Just received the Bosch Colt router. I would like to purchase an aftermarket baseplate which is larger. Goal is to add stability. Suggestions appreciated.
Just received the Bosch Colt router. I would like to purchase an aftermarket baseplate which is larger. Goal is to add stability. Suggestions appreciated.
Check out 3x3 custom router Jig https://www.3x3custom.com/store/6-in...rim-router-jig, I bought it a while back and have not used it yet due to some Medical stuff. It seams like a s. olid system
What Dan said...I was going to refer you to Tamara, too. If I ever buy a small trim router, I'll be buying her base, too. It's amazingly versatile and I believe it was physically manufactured by Katz-Moses.
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The most expensive tool is the one you buy "cheaply" and often...
+3 what the guys above said.
I bought one to support Tamar, but I haven't actually used it yet. I donated a few tools to a local shop that helps out folks in the business and if I didn't donate it, you can have it no charge. I'll PM you tonight if I still have it.
I actually like what I currently have on my Dewalt and Milwaukee palm routers the best: https://www.woodpeck.com/stabilmax-t...uter-base.html
Cheers,
Let's make it a clean sweep.
I bought the one from Tamar too and have used it a couple times.
It's predrilled for a number of routers so it fits me Makita and DeWalt.
Tamar has a YouTube on using it for various different things.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAVT65WeCBE
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." - John Lennon
I'm in the "roll your own" tribe.
One additional never seems to do it for me. So I add to the herd as needed for specific tasks.
If I'm sure it is a one-off, then BORG 3/8 ply or BB, depending on how important.
Otherwise, this stuff. I use 1/4" but that may be overkill. Cuts, routes, drills, chamfers, countersinks like a dream.
https://www.mcmaster.com/catalog/129/4047/8574K819
When I started woodworking, I didn't know squat. I have progressed in 30 years - now I do know squat.
Is there anyone out there making plates like Routerman did?
CLean sweep +1 ... I also just bought Tamar's router base plate jig (3x3 Custom)
"What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing.
It also depends on what sort of person you are.
I'm a member of the DIY group. I've made around 25-30 different bases over the years, always use the factory base as the template for the mounting holes.
The Bosch template was the problem for mine. It had a factory tolerance which made it off center., it was okay for general routing, but no good for dovetailing. Routerman sent me a clear Bosch plate tat had a perfect center and now my router works for dovetailing no matter how it is turned..
I ended up buying a piece of 1/4 plexiglass and plan to make my own. The Woodpecker plate looks awesome but the cost plus shipping in almost as much as what I paid for the router. The 6-1 jig looks great but most of the functions I will never use.
I paid $27 for a 12 by 24 1/4 thick plexiglass from Amazon and the shipping is free. Hopefully I wont regret my decision.
I've made a bunch of custom router bases over the years for different purposes. I don't think I ever made one where all the holes lined up perfectly first try. I believe every one of them had to have one hole finessed with a file and countersink, but they all never moved only having two perfect holes.
left over plexi glass from past jobs using the stock base to transfer holes.