I just took the plunge on this routing jig. I intend to use it mainly for routing the channels of archtop guitars. And as some of you know, routing the channel for an archtop can be a pretty frightening experience!
I bought this jig with the purpose of diminishing some of that fright. I just received it but I haven't opened the box yet. BTW, I bought it with the set of routing bits Stew Mac sells.I was told that the laminate trimmer pictured on the SM website is a Makita (forgot model # right now). The Makita costs something like $200, more or less. Needless to say, with the cost of the holiday season + some new tools I am pretty strapped. That's why I tried to look for a lam trimmer with excellent ratings but at a lower price point. That's where the Bosch PR10E comes in. It pretty much has the same specs, power wise as the Makita but it cost me about $65 at Amazon. Here's the page with specs:
http://www.amazon.com/Bosch-PR10E-Singl ... B000ANT91S
I contacted Stew Mac and was told I'll probably have to drill my own holes to mount this lam trimmer. The rep at SM said that they made the holes compatible with the top 5 selling lam trimmers at Amazon when they were designing the TrueChannel.
So! What I'd like to know is if anyone has experience with the Bosch mentioned here, and I'd really love to know if anyone has modded their TrueChannel to accept other lam trimmers, and how you did it. Was it a stupid move to get the Bosch? It received so many glowing reviews. With my extreme love for hand tools, I've found that I'm very power tool naive. So any words of wisdom are welcomed. Thanks!
-John
