Hi loninappleton
this is just one of many ways
It's a very easy job to do, you just need two forstner bits ( 1 3/16" and a 1 3/8" ) and a drill press..
The easy way is to clamp the 1/4" thick plastic to the drill press, the base plates can be any size you want to make them..
Put on some masking tape on the plastic,draw out a square of the size you want then draw a line from corner, now you have a " X " in the center,now chuck up a 1/8" drill bit and move the plastic under the drill bit so it will hit the " X " dead center now clamp the plastic down to the drill press table with some scrap under it.. once you have it clamped down drill the 1/8" hole then remove the drill bit and chuck up the 1 3/8" bit and drill down about 1/8" deep, once you have the down chuck up the 1 3/16" bit and drill out the hole, b/4 you un clamp it check to make sure the guide will pop in the hole and sit flat...
Once you have that done pull off the old base plate and use it for a template to drill the mounting holes, use masking tape to hole it down to the plastic make sure it can't move then drill the mounting holes.
Use the brass guide to line up the new plate with the old plate ..
hope his helps
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Originally Posted by loninappleton  Hello again,
I just read through the guide bushing pdf by template tom (hope I got that right) and then looked for the what is needed to actually use some guide bushings.
The Craftsman router I got has a smooth baseplate and doesn't appear to have any machining for the guides.
Now comes the part where I need a comparison list of what brand router
guide bushing base plates are compatible with this and in the US. (Truthfully, I didn't check for this add-on at time of purchase but it is not shown in the accessory list in the manual.
The Craftsman model number is 9.5 amp 1 3/4 Peak HP Fixed Base Router
Model No. 320.17541
But I actually have a different question. I was wondering if a guide bushing baseplate can be made for a palm router and equivalent small tools like the Rotozip. How to get the centering right and make the seat for the
bushing is what I'd like to find out.
Unfortunately these questions/details seem to be skipped over in the books I've seen.
I have a rotozip kit from a different manufacturer and a variety of bases are supplied. These include the laminate trimmer attachment. This add on
has a square removable baseplate with 4 screws.
Also I got some plexiglass scrap from the local plate glass installer. Perhaps
a couple sheets of that could be layered with the right size cutout made
with a hole saw? I have a number of those hole saws including a 1 inch OD from the big box store. I don't know if getting the right dimension to do this would be a big job or an easy job.
The funny thing is that after I got the Sears I'm trying to figure out more uses for the zip tool it was going to replace. |