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Router Buddy Kit
includes Multi Purpose Base Plate, Circle Jig, Fence, Centering Jig, Hardware
Other Accessories
Large Circle Jig, Elliptical Jig
Router Buddy - The "Best Friend" your
router will ever have!
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Router Buddy Kit: Includes the patended universal Base Plate, Trammel slide/ Circle
Jig, Fence - mounts on trammel slide, Centering Jig - also used as half rounds on fence, Mounting hardware, Allen wrench,
Instructions
Click here to view Introduction video
click here to play video
Patent US 7,261,132,B1
"Router Buddy" is a router system that will fit over
30 of the popular models right out of the package and has a Universal Adaptor Plate available to easily
adapt it to fit most other routers.
Features and Benefits:
- Kit includes 4 of the most often used router accessories
- Converts your router into a Multi-Purpose System for the cost of one good accessory
- Save set-up time: Patented Base Plate is used with
all kit accessories
- Circle Jig: Infinitely adjustable from 2" to 18-3/8"
- Fence: Infinitely adjustable from 0 to 8-1/2" in thousands of an inch
when used with calipers (not included)
- Half Rounds: Used as a Centering Jig or add to the Fence for a guide on curved edges
- Base Plate accepts Porter Cable style Template Bushings
- Set-Ups for these accessories are completed in about 30 seconds
- User friendly - Extremely light and compact
- With its unique design it is so compact that both the Circle Jig and Fence can be used in restricted
areas where conventional Fences and Circle Jigs will not work
For those who need to cut larger circles or elliptical shapes you can expand its usefulness with these accessories:
- Large Circle Jig - Infinitely adjustable from 8" to 60". Accepts
user-made extensions to any range you want. Great for cutting very large circles or arches.
- Elliptical Jig: Standard 9" X 9" axis plate cuts ovals with up to a 12" differential between
major to minor diameters. Cut ellipses up to 48" X 60"
Shown below are pictures of the Base Plate setup with the various
accessories to demonstrate how versatile the Router Buddy's intergrated System is.
Important versatility features:
- Can be used with Template Bushings, Circle Jig, Fence, or as a conventional Base Plate
- Most components are multi-purpose, this reduces the size, weight and
number of components required
- All accessories utilize the same Base Plate
- Setup time for conversions, about 30 seconds each
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Base Plate with the Centering Jig in place
It's very important to have the Base Plate mounted to the router concentric
with the router spindle. Part of the Kit includes a Centering Jig to ensure that you can easily accomplish the required concentricity.
Click here to play Half Rounds video
Base Plate with Circle Jig attached
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Circle Jig is infinitely adjustable with a range from 2" to over 18-3/8" in diameter.
Router pivots around 1/8" dia. X 1/2" long dowel pin on the end of the Trammel slide.
If circles larger than 18-3/8" are required we have the Large circle Jig accessory
shown at the bottom of this page.
For more details on the Large Circle Jig and complete system details click here
click here to play Circle Jig video
Router Buddy with Fence
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Don't be fooled by its small appearance, this is a full size fence yet it's
very compact and only weights 1-1/2 ounces. Notice that nothing protrudes beyond the fence allowing it to be used in
confined areas where other fences will not fit. It is infinitely adjustable and can be adjusted within thousands
of an inch giving you milling machine accuracy.
Click here to play Edge Guide video
Router Buddy Fence with Half Rounds
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Attach Half Rounds to Fence to use as an edge guide along curved surfaces.
Router Buddy used with Template Bushing
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Router Buddy accepts Porter Cable style Template Bushings and can be used as shown
with dovetail jigs or with other types of freehand templates
click here to play Template Bushing video
Summation
Routers are widely considered to be the most versatile woodworking tool.
By itself the router isn't that versatile but when coupled with a wide assortment of bits, guides and jigs it becomes an indispensable
tool. Manufacturers
have devised a tool for about any router operation. There are fences for cutting rabbets and dadoes, jigs for cutting dovetails
and mortise-and-tenon joints to jigs for cutting circles and ellipses.
Router Buddy is the solution to getting your router properly accessorized
with these jigs quickly and inexpensively by providing these accessories in an integrated system that provides versatility,
precision, and convenience at a reasonable price. Because of its integrated design it cost less than purchasing them independently
and eliminates the long multi-tool set-ups by ending the need to make repeated base plate changes and is able to convert to
the various uses in about 30 seconds making it the fastest and most versatile router accessory in the world. It has been called the "Swiss army knife of router accessories"
For these reasons Router Buddy is becoming the #1 choice in router accessories
by discerning woodworkers
Listed Below are Additional Accessories to expand the Router Buddy's capabilities.
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LARGE CIRCLE JIG
This accessory is more than just a circle jig. It can be used in several configurations making it very versatile.
