How to Use Router Guide Bushings - Ask Matt #18
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- čas přidán 30. 06. 2024
- Guide bushings are a great way to make your router even more versatile. In this video we look at what a guide bushing is, how to set them up, and we'll look at a few examples of how to use them.
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Matt, that has to be one of the best explanations on the use of those template guides. Really well articulated and demonstrated. Thanks for sharing this.
+Bill Macfarlane thanks Bill!
Thank you Matthew for the video. Just started with the router and guide bushings. This should speed up the learning curve considerably.
I'm in the market. Perfect timing! Great stuff Matt.
awesome!
Thanks Matt. I love how easy you can make mortises for floating tenons.
Clear, concise, with meaningful demonstrations and relevant applications. You are a natural teacher. Thanks and now a subscriber.
Excellent information, Matt, and very well presented. I'm just getting into the stage where I'm using my router more frequently and am amazed at what you can do with this tool. You've given me even more ideas. Thanks!
Just "discovered" you on youtube when searching for specific problem..centering cone. Your presentation was great and gave me lots more ideas on how to use router. I am fairly new to woodworking so appreciate seeing (vs reading) tricks/ideas on things that I might need later. The idea of using the router as a drill was a stunner for me; perhaps old hat to some but first time I had been exposed to this concept. Also the simply way to make a mortise template was useful for me. I have subscribed and am overwhelmed buy the volume of your videos. But I will return again and again. Thanks.
+Craig Roberts thank you so much Craig! Glad you found it helpful :)
Awesome! Really useful! I usually use that technique to make holes that receive the guitar pickups! Very well explained!
Nice! I think that's one of my new favorite techniques. It's also faster than a drill bit :)
Nicely done! Been using bushings for years and I’m not sure I could have done nearly as good as you’ve done.
Thanks for all the info in the ask Matt series I appreciate the straight forward approach and the honesty about what tools you use unlike others who push products ( in their defense I know they have bills to pay).
Thanks for sharing your knowledge Matt, super useful !
You are gold! The knowledge you share is greatly appreciated!
That is great info. I have a set of guide bushings and never really had a use for them. That is gonna change now. Thanks Matt!
Scott
Awesome!! Thanks Scott!
Same here! A friend gave me a set for my P.C. router.never used them even once. Didn't know what to do with them. That has all changed now. Thanks Matt!
Excellent clear & concise information relating how to use (Bosch's) router template. Having all those tools in the background also helps make one look like an expert!
I just found this - it's the most relevant video on template guide bushings, hands down. It's clear, there's lots of supporting video, and the style is easy to follow.
I learned something new today, making holes with the bushing and bit! Great info as usual....thanks Matt.
I expect to see you drilling holes in everything in your shop now :)
Matt, thank you for this informative video. As a novice, I had heard of these bushings but have never known how they are used or how versatile they were. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
thanks man. never used a router before and I didn't immediately understand how they were installed. suspected the correct way and confirmed by your vid.
Awesome!
Thanks Matt, I really appreciate your commentary on bushings.
Nicely done Matt, I've used them for sign making but you've shown uses I never thought of, I'm off to but a set now!!!
Good explanation. I learned about guide bushings years ago, and never needed them, then over time forgot the details. Now, currently have a project where guide bushings look like the best option.
Matt, just another fantastic video. I wasn’t even sure what guide bushings are for… I see them for sale all the time but I didn’t know who to ask. Thanks again!
Great explanation about how to use guide bushings, been looking for instructions on how to use them and this is the best I've seen, thanks
Thank you, Matt. This was very helpful. I short time ago I bought the PORTER-CABLE Dovetail Jig with Mini Template Kit (4216), and the Router Template Guide, 9-Piece (42000). These bushings are great and work well. I'm in the process of building a barn door cabinet for our foyer and went out yesterday and bought a 23/32" straight chute router bit and the 1" OD x 25/32" ID Porter Cable guide bushing. I have to make 3 dado cuts in the top and bottom panels for the cabinet dividers and this was recommended as the best option. I'm building a simple router jig that the 1" bushing will fit into and cut perfect 23/32" dadoes. Your video explains how to use the bushings and offsets which is very helpful. Thank you again! You have a new subscriber!
Awesome, pulled down a Porter Cable template kit Id' forgotten on the shelf for my B&D plunge router and now know it will make it easy to do 1/4" dowel holes with a bit and a scrap board as you demonstrated. I have a nice separate guide for end grain holes, but wanted a better way to get accuracy out on a large mating flat. I'll do the end grain ones first, then use dowel center markers to transfer the locations accurately out onto the flat. Easy peasy
My wife bought a set of these for me about 3 years ago. Only now do I know what they are for! Thanks a lot for making this video.
