HiKOKI M3612DA 36V Brushless cordless Router extending the plunge to 65mm for a 12mm spiral cutter
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- Afterthought put the little thing in at the end after the arms go in ;) This is a 25min uncut vid of me taking my new HiKOKI M3612DA 36V Brushless Cordless Router apart & extending the plunge depth to 65mm so a 12mm spiral cutter will fit which was too long & a few minutes at the end of trying it out on hardwood Ash
I increased the depth by adding a longer stainless threaded bar.
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I had to laugh, I've done similar myself, had a tool in a hundred pieces and a day wasted before i got it back together 😂 👏
😂 Yeah been there 😡. At first I though I'd f*cked this up & it was going to be one of those days, but a good result in the end, well worth the ½hr of my time adjusting it 👍
That happiness with a fresh cutter in the machine. So nice always.
You definitely don't want to overheat these. We have had the same ones a few times. They work great, though they don't last forever. Once you get a bit too greedy and burn the bit, it's over immediately.
Yep, new blade or cutter, crisp, clean easy cut & thanks that's good to know about them burning, I'll keep that in mind. I had one yrs ago but it went missing & pretty much every worktop I've fitted I buy a new standard straight cutter that may well just get binned at the end whether it's burnt or not.
Glad you're feeling better Gid, we've missed you
Thanks much appreciated 👍 😊
Always a solution mate , nice job 👍
Thanks 👍 Yep brave wins the day, 😊🕺
Glad you're up and about again!
I'm usually too scared to tinker with tools - afraid they'll explode and shower me with springs...
All the best.
Thanks much appreciated 👍 Yep when I was on site that's just what I was thinking, 😮😂
Nice fix mate, you won’t have to mess with it anymore, seems to have good power though 👌👌👌👍👍👍🇦🇺
Thanks 👍 No I hope not, the little locking lever might get an upgrade but this was shortly before I got poorly in 2022 so haven't played with it much, Yep seems to have enough power, that is always a concern with cordless tools but IIRC I wasn't swapping out batteries all the time, I don't remember changing the one in it at all, maybe once 🤷♂️👍👍
nice to see you back...
Thanks much appreciated 👍 I'll have more to come from 2022 & then we'll have to see how this yr goes, but I'm not stopping working so I'll keep filming 👍
Welcome back
Thanks much appreciated 👍😊
Hi Gid, great to see you back and hope you’re healthy and well. Daft idea, but could it not be possible just to cut a few millimetres off the bit?
Where from, it's already into the collet/chuck all the way? 🤔
That was my final thought, lop a bit off with the grinder. £42.99 for just that one cutter so didn't really want to do that . PS. just had a look at the staircase vid where I compared cutters, it's not easy to see but the shank is the same length as the reg ½" cutter, so lopping a bit off would put part of the spiral cutter cutting blades in the collet, that's prob not a good thing,
Nice one gid . I think the treaded bar was stopping you on the first few tries😂 good to see you out and about.
Thanks appreciated 👍 Yeah I realised a long time in "why won't the f*cker go in!" 😡😂 & watching the clips to edit them I'm telling myself "put the little round thing in last after the arms go in, muppet!", 😂😂🤦♂️
Might try this with my milwaukee travel could be better on that aswell. But I'll wait untill its out of warranty 😂. Nice to see you back Gid
Thanks appreciated 👍 & 😂 Yeah that's the dilemma isn't it, try to make it better but poss f*ck it up or leave it be 😏
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"Fucking students, they haven't a fucking clue" 🤣🤣🤣
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impressive tool 😀
Yep it's not bad, I was expecting worse but at that time there weren't a lot of choices of cordless ½" routers around, so I'm fairly happy with it. 👍
Been thinking of buying one of these for a while now, as I already have some batteries (nail gun). Are you impressed with it? Looks a decent bit of kit. As already mentioned, it's good to see you back Gid! 😊
Yep that's mainly why I bought it, I had the batteries & I don't think you could get a Makita in the UK then, looking online Makita ½", no doubt better quality but nearly twice the price of this, It's powerful enough, extending the plunge is def a bonus, a lot of routers only have 50mm plunge or at least they used to, I bought the Dewalt corded just to get the 65mm depth, adding the wood to the fence made it easier to keep it online at the start & end of cutting the boards, the plunge locking lever is crap tho, No regrets tho 👍
Yeah I've always had the timber on my router/trimmer Makita fence, that's a nice little router (18v 1/4"). I might just go for it with this one, I appreciate the trigger positioning could be really annoying, I noticed that when I had a look at one at the tool show. Niggles eh! I'm yet to try spiral bits too, look decent!
