# Kobalt Router Shaft? **URL:** \ **Category:** Routers/Spindles\ **Created:** [July 26, 2018, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/kobalt-router-shaft/5186 "2018-07-26T18:16:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KLeeGee](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/kleegee/32/16338_2.png) [@KLeeGee](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/KLeeGee)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/kobalt-router-shaft/5186/1 "2018-07-26T18:16:05Z")
Hi! I am super new here and about to order my Maslow, but don’t know my router shaft size. Has anyone worked with the Kobalt router from Lowes? Do you know the coupler size? Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Gero](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/gero/32/17487_2.png) [@Gero](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/Gero)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/kobalt-router-shaft/5186/2 "2018-07-26T20:28:04Z")
I haven’t heard of that one. I would use the model number do a Giggle search for spare parts as a fist approach. If you have that router already you can measure it and order the right coupler. If you haven’t bought it, you can post a link on the exact router and hopefully receive helpfully comments here. ---
**Author:** ![jwolter](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/jwolter/32/30787_2.png) [@jwolter](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/jwolter)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 12:10am UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/kobalt-router-shaft/5186/3 "2018-07-27T00:10:20Z")
Could it really be that Lowes only has one model of Kobalt router? I did a search on the lowes website and it returned this: [https://www.lowes.com/pd/Kobalt-Fixed-Corded-Router-with-Table-Included/1000318615](https://www.lowes.com/pd/Kobalt-Fixed-Corded-Router-with-Table-Included/1000318615) ---
**Author:** ![KLeeGee](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/kleegee/32/16338_2.png) [@KLeeGee](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/KLeeGee)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 11:18pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/kobalt-router-shaft/5186/4 "2018-07-27T23:18:13Z")
Yep, that is the one! It arrived at my house today, so I should be able to measure it myself. Thanks for you help! ---
**Author:** ![jwolter](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/jwolter/32/30787_2.png) [@jwolter](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/jwolter)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 11:27pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/kobalt-router-shaft/5186/5 "2018-07-27T23:27:55Z")
Excellent! Once you have put it together and put it through its paces, please get come back to the forums and let us know how well it worked. We can add it to the list of tested routers then. [https://github.com/MaslowCNC/Mechanics/wiki/Kobalt-K11RTA-03](https://github.com/MaslowCNC/Mechanics/wiki/Kobalt-K11RTA-03) For the curious, here’s an image of the Kobalt router with table: ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/maslowcnc/original/2X/7/70c02c5d4a4823faf74e9411fa0a875e33aae5c6.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![KLeeGee](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/kleegee/32/16338_2.png) [@KLeeGee](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/KLeeGee)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 11:36pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/kobalt-router-shaft/5186/6 "2018-07-27T23:36:35Z")
good news, bad news. We can’t decide if it is 5/16" or 8mm…ugh! The difference is as thin as a hair. What happens if we choose the wrong one!?! ---
**Author:** ![blurfl](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/blurfl/32/9_2.png) [@blurfl](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/blurfl)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 11:41pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/kobalt-router-shaft/5186/7 "2018-07-27T23:41:01Z")
Choose the larger - for the z axis the slight offset if the shaft is smaller (looks like 0.0024” difference?) won’t matter at the speed the z motor turns. ---
**Author:** ![KLeeGee](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/kleegee/32/16338_2.png) [@KLeeGee](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/KLeeGee)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 11:53pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/kobalt-router-shaft/5186/8 "2018-07-27T23:53:31Z")
Awesome! Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![KLeeGee](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/kleegee/32/16338_2.png) [@KLeeGee](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/KLeeGee)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 11:59pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/kobalt-router-shaft/5186/9 "2018-07-27T23:59:59Z")
You have already been so helpful! I feel like this be the beginning of a lot of future questions. Wish me luck! ---
**Author:** ![blurfl](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/blurfl/32/9_2.png) [@blurfl](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/blurfl)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 1:09am UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/kobalt-router-shaft/5186/10 "2018-07-28T01:09:38Z")
We’re all here to help, ask away. May the chips be with you! ---
**Author:** ![jwolter](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/jwolter/32/30787_2.png) [@jwolter](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/jwolter)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 2:08am UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/kobalt-router-shaft/5186/11 "2018-07-28T02:08:54Z")
> [@blurfl](#): > > Choose the larger - for the z axis the slight offset if the shaft is smaller (looks like 0.0024” difference?) won’t matter at the speed the z motor turns. If the offset does affect the operation, you can wrap a piece of thin metal (for example foil) around the shaft to act as a shim, but I doubt that will be necessary. ![shaft%20shim](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/maslowcnc/original/2X/5/5443012656cc567847e6f71027ea26a0f22c398d.png)