Love it! Stanley never made those for their hand routers. I feel jipped! LOL! Love seeing the new logo every ware!
Someone messed that product launch up ;) thanks James!
They did. In England
Not porter cable
every ware? Everywhere!
Thanks for all the information, Matt. I was a little unclear about all the uses for guide bushings, and now that im reaching for my router more often, your tips will help me out.
That's what I like to hear, Scott! Thanks!
I use guide bushing to make signs from patterns. I found under heavy use they like to work free. A little Teflon tape or locktite does the trick. Awesome video! Thanks.
Jonathan Mutchler
LOL! I had one come loose and the bit chewed the hell out of the threads. Still works but...
Well Matt, you hit another one out of the park! Great info and demonstration.
Thanks Neil!
finally the only video on CZcams which shows how these guides work. thx
Great explanations and examples! As someone EU based I very much appreciate the metric units showing up in the video when you mention imperial dimensions. Keep up the good work!
Awesome! I learned a lot...thanks Matt!
Awesome! Thanks!
Hi, I just stumbled upon your channel today. This is the first video of yours that I have watched. You have instantly become my favorite teacher/woodworking coach. You demonstrated very clearly exactly what I most desired to learn and understand better. I appreciate that - a lot! You have a new subscriber. I just wish I could be your apprentice for one year. God bless. Thank you for what you are doing.
Thanks Matt, I never new how to use Guide Bushings. You made it so simple, now I want to go out and try.
6 years later and you helped me. A LOT. ❤️
You are very good at what you do. I am still learning, and though I'm not as proficient as I would like to be, I appreciate the tips and advice experienced guys like you put out on these videos. Thank you.
thanks!
Thanks, Matt! I always forget about guide bushings, and your video is a great reminder! By the way - you do a great job teaching various techniques - it is much appreciated! Keep up the wonderful content!!
Thank you so much!!
Very useful Thanks. This shows 'old' videos don''t get old.
Excellent. The ask Matt videos are very high quality. Well done Matt.
Thank you Douglas!
D'oh!
I used my first guide bushings this weekend in an experiment. I learned a lot but tis video would have knocked off the first hour of learning. :) Thanks and keep it up.
:) Gotta love timing haha! Thanks Howard!
Best video on guide bushings I've seen on CZcams! Amazingly helpful video! So informative and you covered all the issues I had questions on in one video!!
awesome to hear! thanks!
This so cool. Just what the doctor ordered. THANKS SO MUCH.
Thanks for that very informative video. This is going to help me a lot in my next project 😊
You are unique person which explain this adapter. And thank you very much, Man
Great video. I just got a plunge router to try to rout out a lip for my kreg lift into my MDF workbench. Trying to soak in as much info at possible and this is definitely the best video I've seen yet.
Awesome; thanks!
This video was a pleasure to watch. Informative yet concise. I have used router guides many times, for dovetailing and other, yet somehow it escaped me that you could use them to simply drill a hole by having a template hole the size of the busihng. Nice!
Thanks! Yeah that one caught me by surprise when I first saw it. Seems so obvious now lol
You see Matt; this is why you will hit 100k viewers by the end of the year. you are instructing viewers that are 5 or 6 years behind you in knowledge and they are finding your way of demonstration extremely useful. I love it! thanks Matt.
Thank you so much, Oscar! This means a lot to me :)
Thanks Matt. Always enjoy your Ask Matt series. Cleared a few things up for that I was wondering about guide bushings.
Awesome! Thank you!
Awesome! I haven't seen the centering cone and I never thought of drilling holes with a guide bit. Learning lots from you Matt! Thanks.
+Greg's Garage Oh... And you put all the stickers up!!! Cool to see all my YT buddies on the cabinet behind you!
Thanks Greg! Yeah I finally got around to putting them all up. Yours is sweet. I thought I had kept your envelop so I would have your address but I can't find it in the stack. Would you mind sending me your address so I can get a set of stickers out to you?
clarity, clarity, clarity. Thank you
Wow thank you so much!! You have thought me so much in you're 8:00 minutes video then 75% of the videos on CZcams. Plz keep making them. I am so glad I found you bros!! I can't thank you enough, peace and take care bros.
Cool video Matt, I just got a used router and it didn't come with a manual that showed me what these were that came with it. The video explained it well and now I just need to get used to using this new knowledge to come up with some cool new projects using these guide bushings.
Best video on template guides I've come across. Well done!
Thank you! I appreciate the clear concise answer.
This is the best tutorial about this issue. Very clear and instructive. Thank you so much.
