Router near miss?

[SGalley]

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Was doing up the drawer fronts for jewlery boxes today. Using a template, bushing and a 1/4" bit I was going to town when I started seeing metal. I stopped the router, pulled it up and the bit fell out. The collar was still tight so I'm not sure why the bit came out.

 

[Travis Porter]

My only thought is that you didn't have enough of the bit in the router collet if you weren't taking too heavy of a cut. I had a similar situation happen just this Friday.....

 

[SGalley]

Actually I feel like an idiot. I used a bushing that was too small and I hate using a 1/4" collet and I was too lazy to get the right bushing/bit. Live and learn! Just glad the bit didn't fly out on me.

 

[Matt Schnurbusch]

Similar but all together different... I recently had a bearing come off from a flush trim bit. While it didn't pose the same danger as your mishap, it does go to show that we need to check/tighten our equipment from time to time.