Bosch RA1054 Deluxe Router Edge Guide With Dust Extraction ...
Downsides so far…no carrying case for the guide which I predict will lead to damage ultimately (remember all the poles, springs dials etc…protruding out) and despite the ample space in the case of the 1617pk router, the guide doesn’t fit in there... The guide was cake to set up in both the plunge and fixed bases of the Bosch 1617pk I was using (which by the way works like a dream – if only I had gotten the variable speed model. I used the guide to cut six mortises in solid maple 3×3 stock for a bed project I’m working on. To be honest, I completely skipped the use of the set-up dial by pre-marking all my mortises directly on the stock, then simply lining up the cuts... A router the quality of the 1617pk deserves to have accessories of the same quality and build. Time will tell how well the guide ultimately works with small stock, precise setup requiring the setup dials and the durability of the thing. At first glance the Bosch RA 1054 looks unwieldy, complicated and maybe even fragile with multiple poles, thumbsrews, springs and a large dial in the rear. During use the guide is stable, with a large and stout edge that worked well with the stock I was routing. My solution so far is to rest the non-guide half of the entire setup on a piece of 1x stock which works pretty well. If Bosch doesn’t come to the table with one, maybe an aftermarket maker will.