Thread: Purchasing Template Guides

Hi Tom
The set that I have are as followers. I will give OD/ID
1":7/8', 51/64":5/8", 3/4":21/32", 5/8":17/32", 1/2":13/32", 7/16":11/32", 3/8":9/32", 5/16":1/14"

Hope this helps.

Regards
Harold

Originally Posted by pal

Hi Tom
The set that I have are as followers. I will give OD/ID
1":7/8', 51/64":5/8", 3/4":21/32", 5/8":17/32", 1/2":13/32", 7/16":11/32", 3/8":9/32", 5/16":1/14"

Hope this helps.

Regards
Harold

Thanks Harold for your quick response to my question. I have a few more if you care to answer, which will help me to produce written material on how I might use them and really more importantly how others might use them. Keeping in mind it has been some 45 years since I changed from Imperial to Metric. Though I have been able to convert some of the projects I have produced from Metric to Imperial and it hasn't been as difficult as I had imagined it would be. Having some knowledge of the "old" system the guides can be used to great advantage to complete many routing processes and projects. This "old" system is really a very popular system and only system used extensively in places such as the United States.

There must be thousands of Imperial sets that have been sold here in Australia over the years as there has never been a Metric set produced to my knowledge except for a set produced by Trend in the UK. The question I have to those who have purchased the Imperial sets "How do you use them"?

Tom

When you purchased the set had you any project in mind that was to be completed at the time?

What is the most popular guide you would use from the collection?

What is the main reason for purchasing the set?

What sort of projects do you use the guides for?

What instructions were included with the set at the time of purchase?

Tom

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Hi Tom,
The project I had in mind was a mirrored wall sconce. Approximately 20 of these made. Attachment of finished product.You will notice that I take a lousy photo of myself in the second shot but it does show up the mirror.
I used the largest 1:7/8 the most.
I added to my collection of routers and now have a Makita RP2301FC since I purchased this set and now have a 40 mm guide plus a few other metric ones so the one I now use more often than not is the 40 mm. on the larger blanket and toy boxes.
on the smaller boxes jewelery/keepsake/medal/flag I revert back to the set and use the smaller ones, depending on the amount of material (read depth/area) that has to be removed.
I use them for inlay and relief carving.
As for instructions on how or what to use them on the manufacturer assumed that the purchaser knew what they were doing so no instructions at all.

Regards
Harold

Originally Posted by pal

Hi Tom,
The project I had in mind was a mirrored wall sconce. Approximately 20 of these made. Attachment of finished product.You will notice that I take a lousy photo of myself in the second shot but it does show up the mirror.
I used the largest 1:7/8 the most.
I added to my collection of routers and now have a Makita RP2301FC since I purchased this set and now have a 40 mm guide plus a few other metric ones so the one I now use more often than not is the 40 mm. on the larger blanket and toy boxes.
on the smaller boxes jewelery/keepsake/medal/flag I revert back to the set and use the smaller ones, depending on the amount of material (read depth/area) that has to be removed.
I use them for inlay and relief carving.
As for instructions on how or what to use them on the manufacturer assumed that the purchaser knew what they were doing so no instructions at all.

Regards
Harold

The project presented certainly illustrates the need to use the themplate guides and a good job has been done, with what you had available. Now since you have purchased the Makita router and added the 40mm to your collection I look forward to your next presentation.
There is no reason why the 40mm can not be used for your small boxes, all that is required is a larger template to be produced, and you can see the cutter in action more clearly. The larger guides can also be used for your inlay and releif work also.
The instructions inserted in the set when purchased are very brief indeed and one has to sit down and do their own designing and calculating. I have found in most of my calculations to complete a routing process the 40mm come to the front to start with where possible as a greater range of cutters can be used.
Once more thank you for taking the time to answer the questions and submitting your presentation.
Note: On another forum it states that "90% of all routing processes can be done on the router table" This presentation shows that the guides must be used with the router in the 'Plunge mode' if safety is to be considered. There is no doubt someone will say it can be done using the router in the table mode as they have never considered the use of the guides in the plunge mode.
Tom

Great results, Harold....