Skil 91801 Deluxe Router Edge Guide

by Skil

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The Skil deluxe router edge guide is the perfect accessory to your Skil router. Skil routers are ideal for edging, engraving, customizing, or any other creative woodworking flourish -- and if you need to make straight or circle cuts, this edge guide will make the process super simple. With its hard plastic construction and easily adjustable design, this inexpensive guide is just the thing for almost any project. It even fits Skil jigsaws, too, for extra versatility.

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Founded in 1924 as the Michel Electric Handsaw Company and renamed Skilsaw, Inc. in 1926, SKIL has become one of the most recognized and powerful brands in the power tool industry. From circular saws and jigsaws to sanders and drills, SKIL power tools are engineered to deliver the high-performance and durability that today's growing population of Do-It-Yourselfers demand. Every product of the growing line of SKIL tools is the result of extensive end-user research, consumer input, computer assisted design and rigorous testing, both in our laboratories and in the field. SKIL Power Tools are products of the Robert Bosch Tool Corporation.

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• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0000302S7
• California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 warning.
• Item model number: 91801
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #157,655 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Skil 91801 Deluxe Router Edge Guide, March 19, 2007

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Bee Man - See all my reviews

This review is from: Skil 91801 Deluxe Router Edge Guide (Tools & Home Improvement)

This is an inexpensive tool that will get you by if you can't afford a real good one. The first thing to do is replace the cheap wing nuts with actual threaded wing nuts, and use lock washers under them. The ones included are not good enough to hold the rods tight. The vibration etc. of the router will make them slip. Once that is done, it's not a bad little tool for the price. I wouldn't pay more than $20.00 total for it.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Horrible!!, March 4, 2007

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Matt C. Niemi (Mishigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Skil 91801 Deluxe Router Edge Guide (Tools & Home Improvement)

First off I'm not a "beginner" when it comes to using a router. This edge guide is for my 1825 Skil router which is my 3rd router- I think. The edge guide is entirely made of plastic that uses two wing nuts with carriage style bolts to lock the parallel bars that mate into the router base. On my first edge guide for this router, the head of the bolts cracked thru the plastic. The same happened on the second guide when my wife attempted to use it- can't blame it on shear brute force. I'm currently waiting for a custom made one with the features I want from a local machine shop. I was also told that a Bosch edge guide will fit this model of Skil router.
Please, heed my warning and don't spend your money on this product!

14 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't have been made any cheaper, February 3, 2005

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Bonnerauthor (Southern CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Skil 91801 Deluxe Router Edge Guide (Tools & Home Improvement)

I ordered this just to reach the $200 level to get the $25 discount. Upon arrival, I didn't even take it out of the package before returning. It's plastic, for starters; not even solid plastic, just a hollow shape with some cross-support webbing. The guide rods are cheaply plated and are going to rust real soon, making it hard to slide the guide for depth. The holddowns are secured with wingnut, stamped metal wingnuts, at that. I can't vouch for the usability or accuracy, having not used it at all.
I intended to replace an old Craftsman with this. Even rusty, the Craftsman is far superior, forged aluminum, threaded rods and knurled nut holddowns. I bought the Skil 1825 router about a week ago and am so far pleased, considering the price. The span on the old Craftsman wouldn't fit the span of the Skil router. I will redrill the old Craftsman base and change the spread, if possible. Otherwise, go for the Bosch edge guide at $30+. It looks like my old one.