hours of use per day is only 56 hours of use. If it had been a new unit from Inventables we would replace that immediately as it would be unacceptable. Since it was a used unit we don’t know how many hours were on it before you bought it. I’ll defer to the service center.
