Joe Lyddon

Good work Mike!!

I hope this will lead to Benny LaBaw getting his problem solved, in Japan.

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Benny LaBaw

I wonder why.....
there are many members who get my eyes fill with mixture of Hydrogen and Oxygen.

Joe Lyddon

Benny san, it happens to us too... just trying to help you.

Looks like PC will take care of you... we just have to wait & see how / when.

Don't give up yet... hang in there.

herbfellows

Mike, hi, newbie here. I just bought the bosch 1617 kit. The plunge sub base is dead flat, but the fixed sub base is the same as our friend Benny in Japan, high in the center. I can actually rock a straight edge on it, and slip three sheets of paper under each side with the straight edge on it. Not wanting to make a fool of myself (something I'm real familiar with!) to Bosch, I went to the local HD and Lowes and took a straight edge off the shelf and checked the routers on display there. Every one was dead flat. Am I missing something here?

harrysin

Whilst I've heard other opinions, so far as I'm concerned Herb, all router bases should be FLAT, perhaps Template Tom will join in with HIS PROFESSIONAL opinion.

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Dr.Zook

Welcome to the forums Herbfellows.

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Dave
the "Doctor"

In woodworking there is no scrap, only firewood.

Please edit your profile with a name and location so we can better assist you and make for a friendlier forum.

Router is still my name

As far as I know PC, Dewalt, Hitachi, Bosch and the rest ... none of them are being manufactured in USA, JAPAN, SWISS and only Festool and Fein is being manufactured in Germany that’s why you have to mortgage the house to own one of their tools.
Most people make their own sub base. Factory sub bases are hit and miss at best.
This place has sub-bases.

http://www.patwarner.com/

kp91

herb,
Check the tightness of your screws, they may have been 'overtightened' at the factory. If the sub base still has a serious curve in it when not attached to the base, call the factory and send it back.

If it's flat, and the base is tweaked, then you can make sure that there are no left over high spots from the casting, or just pass that on to the factory as well.

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herbfellows

I already checked the casting, it's flat. Also checked the sub base off the router, it's definitely convex. I'll probably end up making a new one or Pat Warner it, but as you say, they should make it right. I'm using the 30 day trial because this is my first serious router, not a great start for Bosch. The other contender going in was the Dewalt 3 base. Hopefully this will get straight and that will be the end of that and me and my router will live happily ever after! Thanks for the info guys!