BOSCH RA1054 Deluxe Router Edge Guide with Dust Extraction Hood & Vacuum Hose Adapter

The Bosch edge guide attached perfectly to my 34 year old Bosch 1611EVS plunge router. The supplied lock knobs threaded into the holes in the base of the 1611EVS router with no issues, and clamped the guide securely in place for a couple of recent routing tasks that used the edge guide to establish a maximum cut width. The optionally attached dust collection port is sized to perfectly fit a Festool dust extractor hose. The attachment and removal of the dust collection port, while straightforward, is unnecessarily time consuming as two captured nuts must be removed and relocated, and the fence must be partially disassembled and reassembled. That dust collector port will likely have limited usefulness in exchange for the bulkiness that it adds to the edge guide, as the dust collector port will only collect chips when using a router to create a groove in the edge of a board, or possibly when using an edge profiling bit with or without a guide bearing. As an observation, the required guide rod spacing on my Milwaukee routers and Porter Cable routers are different from that used on the Bosch routers. In short, the core functionality of the edge guide works as expected, and the edge guide offers perfect compatibility with Bosch routers dating back to at least 1990.

This is a great edge guide - reliable, stable, holds its settings well. If you have this router, get this guide!

The Amazon price was very reasonable. Bosch nearly always makes quality tools, and this is no exception. It adjusts easily and almost flawlessly, and is made with quality parts. Directions? Mostly, I felt on my own, but because I've used similar items before it wasn't bad. I do wish it came with its own storage case, because it is a little bulky just by its nature and in my shop hard to find a place to store it.

This accessory is easy to set up and proves to be very helpful. If you own a Bosch router, I highly recommend purchasing it. Even if you only use it occasionally, to prevent mistakes it’s invaluable. It's worth every penny for the peace of mind it provides.

Easily the best edge guide I have used in the last 40 or so years. This is built like they were 40 or 50 years ago and is not the cheap junk that is available today for other routers. Buy once, cry once.

I got it as a gift for my birthday. I used it right away and was completely impressed! It fit perfectly into my router base, and it is very well designed and works perfectly for making perfectly straight router passes. If I hadn't received it for my birthday, I would have really missed out on a great product that has made the results of my small-time furniture-making venture much easier. :-)

Great product. Worked with my Craftsman router other than needing to switch out the base guide rods to a smaller diameter.

I read quite a few complaints about this edge guide. I bought it anyway. Though it’s more complicated than I think necessary, it works fine. The spring adjustment mechanism works fine if you set it up how it’s obviously meant to be set up. The guide doesn’t come loose in the router base if you tighten it properly. The plastic edge runners are straight—far straighter than the Bosch sub-bases are flat. I’m afraid that some of the low reviews reflect operator error.I agree that taping the circle guide pivot to the workpiece is rather strange. Follow Norm’s example: drill your workpiece and insert a pin.I’m not personally concerned with dust collection, so I have no opinion there.The guide works.