Yeah nice clean cut - Note this one it is described as "Cutting Length 4 Inch Super Extra Long", the shank is a reg size similar to the normal 50mm cutter but the cutting part is longer. I think I bought this with the Dewalt router in mind which I have & does have 65mm plunge, then bought the Metabo at about the same time without thinking too much about it. 🤦♂️😂 I'm not keen on the big clumsy Dewalt corded, I wanted cordless & prob got lost shopping online for a ½" cordless router 🤷♂️😂 If you've watched the staircase vid even tho I moved these nuts to their max the reg 50mm cutter only just fit so you might still want to do this extension thing anyway. Amazon - www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07V9QP7QP/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1
@@Gidjoiner I remember the video of you doing those french doors when you were hell bent on getting 90mm plunge out of that DeWalt 😂. I have the Trend equivalent, they do the job, I don't really know much different as I owned the original ELU before that. Thanks for the link, I'll try them out. Keep us posted with the videos Gid, always watch with great interest, even after doing it myself all day 😂😎👍🏼
Great video !!!! thanks Gid !!!!!!!
Thanks much appreciated & you're welcome 👍😊
👍👍👍 Brilliant Thanks Gid
Thankyou & you're welcome 👍
Could of made an extended base plate gid . Mitre fast and a bit of ply... 🤣🤣👍👍👍
Yep that's what the other joiner said in the staircase build, the plate would've needed to be the thickness of the existing plate +12mm for the bit of cutter that stuck out, 15mm+, that would've pissed me off I think. the depth of cut would've stayed at 50mm or reduced by that plate thickness ( too early in the morning, brain isn't working yet) & the fence wouldn't work.
@@Gidjoiner true that interfere with the fence as your video showed. Glad it's back together.
What’s the make of cutter please Gid?
Nice to see you making videos again.
Thanks much appreciated 👍 It's from Amazon - note it is labelled 'Super Extra Long' 😁 www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07V9QP7QP/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
@@Gidjoiner cheers I’ll do some research - I think the worktop cutters are getting worse now worse never seen to last as long nowadays ??
Good to see you bk Gid! What’s the hikoki router like, heard good things….unsure on whether to hold out for the 40v makita though!
Thanks much appreciated 👍, This was 2 yrs ago so I didn't have a choice but if the Makita was around then I'd have def gone for that, This Hikoki is alright, (after adjusting), I have 5 routers now so more than enough, this will do the job but I do like Makita & I do like my tools so we'll have to see what happens when I get money to burn, £500-ish for the Makita, AliExpress have it offer at £291 which is suspiciously cheap 🤔
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I’ve done the same with my dewalt found it better to have the base sitting on the bench and putting the machine on to it I also replaced the the brass piece inside the thumb stop as it was wearing down, I used a bit of stainless steel rod for that much better as I cut it longer l for less travel on the thumb turn
Thanks, funny how you have to 'adjust these machines to suit 😕 I'll look into the thumb lever thing, that little thing is a cylinder shape with flat ends pressing against a round bar, I might consider putting a bit of a cup/curve on the end, or maybe a bit of rubber or felt (that'll fall off & jamb the plunge 😂), worse thing that'll happen is I have to replace it like you have,,.👍 Having it longer sounds interesting, that'll reposition the lever as at the mo with it have a hexagon mount you're limited to the lever's position 👍
@@Gidjoiner hope you’re keeping well look after yourself 👍
I'm feeling better than last yr & in a while I'll feel better than I do now 👍😊 Keep well yourself 👍
@@GidjoinerHave you considered disabling the double safety feature Gid? It looks like a right pain, 🙄 DeWalt have just released a cordless 1/2" router, I'll see how it fares in the reviews. Ideally it would have at least a 75mm plunge, it's probably limited to 65mm though.
double safety feature - don't know, I'll look into it 👍, I've only a couple of small Dewalt batteries I think, I'm not keen on the 240v Dewalt I bought, it's a bit big n clumsy & feels a little bit cheaply made but Makita have brought out a cordless ½" & I've plenty of batteries for that, "Plunge depth: 60mm" tho, no idea if that can be extended & £500+ is too much for me at the mo esp as I have 5 routers & this one does the job 👍 But I do like my tools & I do like Makita so we'll see if I've money to burn one day 😂, Ali Express has one for £290 which is suspiciously cheap www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006974458486.html?src=google&src=google&albch=shopping&acnt=708-803-3821&slnk&plac&mtctp&albbt=Google_7_shopping&albagn=888888&isSmbAutoCall=false&needSmbHouyi=false&albcp=17858129175&albag&trgt&crea=en1005006974458486&netw=x&device=c&albpg&albpd=en1005006974458486&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwr7ayBhAPEiwA6EIGxG8kG5Wbu747gIuBri-8AZB1WB4E2mr6X9XYn1Ke6oMqmnqLJFyENRoC-UoQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds&aff_fcid=73285c654280472c8ddb3bd97c638433-1716371022384-02974-UneMJZVf&aff_fsk=UneMJZVf&aff_platform=aaf&sk=UneMJZVf&aff_trace_key=73285c654280472c8ddb3bd97c638433-1716371022384-02974-UneMJZVf&terminal_id=019a94574eb34435bb680130b384f5e4&afSmartRedirect=y
Where did you get the cutter Gid? Not used a spiral cutter before and been meaning to give one a go sometime. Looks like a nice clean cut.
