Festool Plunge Router I - Manual (Page 22)

22 OF 1400 EQ Router
ides Template Gu
Template guides (also known as copy rings) are used to
control the position of the router relative to an external
pattern or template. This permits you to follow an external
use universal guides from other manufacturers with yo
Festool router.
pattern even if the router bit does not have a guide bearing.
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The function of the Festool copy ring and the universal
template guide adapter are the same, except with the
universal guide adapter you provide the template bushing.
This allows you to use template guides that you already own
with your Festool router.
The OF 1400 EQ router package may include either a
standard Festool copy ring, a universal template guide
adapter, or both. The template guide adapter allows you t
Using a Template Guide
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To install the template guide to the router base,
llow the same procedure for installing the fo
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Template guides are available with a variety of
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router bit diameter, but never so close that the
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Chip Diverter as described on page 9.
bushing diameters. Typically, the bushing
iameter should be slightly larger than the
r uter bit can contact the interior of the
bushing.
CAUTION: If the spinning router bit
tacts the interior con of the template guide, it
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The routi
des
to the
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The
between the pattern and the final routed edge
is ½ the difference between the template guide
will damage both the router bit and the
guide.
ng pattern needs to be larger than the
ired routed edge as shown in both images
right.
offset (shown in both images to the right)
bushing diameter and the router bit diameter.