Paul F Mills
11-02-2018, 10:14 PM
I recently purchased a Makita RF 1101 with the fixed and plunge bases. I was going to practice some bow ties tonight but have questions about setting it up and the manual is useless.
I put the motor in the plunge base and it is all the way into the stop. After installing the Whiteside bushing in the base, I inserted the bit and tightened it. When I tried to plunge it, it did not even come out of the bushing. I then adjusted the depth of the bit in the collect so it was not all the way in and it would then come out of the base, but I am wondering if this is correct. I guess I just expected it to be all the way in the collect.
There are two depth adjusters on it, one that bottoms on the three set screws and one that seems to adjust how high it will go. Is that all it does? Am I making this more difficult than it really is?
And I just tried using it, and apparently the power switch is dead. Nothing happens when I flip the switch.
I put the motor in the plunge base and it is all the way into the stop. After installing the Whiteside bushing in the base, I inserted the bit and tightened it. When I tried to plunge it, it did not even come out of the bushing. I then adjusted the depth of the bit in the collect so it was not all the way in and it would then come out of the base, but I am wondering if this is correct. I guess I just expected it to be all the way in the collect.
There are two depth adjusters on it, one that bottoms on the three set screws and one that seems to adjust how high it will go. Is that all it does? Am I making this more difficult than it really is?
And I just tried using it, and apparently the power switch is dead. Nothing happens when I flip the switch.