# Makita Router Collet Size **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [April 12, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/makita-router-collet-size/4974 "2021-04-12T16:50:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Coastal3D](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/coastal3d/32/1972_2.png) [@Coastal3D](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/Coastal3D)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/makita-router-collet-size/4974/1 "2021-04-12T16:50:07Z")
Hi All, Battling to find a definitive answer as to what size collet and collet nut to buy for my Makita RT0700C. Is it ER11, ER16 or ER20? And will the attached type/shape collet work compared to the original shape one that comes with the router? ![Er16](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/onefinitycnc/original/3X/0/b/0b8e6d2e54719261f81d64c9e1441bce79149f5a.png) I am needing to buy a 6mm collet for a couple of metric bits I recently purchased. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![blaghislain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/blaghislain/32/33736_2.png) [@blaghislain](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/blaghislain)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/makita-router-collet-size/4974/2 "2021-04-12T17:26:38Z")
It’s not an ERxx collet. Here is what I used before upgrading to a spindle. > **[Carbide 3D Compact Router Precision Collet Set (1/4" & 1/8")](https://www.robotshop.com/en/carbide-3d-compact-router-precision-collet-set-1-4--18.html)** > > Carbide3D Compact Router Precision Collet Set (1/4" & 1/8") > Lets you use tools with .25" and .125" shanks ---
**Author:** ![buggman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@buggman](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/buggman)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/makita-router-collet-size/4974/3 "2021-04-12T19:23:19Z")
I ordered a set of those from robotshop too. They were on backorder for a while, but arrived promptly after they were in stock. A bonus is that you get both 1/4" & 1/8" chucks for about the same price as the other places single 1/8" collet. ---
**Author:** ![AdamsLeatherWorks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/adamsleatherworks/32/954_2.png) [@AdamsLeatherWorks](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/AdamsLeatherWorks)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 1:02pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/makita-router-collet-size/4974/4 "2021-04-13T13:02:47Z")
**MRP-2362** [http://www.elairecorp.com/makitaroutercollets.html](http://www.elairecorp.com/makitaroutercollets.html) ---
**Author:** ![Andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@Andros](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/Andros)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 12:23am UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/makita-router-collet-size/4974/5 "2023-01-28T00:23:35Z")
Hi, did you ever find the correct 6mm collet for the Makita? Elairecorp says they are N/A. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![349iq2345](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/bb73d2/32.png) [@349iq2345](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/349iq2345)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/makita-router-collet-size/4974/6 "2023-01-28T01:14:47Z")
Hey Andros, _ANY_ Makita hand trim router that is offered outside the U.S. comes with a 6 and a 8 mm collet. > [@Speeds and feeds for surfacing bit](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/speeds-and-feeds-for-surfacing-bit/13286/10): > > Makita hand trim router [is sold outside U.S. with 6 and 8 mm collet](https://www.makita.de/product/rt0702c.html): > > [![Makita.co.jp __Routers__ Catalog_page](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/onefinitycnc/original/2X/a/a44299842473c6d5f9a72b6a42a4b58c6728f39e.jpeg) > www.makita.co.jp: Routers – Catalog page ](https://ecatalog.makita.co.jp/html/administrator/439/#188) > > [![Makita.de__RT700C](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/onefinitycnc/original/3X/a/1/a178cb2d6b718efb50557f675acf6d6748db763d.png) > www.makita.de: RT0702C ](https://www.makita.de/product/rt0702c.html) You can buy them as **Makita spare parts** _anywhere_ outside the U.S.: - [A-86197 – Makita RT0702C collet 6 mm](https://www.makita.de/product/a-86197.html) - [A-86181 – Makita RT0702C collet 8 mm](https://www.makita.de/product/a-86181.html) Milling bits in Imperial/U.S. Customary units are uncommon outside the USA (and partly Canada). ![1024px-Metric_and_imperial_systems_(2019).svg](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/onefinitycnc/original/3X/7/6/767720a39664b3cb4901654a59fc4fb628805c94.png) [Goran tek-en](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Metric_and_imperial_systems_(2019).svg), [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), via Wikimedia Commons In the big “non-US” country I live in (shown in blue), for milling motors up to 2.2 kW, we commonly use bits with 6, 8, 10 or 12 mm shanks for ER-16 and ER-20 collets ([that I buy from spindle manufacturer](https://www.spindel-shop.de/en/Accessories/collets/) or from [CNC equipment suppliers](https://www.sorotec.de/shop/Collets/)) that are found on three-phase induction motors (aka _spindles_) and also on some of the _“Euro” mount (43 mm) milling motors_ like … > [@Introducing The Z-20 Heavy-Duty Z-Slider (November 2022)](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/introducing-the-z-20-heavy-duty-z-slider-november-2022/16622/47): > > … [AMB (former Kress)](https://www.amb-elektrik.de/en/products/milling-motors/), [Suhner](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/machinist-in-x-50/8159/18#suhner-milling-motor-1), [Mafell](https://produkte.mafell.de/en/mortising/milling-motor/milling-motor-fm-1000-pv-er). **The Makita hand trim router does not accept ER collets!** But outside U.S., the Makita hand router [is always sold with 6 and 8 mm collets](https://www.makita.de/product//rt0702c.html). See also [here for a direct comparison of Makita proprietary, and (standardized) ER collet](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/metric-collets-for-makita/18428/2) ---
**Author:** ![Andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@Andros](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/Andros)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/makita-router-collet-size/4974/7 "2023-01-28T01:20:42Z")
I got mine in Canada and it came with 1/4" ---
**Author:** ![349iq2345](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/bb73d2/32.png) [@349iq2345](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/349iq2345)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 1:26am UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/makita-router-collet-size/4974/8 "2023-01-28T01:26:32Z")
Hey Andros, yes I know, Canada is still [partly infected](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_in_Canada). I know that because I have many, many [Veritas tools](http://veritastools.com/Products/Category.aspx) and I’m a big fan of these tools, but they force me to have both 19.05 mm and 20 mm dog holes! And an imperial set of Hex keys ☹ But there is a good thing on Veritas Tools from Canada: There is always a manual in french available! ---
**Author:** ![BuckeyeDennis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@BuckeyeDennis](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/BuckeyeDennis)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 1:42am UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/makita-router-collet-size/4974/9 "2023-01-28T01:42:59Z")
That’s really weird. I received both a 1/8” and an 8mm Makita collet from Elaire just this week; I had ordered them a few days earlier. Both are beautifully machined, BTW, Tonight, their website says that both of those collets are N/A, along with the 6 mm collet. It seems highly unlikely that I cleaned out both their inventory and their future production of those parts, so I strongly suspect a website maintenance issue. I’d call or email them. ---
**Author:** ![Andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@Andros](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/Andros)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 1:54am UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/makita-router-collet-size/4974/10 "2023-01-28T01:54:03Z")
Thanks for that. Not for cleaning them out - but for the response. I’ll send an email tomorrow. Cheers.