It has a circle range from 8 to 60-inches. It can accept user made extensions increasing its range as big as
you want. It is excellent for making large arches. It can be raised so that a center pivot can be attached to your work with
double-sided tape so you don't have to drill a pivot hole in the work piece when it isn't appropriate. It also adapts
to work in conjunction with the axis plate to form the elliptical jig. It has the fast change feature of taking 30
seconds or less to install and the ability to adjust within thousands of an inch giving you milling machine accuracy.
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ELLIPTICAL
JIG
The
standard axis plate is 9" X 9" and you can cut ellipses with an infinite differential of 3" to 12"
between the minor and major diameter. The minor diameter can vary from 20" to 48" and the major diameter can vary from 23"
to 60".
Click here to play Elliptical Jig video
Meet the Router Buddy inventor Louis A. Duplessis at booth 7033, Louis will be doing
demonstrating and anwering questions.
Georgia World Congress Center
August 20-23, 2008
Our woodworking tools are the most versatile
tools of their type available and are suitable for the professional woodworker and
the hobbyist. The combination of Functional Versatility, 30 second conversion capability and low cost separate it
from all competitive products.
Client Testemonials
I received the router base today and, I have to tell you, it has exceeded all of my expectations! It is a wonderfully
made and thought out product! I am interested in purchasing another for my DeWalt 621 router.
S.W. Virginia
Woodworking Club of America, LLC
"SKILLS TO BUILD WITH"
Our shop is very well equipped having over $100,000 of state of the art woodworking
machinery for our club members use. Even with all the high quality and expensive tools available we have found that for some
applications the most useful tool in the shop is a hand held router equipped with the Router Buddy System. This tool
has become the tool of choice when it comes to cutting rabbets and dadoes on larger boards. It has a versatile fence that
can be attached or removed in seconds; weights in at a little over an ounce. What we like is that sometimes we need to
adjust it within thousands of an inch when doing inlays, dadoes or other cuts when a good fit is necessary
and it does it easily. No other tool in our shop sets-up faster and cuts more accurately. When it comes to cutting circles
or arches it absolutely has no match. Club members like Router Buddy’s fast set-ups and think it's fun and easy to
use. It even has an attachment that can cut elliptical shapes.
It surprised us that with all the expensive tools we have, there are times
and operations when the inexpensive Router Buddy outshines any of the other tools available. For a cost of about $200 for
the entire system it turns out to be a great value because it’s used so often on many different types of jobs. I feel
any woodworking shop would not be complete without a Router Buddy.
Al Beauregard
Manager
/instructor
Woodworking
Club of America
www.woodworkclub.com
Quite frankly, the Router Buddy is one of the best tool accessories I've ever
purchased.
It's
truly a simple concept, you drill a small hole in the center of your desired circle. There's a small pin on the router base,
which slips into the hole you drilled. The router rotates around that pin, it's very simple and effective, and easy to micro-adjust.
In fact, it's the best system I've ever seen.
Honestly, this invention is such a huge time saver for me, it's
cut hours off of the tile inlaying that I do. Worth every penny!
Jamie Yocono
Custom Woodworking-Specializing in Tables and Benches
Las Vegas, NV
www.Wooditis.com
Click here for Jamies' blog
Wanted to let you know that the Router Buddy arrived last Thursday. It fit my son's router and performed as advertised.
Even though I have never used a router before, I was able to route out 18 and 16 inch diameter wheels and various diameter
counter bores, for my sons' sculpture base lazy susan's, with ease. On one counter bore I was able to cut away all
but a 1.08 inch diameter boss, where the pivot pin was located. The remaining boss was very easy to remove with a couple
of passes when I removed the pivot pin from the base plate.
Phil O.
Tuscon, AZ
I just wanted to write and tell you what I thought of your Router
Buddy. After seeing it in action at the Wood Works show in West Springfield, Massachusetts, I’m sold. As a professional
furniture maker, your Router Buddy has earned a special place in my shop. In over thirty years of building furniture for discriminating
clients, I have yet to come across such a simple, efficient and well made router guide system. The system is easy to understand,
lightweight and extremely durable, not to mention a breeze to use. It handles tons of different operations in the shop without
the complication and clumsiness of other router base systems. From a pro’s point of view, it’s quick and easy
to use without throwing the router out of balance with lots of added weight hanging off one side. It changes from one setup
to another quickly and easily.
Now that we’ve expanded our business to include
classes, I plan on recommending your router base system to all our students. For the woodworker with a home shop, the Router
Buddy is the perfect system. The fact that it is so lightweight means that the novice, or intermediate woodworker will hardly
notice that the system is in place but they’ll know it’s there because it’s working. What more can I say?
A lightweight, sturdy, accurate router system that is easy to understand, use and change from operation to operation, and
the cost is extremely reasonable. What more could a woodworker want? I wish you the best of luck with your Router Buddy system.
It is truly a great woodworking product.
Sincerely, Charles Bender
Charles Bender and Company
Cabinet and Chair Makers
Lead instructor – The Acanthus Workshop,
llc.
http://www.acanthus.com
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