Tool Settings; Electronic Control; Chips Extraction - Festool OF 1400 EQ Instruction Manual

3.4
After the machine has been
switched off, the milling cutter will still rotate
for a time. Take care that parts of your body
do not come into contact with the milling cut-
ter while it is still rotating!

Tool settings

Always disconnect the plug from
the power supply before making any adjust-
ments to the router or installing or removing
any accessory!

Electronic control

The router OF 1400 EQ has solid shaft elec-
tronics with the following functions:
Smooth start-up:
The electronically controlled smooth start-
up facility enables start-up of the machine
without jerks and requires a lower start-up
current.
Speed regulation:
Using the electronic speed control (1.1) the
motor speed can be continuously adjusted
from 10000 and 22500 rpm. The table below
offers a guide to the correct electronic set-
ting for various materials. The settings are
naturally infi nitely variable.
Cutter diameter [mm]
Material
10-25
Hard wood 6-4
Soft wood 6-5
Panels 6-5
Plastic 6-4
Aluminium 3-1
Plaster- 2-1
board
Cutter
material
25-40 40-63
5-3 3-1 HW/HSS
6-4 5-3 HSS/HW
6-4 4-2 HW
6-3 3-1 HW
3-1 2-1 HSS/HW
1 1 HW
Constant speed:
3.1
The selected motor speed is electronically
maintained to a constant level. By this means
a uniform cutting speed is achieved.
3.2
3.3
EQ if the electronic control is defective since
this may lead to excessive speeds. A defect
in the electronic control is indicated by the
absence of a smooth run-up, a higher noise
level at idle or the fact that no speed control
is possible.

Chips extraction

4.1
4.2
Chips and dust from routing can be removed
by means of a extractor hood. See-through
plastic material gives good view of rotating
tool. You can connect a Festool extractor
with an extractor hose diameter of 36 mm or
27 mm to the extractor connector (4.6). We
recommend a diameter of 36 mm because it
minimises the risk of blockages.
– Fit the extractor hood to the router base by
fi rst inserting the two tenons (4.1) on the
extractor hood into the recesses (4.2) on
the router base, then place the extractor
hood on the router base and close the lever
(4.5). To enable fi tting and removing the
extractor hood with the router attached,
the recess (4.3) in the extractor hood can
be opened by turning the segment (4.4).
For optimised dust extraction, the recess
with the rotating segment must be closed
during work.
only for cutters up to 28 mm diameter.
Chip catcher KSF-OF
Using the KSF-OF chip catcher (5.1) (some-
times included in the scope of delivery), the
effi ciency of the extraction can be increased
when routing edges.
7
Do not work with the OF 1400
This suction hood can be used
4.6
4.5
4.4
4.3