GMC router template guide?

**rapserv** · 30th December 2003, 10:29 PM

A couple of months ago my wife bought me the GMC R1250SK router kit containing a 1550w router & 50 router bits (1/2" & 1/4") which included a number of dovetail bits. I had intended buying a dovetailing template to make a number of drawers for some new timber workbenches I have just completed, but in the meantime my father decided to buy me the Vermont American router dovetail jig. I quickly realised that the template guide supplied in the router kit was miles too big (about 30mm in diameter) and after reading the VA instruction sheet they advised that I should purchase their 'router guide bushing kit' which suppodedly fits most of the popular router kits.
Needless to say, I bought this kit only to find that it does'nt fit either!!!
I went back to Bunnings with intensions of possibly exchanging it for the Triton kit but found that this also will not fit.
I decided to keep the VA guide kit at this stage, with a view to modifying it to fit. (something I did'nt want to do)

Does anyone know of a guide kit that is suitable for this router?

You would think that GMC would have had enough nurk to include several different size guides in the kit as well.
Seems pointless to include the dovetail bits in the first place ....... do they think you will do dovetails freehand?

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**gatiep** · 31st December 2003, 01:11 AM

I modified one of those Vermont nylon bases to fit on a Bosch. I sandwich the bush inbetween the nylon plate and the original routerr base, lining it up in the recess provided for it in the nylon base. Works like a charm.
To do the mod, put the bush in the recess in the nylon base, line it up roughly on the router bace. Put a 1/4 in router bit, dovetail works good, in the router collet and push the bit into the bush as far as it will go. The bit being wedge sheped, it aligns the nylon base 100% . Then drill the router base and screw the vermont in place.
Cya
Joe

**Garry1953** · 31st December 2003, 09:06 AM

I bought the Vermont American router dovetail jig and gave it back to Bunnings.
The Jig is no longer supported by the new owners.... BOSCH... So you can't buy the necessary collet for your router, and I didn't want to go and get one made at extra expense.

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