Router Bit won’t budge.

[Daniel O'Neill]

I'm having trouble telling if the threads are part of the router bit or collet. I'm guessing the collet....

Get some thin angle iron from the hardware store. Drill a hole and machine screw through one end. Now you have a "V" with both pieces of angle facing up. Use that V on a vise and have it pinch between the bit and the collet. Then you can take a nail punch and tap on the collet. If the threads are part of the collet that won't work but you can then flip the bit/collet around and take a screwdriver and tap in the slit of the collet just a little. If you have a workbench with dog holes you could use that instead of a vise. I wouldn't tighten the angle too much either because technically they'll be on different planes. The slop should help compensate. Hope it works. I had a friend push a router bit all the way in and it was a bear to get out.

The other idea is similar. Put 2 nuts with a large washer between them. Put the lowest washer in a vise and use a screwdriver to pop the router bit out. You could also use the angle iron or aluminum angle V from above. Personally I'd use aluminum due to it's softness.

[Rick Potter]

I think it is time to note that the OP never returned.

[George Yetka]

I think it is time to note that the OP never returned.

Hes still in the shop trying to remove the bit

[Bill Dufour]

I thought the o-ring was on the shank of each and every bit.
Bill D

[George Yetka]

I thought the o-ring was on the shank of each and every bit.
Bill D

It sits below the router bit

[Rich Engelhardt]

I thought the o-ring was on the shank of each and every bit.
Bill D

More like a small plumbing washer than an o-ring. You know the type - the small - less than the size of a dime - little plumbing seat washers.
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Danco-10-Pa...Washer/3380002

[Connie Freitas]

He just might be George.

[Brian Holcombe]

Hi Connie,

Given how difficult this is to remove, I suspect the router bit may have spun in the collet, in which case, both items are trash.

If you can get it apart, inspect both for burrs.

[Jim Becker]

I agree with Brian. Collets are "technically" disposables and one should never, ever use a collet that has or is suspected to have damage because it's an unsafe piece of tooling.

[Connie Freitas]

Surprise! It’s me!!!

[Connie Freitas]

I think I’m just going to take it in to a hardware store or repair store of some kind.

[Connie Freitas]

Funny story Patty.

[Connie Freitas]

No, and I’ve lost my patience with it several times. Today I was screaming in frustration.

[Jimmy Harris]

Trash it. You're at the point, well probably past it, where you're likely to injure yourself in a fit of frustration and desperation. And, as noted, even if you do get them apart, they're probably damaged beyond repair at this point.

[Myles Moran]

I had a router bit spin in a collet once. The collet was integral to the motor shaft (cheap router) and once I removed the bit by destructively opening the collet with a screwdriver, I was surprised at just how small of a burr it took to jam the whole thing up.

Luckily in this case it wouldn't require replacing the whole router, just the collet and but.