BOSCH RA1129 Template Guide Adapter Set: Streamline Your Routing Projects with Precision Review

This adapter set works well with the Bosch 1617EVSPK and all routers in the Bosch 1600 series. I have read several reviews that say additional adapters are needed. That is not true. This adapter allows you to use Porter Cable 1-3/16" threaded jacks (typical PC jack). I use this adapter because I like using brass PC jacks. Template work is very easy to cut. Guide bushings on the other hand - Die Bosch stencil is not made of brass and many customers complain that the stems break.

This template guide is easy to fit and holds the included RA1100 adapter ring very firmly. For less than $8 this is a good value. Revain misleads customers by showing that the included ring is often purchased separately along with pattern instructions. The only complaint I have is that the guide bushing can't be flush with the base of the router like I've seen on all other routers, but is set back about 1/16th of an inch. If you have already trimmed the bushings to work with thin templates…

I've heard people say it stutters or doesn't work properly, but I'm fine. I don't really understand how anyone had trouble with this, but I will say that you need to stack the parts properly and hold the spring arm properly for it to grip properly. At first I wasn't sure if I liked it, then I learned to use it and now I'm happy. I applied a tiny drop of 3-in-1 oil where I felt it needed because the spring action made it feel sticky and tingly on the inside. It flows well now and the spring is…

The adapter works fine once installed, Bosch could probably have made it from slightly better material, but once installed it holds other rails well with no play . However, when using a separate set of Porter Cable brass guides, their outside diameter was slightly larger than the collar on the inside diameter of the Bosch adapter. So after a little polishing of the brass guides with a medium sized sandpaper the brass guides were able to slide perfectly into each other and work properly…

This is an update. I originally gave one star. I have a Bosch router and decided to make some dovetails. I figured I'd have to buy this thing or a new router base to fit the stock rails. So I bought a few of these. It has a lever that should allow for quick changes, but instead it pushes against the router's base and doesn't move. I thought about hitting it with a hammer but decided against it. Then in the second tutorial I hit it with a hammer and now it works much better. The latch now opens,