Lynn Kasdorf
03-18-2003, 12:37 PM
I have a Bosch 1613 EVSA (I think that is the number) and love it.
There is something I have never quite grokked about it though. I have the snap-in adapter to allow use of Porter-Cable style guides, and it works fine. I have the alignment tool that you mount in the collet and lower into the guide in order to make it concentric.
What I don't get, is how are you supposed to lock it in place, once you get it aligned??
There is some slop in the bosch snap-in style adaptor, and some slop in the screw-on PC guide. To lock the PC guide, I can just tighten the brass collar to lock it to the adaptor. How am I suppose to lock the adapter to teh router base though?
I suspect I'd have the same problem if I was using bosch snap-in guides, instead of an adpator and PC guides. I can get them aligned but not locked.
One thought I had is using the spring loaded release lever that released the bosch guides. Maybe you are suppose to push it the opposite way to tighten?
The Bosch rep at a recent ww show pointed to two little holes in the base and said there are screws to let you tighten the guide. On my router, I have threaded holes that just go through the base, and don't touch the guide at all.
Help!
There is something I have never quite grokked about it though. I have the snap-in adapter to allow use of Porter-Cable style guides, and it works fine. I have the alignment tool that you mount in the collet and lower into the guide in order to make it concentric.
What I don't get, is how are you supposed to lock it in place, once you get it aligned??
There is some slop in the bosch snap-in style adaptor, and some slop in the screw-on PC guide. To lock the PC guide, I can just tighten the brass collar to lock it to the adaptor. How am I suppose to lock the adapter to teh router base though?
I suspect I'd have the same problem if I was using bosch snap-in guides, instead of an adpator and PC guides. I can get them aligned but not locked.
One thought I had is using the spring loaded release lever that released the bosch guides. Maybe you are suppose to push it the opposite way to tighten?
The Bosch rep at a recent ww show pointed to two little holes in the base and said there are screws to let you tighten the guide. On my router, I have threaded holes that just go through the base, and don't touch the guide at all.
Help!