I would be inclined to use the edge guide that came with the router?

 

The RA1054 seems to be a really nice edge guide. If the rod diameter and spacing will your router(I am not sure) It should be a good way to go.

 

There was no edge guide with the router. Dewalt makes a universal guide. The reviews I read where kind of mixed. I was told the Bosch would fit the Dewalt and from the pictures I've seen looks well built. The reviews are slightly better. I was hoping someone on here might have first hand experience with one o the other.

 

Dw a little squiggly, ok to adjust and good value. Have not tested the Bosch.
Did decide to make my own DW guides.

 

Hi Dan - Bosch is a good guide. To me it's kinda busy what with a lot of knobs but it works well and has dust collection. Porter Cable also has a precision edge guide that gets good reviews.
Porter-Cable 42690 Edge Guide (for Models 100, 690, 691, 693, 891, 892, 893 Routers) - Amazon.com)
I have no idea if either will fit your router.

 

Question is will the Bosch fit the DeWalt. You could buy it and try it for fit and return the Bosch if it doesn't work or you have to use adapters to make it fit. I have the Bosch guide and it is a really fine tool, very well built, very good reviews. The dust collection it comes with is very nice indeed.

 

Question is will the Bosch fit the DeWalt.

Answer: Yes. I've had both - the DWs are designed to work with 8mm fence rods for their smaller routers (e.g. DW613, DW621) and 10mm fence rods with the bigger routers (e.g DW625), although on different centres. The cast aluminium fence supplied with the Bosch GOF900CE, GOF1300CE and GOF2000CE (aka 1619EVS in the USA) have the same fence centres and use the same diameter guide rods. In the past I've used fences interchangeably between some of these routers. Having owned P-C 690s I can say that their OEM 2-stem fences are not compatible with DW

Regards

Phil

 

Hi

How I rate the edge guides

1. PC
2. DeWalt
3. Bosch
4. the one that came with your router

and yes the PC and the DeWalt one will fit many routers..

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I like the looks of the PC. If it fits my Dewalt I may go with it. My imitate need for one is to do mortises in 1 1/2 stock which is to long for me to do on my table. Is an edge guide a good way to do this?

 

Hi Dan - I really prefer a mortise jig for that job. Not much to popping one together, pic shows one I made to put some dowels in 3/4" stock. Could just have easily used a similar for a mortise. Used a 3/4" bushing centers to center the bit. 1-1/2" stock would just mean putting shoulders on it to take up the slack for the bushing, or use a smaller bit. Would need to know the size of mortise and bushings available to figure out the particulars.

 

Typo in my previous post. I meant to say "immediate" not "imitate"

 

No need to make a easy job into a hard one..all you need is drill motor..

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My Dewalt is a 618. I can't get to it until this weekend. I'll measure hole dia. and spacing then.

 

Thanks, Dan. Always useful to have some more gen on cross-compatibility

Regards

Phil

 

Hi Phil

I'm sorry you don't see the compatible of the PC guide,it's only one that I know about that will fit All routers with a simple made face plate to install the bigger or smaller rods like the 1/4" and the 1/2" ones..the bigger one are needed for the tank router like the 7500 PC routers..

I also have the dewalt also because it comes with longer rods
see below but it has a down fall, it can't take on the tanks routers like the PC one can.
Amazon.com: DEWALT DW6913 Router Edge Guide with Fine Adjustment and Vacuum Adaptor: Home Improvement

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Hi guys,

First post and just starting to experiment with my new router.

I own the Dewalt DWP611PK and I am looking to buy a router guide for it. I saw the Dewalt DW6913 mentioned here, but I noticed there is also the Dewalt DNP618 edge guide specifically for Dewalt's compact routers. Which would you recommend?

It would be used for light work and I am self learning woodworking and do it for fun/as a hobby.

 

I have a few sitting in a drawer. Can not remember the last time I used one. Not very versatile and not really a tool that you gotta have.

I prefer a simple straight edge clamp. Much easier to follow since there are no uneven edges, clamps to your work in seconds, and can be used with the router, circular saw, jig saw, and any other tool you can come up with. Use two of them and you have a sled for all your hand held cutting tools.

All In One Low Profile Contractors Clamps

 

+1.

my router edge guides mostly stay on a shelf. But my straight edge clamps get a whole lot of use for routing with hand-held routers and cutting with Jig-saws and circular saws. (I have an edge guide for both those saws that are on the same shelf.)

 

I am totally new at routing but I am teaching myself to be able to route a 12 foot board for my house. I just had my house painted and I had to pay someone to route a 12 foot replacement fascia board so the under eve boards will fit into this fascia board. I purchased the PC guide for my Porter Cable router. I don’t think a straight edge 12 feet long would be practical. What do you think? I am just reading all this stuff to get a better understanding.

 

another 12' board would be easy/fast/simple/ enough to do...
cheap too...
as for the edge guide, depends on what the final product is going to look like...

 

The 12 foot board is a 1 x 6 board with a groove cut about a inch in from the edge. The bottom of the eve fits inside this groove for a tight fit. The house was built a long time ago. If I had to replace several boards then it would work, but I would not want to have to store an extra 12 foot board waiting for another fascia board to get wood rot.

 

use the edge guide and a straight bit to cut the groove....

 

That is what I am thinking. I saved a piece of the old board so I can try to match it.

PS

The board on the back of my house is 20 feet or more. I am not sure you can buy boards that long any more. I will have to replace it with multiple boards. If it goes bad.

 

make sure the board (fascia) you will be installing gets painted on all sides. edges and ends, especially inside the groove (dado)....
most excellent for keeping the wood stable and prolonging the life of the board.. the finish paint job will last a lot longer too....

 

This would be a good use of an edge guide.

Always more than one way to skin a cat.

If its a rabbit, you could even do it a the table saw, as long as the board is not too small to begin with.

 

You know I was thinking about a table saw also but I have never run a dado on my table saw. Would a table saw cut as nice of groove as a router? I would think the bottom cut would not be as smooth as a router but I have never tried it.

You know I wish I would have thought about painting both sides. I just painted it after it was installed. I will paint on both sides next time.

 

With a good TS blade, I can rip cut edges smooth enough for glue up, without a jointer, even though I have one.

Lots of ways to skin a cat.

I can think of two other ways using a RAS.

Either way, a table saw and a router are always good investments. The router would probably be a more cost effective solution short term, the table saw, a more versatile long term investment. A dado blade makes for a very versatile rabbit tool.

 

this kind of edge guide...

 

I just picked these up from Pat Warner Ive had several different types of edge guise and these are the best

 

Have any of you considered the CRB7 multi purpose edge guide? It solves a lot of edge guide problems. 7 & 8 mm rods come with it, but 10 and 12 mm are available, so it should fit any router with guide rod holes. The base of the CRB7 is very sturdy and stable, and you can cut arcs and circles with it by using the extra rods to extend one of the rods being used (they thread together end to end) and attach an included adjustable pivot piece to the rod. The CRB7 is expensive, but it can do so much more than just an edge guide that, to me, it's money well spent. Watch the video to see what I mean.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyS1JpKx684

Charley