Assembling Your Original WorkBee Router Mount

Attach the Z-Bracket to the Router-Clamp using 3 x M8-Cap-Head-Bolt-8mm. (Please note in your kit these may be M8-Cap-Head-Bolt-10mm)

Insert 8 x M5-Button-Head-Bolt-12mm through the Z-Bracket.

Slightly thread a M5-Drop-In-Tee-Nut on to the end of each bolt.

Attach the Height-Reference-Tool to the bottom of Extrusion-D using 2 x M5-Button-Bolt-12mm and 2 x M5-Drop-In-Tee-Nuts.

Sit the Router-Mount-Assembly on top of the Height-Reference-Tool.

Fix the Router-Mount-Assembly to Extrusion-D.

Tighten the 8 x M5-Button-Head-Bolt-12mm inserted previously.

Insert the Router Head into the Router-Clamp and tighten the clamp using the M8-Cap-Head-Bolt-25mm.

For WorkBee Router Head/Katsu/Makita/Dewalt Routers position it with the collet flush with the bottom of the Z-Axis.

For Mafell/Kress/Festool Spindles position the body flat on the top of the Router-Clamp.

WorkBee Router Head/Katsu

The 65mm Dust-Shoe-Adaptor sits inside the Dust Shoe. The Dust Shoe is then clamped around the body of the Katsu/Makita Router.

Mafell

This should only be installed if you have a Dust Shoe.

Attach the 43mm Dust-Shoe-Adaptor to the underside of the Router-Clamp using 4 x M5-Button-Head-5mm Bolts.

The Dust Shoe clamps around the circular portion of the 43mm Dust-Shoe-Adaptor.

The collet must always be inserted into the nut before attaching it to the WorkBee Router Head or inserting an endmill.

Place the collet into the nut and then turn it upside down onto a hard surface.

Apply downward pressure to the rim of the nut until it clicks into the retaining ring on the nut.

To remove the collet apply a horizontal force to the collet until it clicks out of the retaining ring on the nut.

Use the wrench provided with the WorkBee Router Head to get more leverage as demonstrated in Image 2.

Push the collet out of the nut on the side which has been released from the retaining ring.

Mafell

Click the collet into the nut first, then insert the end mill fully.

Fix the collet with a maximum torque of 10-11Nm. Tighten the collet by hand, then a 1/8 turn with a spanner, this should be about right.

Keep the collet lubricated with a solid lubricant (e.g. Molykote P-40) or by lightly greasing.

Katsu

Push the collet into the shaft and then the nut over it. The end mill can then be inserted fully.

Only use the button on the side to hand tighten the collet. To fully tighten, use two spanners, a 13 spanner on the flat portion of the shaft, the included 22mm spanner on the collet nut.