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Thread: Porter cable 7518 router heating up

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    Default Porter cable 7518 router heating up

    Is anyone still having problems with the 7518 (new)heating up,mine has just restarted again (1 hour no load 47 degree c)
    So i was fed up and priced a wilwaukee 3.5hp and thank god told the supplier what was going on with the porter cable .He said don't buy the wilwaukee as it is not a true 3.5 but more like 1.5hp.He said to stick with PC and find the right bearing.Sine black and decker took over PC stuff quality and care has changed a lot.
    I have 2-7518's new and 1 7519 220volt and they all heat up ,get this PC says the bearings are ok for <19-20k,i run mine at 19k if i go max speed i get 57 degrees c in 1 hour

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    Where are you measuring this temperature at on the router? How are you measuring the temperature? What is your ambient (room) temperature?

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    Mine does it at different times on different projects and i can't figure it out. Many times the collet and bit are so hot you can't touch them while the router is just warm after a 15 min rough cut on a 3d file with a .25 bit. Other times its barely warm after working for an hour. No consistent pattern i've figured out yet.

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