Quite a few folks have been frustrated by the 'stuck collet' problem on the m12 and m18 die grinders.
If your collet and collet nut are still two separate pieces, then snap them together like shown here. This solves the problem entirely.
Just purchased the new m12 die grinder. I’ve used the old almost daily over my air grinders. Mainly because my 30gal can’t keep up, but also the ease of not being attached. Aside from it cutting out under load which seems to be worse with bigger than 2.0 batteries I loved it. Power is okay.
Not sure how I feel about the new one. Firstly the freaking chuck is annoyingly tight. I have to completely unscrew the tightening nut and beat whatever tooling I have in it out. Everything goes flying all over the shop. Or I have to use vise grips and twist it out.
In videos the size difference is noticeable but in person… So much bigger comparing new to old. Hasn’t been an issue as of yet but I’ve only used it lightly for a day.
Love the new trigger although the old wasn’t an issue as I removed the safety. But I love the variable trigger.
Any tips advice info on these please chime in. Open for discussion.
Evening fellows
I’ve been battling with trying to use dremel accessories on my die grinder - the closest that I got was router adapters similar to the one pictured, but they wouldn’t fit the collet with a tool attached and vice versa and weren’t suitable. I’m trying to use the 1/4” collet with a 1/4” to 1/8” adapter.
The specific collet that Milwaukee makes for this purpose isn’t available in the UK and I’ve heard from others that it also doesn’t do well with properly securing 1/8” shanks.
How are you guys running smaller accessories in your die grinders? Or what tools are you using with 1/4” shanks for grinding and cutting?
I need a grinder and like the M12 angle grinder and straight grinder.
The reviews on the Milwaukee site are pretty bad -- it's fragile, runs hot, not reliable, stalls easy, and so on. Lots of one- and two-star reviews.
Is it really that bad? Anyone have these? Good experience or no?
Anyone knows if I can buy a quick change (tool-less) collet assembly for a die grinder somewhere? I love my Milwaukee 90⁰ M12 die grinder, but fumbling with 2 spanners everytime I need to change a bit, is getting really annoying. M7 die grinders have quick change collets but it seems to be proprietary and I can't find anything like it.