I am having rust problems in the column of my routers. So I'm thinking maybe i should plunge and lock it when not in use to minimize exposure to air. (In addition to spraying dry PTFE lubricant.) I don't think the springs will lose any bounciness doing this, right?
I'll experiment by plunging to half the way and storing it that way on the GOF 1600 (MRC23evsk) and to full on a metabo router (OFE 1229) and will report my long term experience.
Anybody else do this? Opinons? Thanks.