I’ve got a Ryobi R130 router I have dedicated for use ona horizontal router table. Today the stupid thing just quit, mid run. It will fire up briefly when I hit the trigger after sitting a bit, but won’t run continuously.

Is it overheating? Brushes? Can someone please help me out?

Milo

Sounds like brushes to me Dell, but that's a guess.  Did you try to blow it out with an air gun?

 

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Ron Dudelston
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Above and Beyond WoodWorks

I'd agree with Ron on the brushes. 

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Greg
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http://www.thesawdustfactoryga.com/

I would try blowing it out with air as Ron suggested. Also checking the brushes is sound advice. If both of them are good, check your power supply to make sure nothing worked loose. Also if you can check the switch on the router and make sure it doesn't have a loose wire or connection.

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Wayne Mahler
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Return it and get a good quality router like a porter cable 690.

I'm sorry but i don't buy ANYTHING ryobi makes. dust in it, bad switch, overheat switch, brushes crud, all of the above.

I have also seen sawdust get in the switch and cause it to be intermittent. A good blast of air from the compressor might solve a lot of the problems.

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John Moody
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If it's not the brushed then it might have a fusable link in it.  It's common in cheaper motors to put a little thing that looks like some kind of diode usually taking the shape of a little canister with a wire sticking out each end  on the hot lead going to the motor.   IF you open it up and find such a thing try jumpering around it to see if the motor starts.

Next router make it a Milwaukee 5625-20

It's got so many cool features plus it's one hockey sticks of a router. . It's my next router for sure.

 

I have the  big dog Triton in my table and  I see the deflection that the posts allow.  The milwaukee wouldn't  deflect like that because it's built sturdier.

 

I had this router just sitting around and wanted to dedicate it to a horizontal router table.  I have a nice PC that I use for other purposes.   I took it apart, and there was a surprisingly low amount of dust in it.  One of the brushes was popped out of place.  They were self contained in small boxes.  Never seen that before.  I don't know if it happened when I took the housing off or not, but I'm hoping that solves my problem.

Thanks everyone,

Dell

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No Ref

Keep us posted Dell!  Inquiring minds want to know.

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Ron Dudelston
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Above and Beyond WoodWorks

I'm still playing with it. I hope I figure it out, it was nice to be able to dedicate it to this use.

FYI for everyone.  I found out what was wrong...

On that model of crappy router (I got the thing for like $20 at a garage sale 5 or 6 years ago), there is a locking switch that holds the collet steady so you can change the bits.  If it's not turned in the right position, the router doesn't run.  Seem that the vibration of the router was moving it slightly out of place.   It was an epiphany moment that led to me figuring it out.  Just reached over and reset it when the router died and, boom, router started right back up.

I many have to go into the router and fix that switch, but at least I have a diagram now to see what the parts are.

Thanks everyone.

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No Ref

Woot woot, now you have your router back.  Terriffic!

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Ron Dudelston
Site Host


Above and Beyond WoodWorks

It was an epiphany moment that led to me figuring it out.

 Good for you~!!

I had one like that just yesterday.   My darn Ransomes 48" cut  mower wouldn't produce a spark.

Try try try  put alcohol in the spark plug holes  try try try.

Finally I checked the oil.

Yes the friggin oil.

It was low. There's a float switch in the oil reservoir  that kills the ignition when the oil is low - - or high - - or if you put too good a grade of oil in it.  Don't put synthetic in your Briggs & Stratton engines.  They don't know what to do with the good stuff.

I had no clue they put a switch in the oil.