Yep beautiful cut, Amazon - www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07V9QP7QP/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1
@@Gidjoiner Thanks for the link. Will definitely test one out at some point.
Note as with this one it is described as "Cutting Length 4 Inch Super Extra Long", I think I bought this with the Dewalt router in mind which I have & does have 65mm plunge, then bought the Metabo at about the same time without thinking too much about it. 🤦♂️😂 I'm not keen on the big clumsy Dewalt corded, I wanted cordless & prob got lost shopping online for a ½" cordless router 🤷♂️😂
@@Gidjoiner yeah I'm still using a big old corded Freud which has been going strong for 20+years. Not sure what the plunge depth is off the top of my head. Been thinking that when Makita gets round to doing a big cordless then I might have a look at that as I already have a few 18v Makita batteries. They've just recently announced their router and it 40v XGT so after all that I'd probably have to get new batteries anyway! 🤦🏼♂️
Yeah the new one is 40V, I do have the batteries which makes it easier to consider buying, I have 5 routers now & this Metabo does the job... for now😉 When I've got cash to burn I might still have to get the Makita ½", £500+ for the bare tool, Ali Express have one for £291 which is a suspiciously cheap price 🤔 www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006974458486.html?src=google&src=google&albch=shopping&acnt=708-803-3821&slnk&plac&mtctp&albbt=Google_7_shopping&albagn=888888&isSmbAutoCall=false&needSmbHouyi=false&albcp=17858129175&albag&trgt&crea=en1005006974458486&netw=x&device=c&albpg&albpd=en1005006974458486&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwr7ayBhAPEiwA6EIGxG8kG5Wbu747gIuBri-8AZB1WB4E2mr6X9XYn1Ke6oMqmnqLJFyENRoC-UoQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds&aff_fcid=73285c654280472c8ddb3bd97c638433-1716371022384-02974-UneMJZVf&aff_fsk=UneMJZVf&aff_platform=aaf&sk=UneMJZVf&aff_trace_key=73285c654280472c8ddb3bd97c638433-1716371022384-02974-UneMJZVf&terminal_id=019a94574eb34435bb680130b384f5e4&afSmartRedirect=y
Your words were not so kind, but warranted. The tools are designed by Engineers, not the people who use them. See if you have a Kind Subscriber with a 3D printer that could maybe come up with a better knob for the locking mechanism
Thanks I have a friend with a 3D printer so that is a consideration 👍 I also have a welder so might make a metal one, we'll see 👍
Could you not have cut 10mm off the back end of the cutter? Dont know how easy that would be, maybe get some thieving scrote to cut it for you hardened steel bike locks don't seem to be a problem! 😅 Seems a lot of faff for a new machine considering most worktop cutters are 65mm youd think they would have thought it abit more 😢
That was a consideration lop a bit off with the grinder but was my last resort, . £42.99 for just that one cutter so didn't really want to do that . I saw when editing the staircase vid where I compared cutters, it's not easy to see but the shank is the same length as the reg ½" 50mm cutter, so lopping a bit off would put part of the spiral cutter cutting blades in the collet, that's prob not a good thing, At least this way I now have 65mm plunge & it only took ½hr to do this, even shorter if I was to discount the little locking thing that held me up, anyone watching this now won't have to go through that palava or would know what the problem is if it doesn't go back in easy like I found. . PS, you edited while I was writing, yep you can get 65mm straight fluted worktop cutters & this one is longer but most reg worktop cutters are still 50mm. If you watch the staircase vid even tho I moved these nuts to their max the reg 50mm only just fit so yes 'they should have thought about it a bit more'. 👍
👍👍 Its just one of those every day occurrences for a chippy, always problem solving. Thought the bit about scrote was funny though, if I do say so myself 😅😅
Yeah I'm always surprised by how many new tools I end up 'tweaking', 🤷♂️😂
Peice of piss, brilliant mod😊
Thanks, appreciated, Yep made it better I hope 😏👍