Nicely demonstrated and explained Matt. Thanks!
One of the best presentations I have seen. Well spoken and to the point! Thank you.
Thanks!
Thanks for the great explanation Matt!
so clear and simply explained. thanks matt! haven't used a guide bushing yet in my router usages. excited to make more use of it.
Thanks Seth! Have fun :)
Thank you, starting first use with router guides. The measurements you demonstrate make my attempt much easier. Again thank you
I was searching through a lot of videos and in this video I found it. Excellent explanation
Excellent explanation!
Matt just seen your video and had to subscribe you're very thorough and have an awesome explanation on how to use these greatly appreciated can't wait to see your other videos
Great video! Easy to understand with no fluff! Awesome!
Great info. and easy to understand! Good job! I just bought a set of guide bushings at harbor freight $15. they fit the standard 1 3/16 base insert. Now I have some new uses for them! Thanks
Awesome! Thanks Douglas!
Great video Thanks, Easy to understand and although I am always working with oak I just wanted a quick refresher before using the guide on my router. Good Man
Excellent demonstration/explanation, as always.
Very thorough video. I've always wondered about guide bushings but I haven't looked anything up and this is quite a bit of information. Thanks!
Thanks!!
Thank you for the lesson I did not know how to use them and now I will give it a try. Thanks
Great info Matt. I used my guide bushings for the first time last week. I also love the new logo.
Thanks Jared!
I really like this type of presentation! I look forward to many others, Thanks Matt.
Thanks Tom! I've got many on the list :)
The first proper explanation i could find. Thank you!
Thanks Matt. Was always wondering about how to use guide bushings.
Thanks for this tutorial on the little discussed use of guide bushings
Good stuff Matt. I've always had some questions about those and you answered most of them. Thanks
Thanks Mike!
Really excellent video. Thanks for the great explanation!
Thanks, Matt - Maybe you could do something on inlaying using guide bushings to get a perfect fit?
thank you. Clear and simple explanation and demo of this router feature.
Thanks Matt. Always something new to learn.
Good instructional video Matt, as always. Just a note: 1/2" acrylic (bullet resistant glass) makes for great templates. . You can get it free from any glass shop that does commercial windows and glazing. They remove it from banks and storefronts etc. when it gets scratched. Normally it gets tossed in the dumpster. My buddy owns a glass shop and he turned me on to using it. It's actually very easy to buff crystal clear using a headlight reconditioner compound and a power buffer. Clear templates are really nice to use and it makes locating the layout lines much easier. It cuts really easy too on a table saw or router using the lower rpm range.
Btw, there's no such thing as bullet proof glass, it's only bullet resistant. Don't tell any bank tellers. It will stop pistol bullets but that's it. Not a high velocity rifle round.
Awesome tip, Peter! got it. bullet resistant :) haha!
Great review Matt! I was wondering how to use those guide bushings. Thanks!
Thanks Edison! Happy to hear it was helpful :)
Great informational video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Great description and examples. I'm about to cut a bunch of floating mortises and I might just have to use your technique with the guide-bushing since you make it look so easy!
It's stupid how easy it is lol thanks Jeremy!
Very nicely done Matt ! - Bustin' out some Cremona logo, very cool :-)
Big time! Thanks Tommy!
The absolute best explanation I’ve even seen. Btw. Love your logo/ initials on the router with the dovetails on them.😊
Thank you!
Great video! Very informative. Thank you for the detailed explanation.
I know it is an older video, but well done!
You covered the basics very well.
From here, a little experimenting should get someone up to speed in short order!
great job Matt
Thanks Martin!
The explanation was awesome. Learnt a lot about GB. Very well put. Ta😊
Bro, your videos are awesome. Just a regular dude sharing your knowledge. Thanks man.
Thank you!
Very helpful! Thanks, Matt! All the best, Rob in Switzerland
Very knowledgeable. Thanks! I always learn something from your videos.
Thank you Seth!!
Great info and tips! I learn something everyday.
Thanks Shawn!
Thanks very much Matt for this video on guide bushings. It is very informational.
Hey Matt, I've been looking for a video on bushings that was pretty much idiot proof,thanks very much mate you solved a lot of answers for me...3 thumbs up...
Very good tutorial Matt.
Thanks for sharing it with us.
Thank you!
Very nice explanation and demo. Appreciate it. Thanks.
I love how you talk fast and fluently!!!!
That requires a lot of takes :)
Just looking at a way to route letters and numbers in small boards for kids to play with, I will make templates out of plexi I have kicking around then use that with guide bushings to batch them out easily, Thanks for the quick and simple description of use of these tools.