Acrylic Template Routing Aid

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Updated Mon Jan 20 2020

My version of the Festool Plexiglas Template Routing Aid (495246)

1 hr 30 min

Intermediate

Jigs & Fixtures

Files Included (3)

Plexiglass router template v3.f3d
108 kB
Router jig, base.svg
5 kB

Router jig, side.svg

1 kB

Materials

12" x 36" sheet 1/2 cast acrylic

1/4-20 dowel nuts

1/4-20 knobs

washers

Tools

Shaper Origin

Drill Press

small roundover bit to ease edges of acrylic

Instructions

See here for step by step of build: https://community.shapertools.com/t/template-routing-aid/3612 Jig has two pairs of holes each to accommodate the 2200 and the 1400 routers in two different positions. Lacks the extra dust port of the OEM model, but the dust collection of these routers is usually sufficient to capture the chips on its own. There is no scale for setting the sides/fences, but I have added notches on center at the front and the back of the jig to align on center of an edge. The vast majority of my edge routing is on center so this has been sufficient for my purposes.