If you have polished off the galled spots on the shaft and the cutters, then I would add some anti-seize when you put a cutter on there and make sure you lock it down tight and you don't have anything to loose. As long as the shaft isn't bent, which you can put an indicator on that pretty easy to make sure.
Brian Lamb
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On Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 05:10:52 AM MST, Paul Mc Cann via groups.io <tpmccann@...> wrote:
My CF 731 has a dust collector polycarbonate shroud around the cutter head on the spindle moulder (shaper). This became dislodged and collided with a large rebate (rabbet) cutter , 150mm x 50mm (6" x 2"). Whether this caused the subsequent problem or not but the cutter seized on the spindle shaft. Lots of WD40 and brute force dislodged it but the spacer rings under it would not slide off. I applied cloth strip to the shaft as it rotated under power and this did the trick.
My question will the shaft be damaged beyond use? It rotates smoothly with no detectable wobble by eye when powered up. Will the cutter head be up tthe left as well? I'm tempted to just try it but fear the cutter will just get? seized again. Or will I just buy a new shaft. I have the high speed router shaft as well so I'm not complete;y stuck.
Why do these things always happen in the middle of? a job.
