I have seen the Carbide ER-11 Router talked about a few times recently. I picked one up my self to try out and a customer also picked one up. So I wanted to make sure I had the correct router mount and dust shoe to use with it on his build.
I found the proper combo to be the Makita Mount and the Kobalt Dust Shoe
Just wanted to share for anyone else that might be interested in trying this router since the Kobalt is no longer in production.
Why the Kobalt dust shoe? I’m using mine with the Makita dust shoe and haven’t noticed any problems…
That’s great! I just found that the Kobalt fit around the button better but YMMV.
I didn’t mean my post to come across as “this is the only way it will work”. Was meant as a “here is what worked for me so you don’t have to waste time trying different ones”
Thanks for the advice! I’m building a LR4 and I got this router.
A friend is going to print the tool mount in PC-CF for me, so it’s great to have confirmation the Makita mount works.
That’s the routers i have chosen to my 2 lr4 builds. Makita mounts and kobalt shoe. (Mine needed some massaging to fit perfectly
Does it have soft start and is it as quiet as the Kobalt?
Ill let @CesarH or @jhitesma answer that one. I have not gotten to run mine yet. I just mounted it up in this build to be sure I had the correct setup for the customer
Those are the 2 things I like most about the Kobalt. My original router was soooo loud. I would really like to find something similar to the Kobalt for my LR4 build.
Yes it has. Will upload a video later
Thanks @CesarH !!
Yep, it does soft start and on the lower RPM settings it’s quite quiet. The cutting sound is louder than the router itself. Much quieter than my Dewalt router or the dewalt (611?) trim tool that I used on my old MPCNC.
I’ll have to print the Kobalt shoe and see how it fits out of curiosity now…the Makita seems fine to me…but I never thought to try the Kobalt. I just went by the measurement of the Carbide router and the Makita router and figured the Makita stuff would be the best option.
The kobalt dust shoe works like it was nade for it!
I cant speak on how much will it last, my machines arent working.
The standard er11 collets are nice. At least for me i bought a couple of nuts also and have my bits setted with some collars. Changes are going to be a breeze (And i wont need to reset z 
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I printed the kobalt shoe to test this weekend and I personally like the way the makita fits mine for what it’s worth.
Has anyone with this router noticed significant runout? I was having some issues creating joints for a cabinet I build last week. When I measured the cut width of two different 1/8" bits I found the cuts to be about 0.15" wide instead of 0.125". I cleaned the collet and tapper with an air hose and tried multiple bits and got similar results. I also cut inside and outside squares to measure and found consistent dimensional errors.
I changed my tool diameter to 0.15" in estlcam and got the parts cut. I also ordered a precision 1/8" er-11 collet from precisebits.com which will be here this week that I’ll test out and report back on. But that seems like a lot of runout to me. But this is the only CNC I’ve ever used. Any thoughts or suggestions?
I havent measured the runout because my builds still ongoing but i could check later in the week (moved the builds already to the new shop) but i have the gauges to measure it. -my china cheapo spindle had a ton of runout but it was a bad collet nut
Interesting, it didn’t occur to me the nut could be a problem. Maybe I’ll look at ordering a new nut as well just in case.
I received a new collet from precise bits and installed it yesterday after cleaning the router taper and it made an enormous difference. I was shocked at how much quieter it was both when cutting and even just cutting air. It also fixed all my dimension problems I was having. I think I must have gotten a really bad 1/8" collet with my router but it’s working much better now.
I explicitly bought a second weighted collet for my router (it’s got a little notch on one side to balance the difference made by the treads or whatever. I am not going to pretend I understand what it does completely…). It’s been great so far. 
