Just tried to run a new carving and when I went to turn on my router, it would not spin! The lights on the bottom came on but the router would not run/turn. I called inventables and they suggested, if I felt save doing so, that I remove the top cover and see if there was something interfering with the router speed control. I first unplugged the router from it’s power source and then removed the four screws holding the cap cover on. As soon as I removed the cover I noticed the problem. The top of the router was covered in very fine router dust! I took my shop vac and vacuumed the dust out as well as I could and then I plugged my power back in to see if it would run. Started right up! So if your 611 stops inexplicably, check the top for dust!
Guess that wasn’t the problem after all. Tonight after all the Thanksgiving festivities were over I thought I would carve a plaque or two. Turned on the router and it’s dead, nothing. Tried taking the cover off again to no avail. What ever is wrong, it’s more than a little dust. So back to Amazon it goes and tomorrow I will see if my local home depot has a 611, if not I will have to reorder from Amazon and that means the 3 - 4 more plaques I was trying to get ready for next week aren’t gonna get done! Disappointing to say the least!
Disassembled the 611 as far as I dare go, could not resolve the problem. So ordered a replacement from Home Depot online, the lowest price I could find, but it won’t be here until the 3rd of Dec. at the soonest. So there goes the four other plaques I was planning on making for next week. Dang-it!
I just encountered a similar issue. Lights on but nobody’s home. I found that it was an issue with the brushes not making great contact and the contact surface being dirty. I cleaned mine up and bit and got it working again, but I ordered new brushes just in case. My router stopped mid carve and snapped my 1/32 bit. No bueno.
Don’t know if you saw my other reports, but it was the brushes (on my second router) and I replaced them without a problem. Running as good as new now!
It happened to me today and I will open up and see waht is wrong with my router. Probably, dust, contact points of carbon brushes. Will work on it tonight.
Thanks everyone.