paulcomi

I don't have an edge guide yet and I'm wondering if I should buy one of the ones made by Porter Cable or just make one myself. I'm also curious to know how useful you find one if you use one.

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kp91

I have the old porter cable edge guide, left over from my 693 router, and it works on the 890. I have also used a home-made one in the past, and they both work the same. I have never tried the real expensive porter cable one, and I can't think of a reason that I would need it.

I find the edge guide handy for use on routing the edges of pieces where the router wants to wobble to one side and dig into the work. Any 2 contact point edge guide will work, or doublestick taping a block to your sub base so it will provide support.

The hardest part I had making a home made edge guide was coming up with the screws to clamp the rods into the router base.

One handy edge guide I have is the square baseplate for my router. It is an excellent surface to ride on clamp-n-edge guides for cutting dados.

Hope this helps

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paulcomi

You gave me an idea....If you used a square base plate and slotted two slots you could have a sliding fence edge underneath with a couple lock knobs and have a very workable home made edge guide. do you think I'd be losing anything by not just buying one?

kp91

I don't think so. Plus, I always like coming up with my own solutions to workshop challenges. (that and I am cheap, and don't like to part with any money I don't have to)
http://www.woodworkingtips.com/etips/etip063000ws.html
http://popularmechanics.com/home_imp...s/index5.phtml
http://www.patwarner.com/edge_guide.html

These should give you a couple of ideas

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paulcomi

The first link is a good choice if I made it out of lexan/plexiglas. It really does what I need/want. I guess it comes down to the advantage of a pc edge guide or one like it that it can slide in and lock without having to remove the router base. I do like that first one a lot though. Thanks for posting that link.

Putzger

I have had the #42690 micro-adjust edge guide for my 690 router(s) for quite some now and frankly, it doesn't get all that much use. However, the $48 it set me back those few years ago was suddenly self-justified today when I had a long highly-precise multi-level slot to route out.

I was making the long 1/4" wide slot through a sheet of 3/4 finished particle board -- the through-slot needed a 1/4" deep shoulder on each side.

(Envision a 1/4" deep by 7/16"-wide slot with a 1/4" wide slot 3/4" deep sliced dead down the center for an overall length of 28".)

Without the micro-adjust guide, I could not have pulled it off.

Your smileage might well vary :-)

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Woodnut65

The best edge guide I have seen and used on my routers is the one manufactured by Micro Fence, they make them adaptable to most any router, and also have a circle
guide to add to it they work great. But they are a bit pricey.

Good luck, Woodnut65