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Mine too!
Hopefully someone will chime in with a recommended fix.
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Dust in the switch or switch housing. Take it apart & blow it out.
It fixed a friend of mine's router.
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I blew all the dust out of the trigger. It isn't the trigger. The trigger is connected to a cam then is connected to the switch in the housing. You squeeze the trigger, that turns the cam and a lever on the cam closes the switch. I took all that apart and got to the switch. Just manually closing the switch without the cam assembly I have the same problem. The switch has the power cord wires connected, and 2 purple wires. those wires I assume go to the speed selector. I tried changing the speed to different settings, that didn't fix anything. The other symptom is after it spins up and then shuts off I have to wait 10 or 15 seconds before I can try again.
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Thanks. I’ll think about that. I have a porter cable router motor with no base. I had it in a table. A plunge base for it is about the same price as that part.
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After my first soft start/speed control router bought in the mid 90's, and having immediate problems with it, I've stayed away from anything in a router that had to do with soft start or speed control.
Hope you get it figured out.
ereplacement parts is a good source for parts, but I've found them quite high on some items.
Amazon also sells a lot of parts. Usually 3rd party. Sometimes it's a washout with the shipping costs.
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