The fixed base is easy, the plunge router requires an extra step. Now it comes to using this jig and it is similar to whether you have a fixed base or a plunge router. If your main base is one inch thick, here are some example of the blanks you may want to make. The next thing to make will be your depth gauge blanks. I fastened mine with wood screws, making sure they were tight to the body of the jig. At this point, you could fasten a bottom to the main body of the jig. Ultimately you should be left with a one inch thick base with some sort of a slot in it. Like many things in woodworking, there are often many ways of making the same thing. You could even cut this whole slot out on a bandsaw. Next, I cut out the sides of the holes so there was a slot. I made mine 2.75 inches which is a bit large, but as long as it fits you router bases and bits, any size will work. This hole needs to be big enough to accommodate your larges router bit, and/or whatever hole saw you happen to have, or even a large Forstner bit would work in many cases. Next, I needed to cut a hole, roughly in the middle of the base. I measured my router bases and decided that a 10-inch square base would be easy to handle and would work with all three of my routers. I started off with a known base which for me was someone inch thick MDF material. This jig will NOT work for router bits that have a bearing, but on some selected bits, it may be possible to drill holes in the depth gauge wood and still use this methodology. It will work for any router, provided the base can sit within the slots and that the router bit will drop drown on top of the depth gauge wood that you select. This is a very quick and easy jig to make and is easy and quick to use.
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