Router guide jigs

[MrLister]

Anyone know of any good places to buy a good router guide jig. (if i wanted to round a corner so it has a radius of 2" for example.

[azngotskills]

how about these: http://www.partsexpress.com/webpage.cfm?WebPage_ID=3

[unpredictableacts]

link did not work.

[evan]

I imagine he was trying to link to the Jasper jigs. Just go to the PE website and do a search for "Jasper".

[Tirefryr]

www.jasperaudio.com


Buy them direct too.

[jearhart]

will those fit the base of a craftsman router?

[Tirefryr]

More than likely, yes. They can be easily adapted to any router.

[solacedagony]

I believe parts express has a list of compatible routers on their jasper jig page.

[MarkZ]

I had one on my Craftsman before it went kablooey. It now fits my cheap Skil. There are lots of holes for lots of configurations.

[MrLister]

Oh I auctually meant round overs such as http://www.mobilesolutions-usa.com/smartparts/smarttemplates.htm under "Large Radius Set"

but if there's anything a bit more affordable

[Whiterabbit]

thats the jasper jig. you use the jasper jig to MAKE your template that costs so much at that website.

heres the alternative. get a piece of 1/4 inch hardboard (high end ply is better) about 9x14 inches and bolt it to your router AS the baseplate. measure whatever radius you want to cut what is going to become your template/jig from the 1/4 inch cutting bit you use (ID or OD depending on how you are cutting your circle) and mark that space on the plate. drill a hole with any size drill bit (ballpark 1/8th inch drill bit).

find the centerpoint you want to cut your jig from and drill in the drill bit. Then release the chuck, leaving the drill bit in the piece.

now insert your router with custom baseplate, and youve just cut yourself a perfect circle you can use as a speaker hole or template to cut copies or whatever you want. And the jig cost you about a buck fifty.

[kactussjack]

Many thanks to White Rabbit! I tried using a homemade plywood circle guide & it worked perfectly. It you drill thru the center piece into a scap piece below & leave the bit in it, it will pin the circle in place so you can cut all the way thru without distorting the circle. Just make sure to make several passes to save your router bit.

[Whiterabbit]

glad it worked so well.

Another "trick" I use for small radii as requested is to chuck my adjustable hole saw into a drill press and cut a blank from .25 inch hardboard. easiest way to make a jig ever.

[dBassHz]

I think he's looking for a tool that would equate to a 2" radius Roundover bit. Let me know when you find one. The biggest I've seen was 1-1/2" and it cost about $100.

[B&K]

will those fit the base of a craftsman router?
Depending on the router only with two holes though and that sucks because you will crack the jig.

[Preacher]

Jasper Jigs do not fit the R250 black and Decker

White Rabbit: These sound like great tips; I'm not sure I understand, but I'm going to try. You should think about doing some of these for the tutorials section; thanks

[Whiterabbit]

It'd make a terrible tutorial. I own mostly cheap tools, throwbacks from my poor college student days. Back then it was about learning how to do as much as possible from as poor a tool as possible. They are simply habit now.

Probably not a good idea to pass too much along in a tutorial section where it's assumed that ideas passed around are intended to be the "right" way of doing things.

[Exalted512]

Umm, I would never use a router for a 2" hole...unless you need it to be 2 1/16" or something like that...Thats what they have hole saws for...
-Cody

[backwoods]

I'll use a router any day over a hole saw. Never found alot of use for a hole saw, except to run lines or pipe in a house.