Festool Plunge Router I User Manual

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OF 1400 EQ Router 

Template guides (also known as copy rings) are used to 

control the position of the router relative to an external 

pattern or template. This permits you to follow an external 

use universal guides from other manufacturers with yo

Festool router.  

pattern even if the router bit does not have a guide bearing. 

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The function of the Festool copy ring and the universal 

template guide adapter are the same, except with the 

universal guide adapter you provide the template bushing. 

This allows you to use template guides that you already own 

with your Festool router. 

The OF 1400 EQ router package may include either a 

standard Festool copy ring, a universal template guide 

adapter, or both. The template guide adapter allows you t

 

 

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To install the template guide to the router base, 

llow the same procedure for installing the 

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Template guides are available with a variety of 

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router bit diameter, but never so close that the 

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Chip Diverter as described on page 9. 

bushing diameters. Typically, the bushing 

iameter should be slightly larger than the 

r uter bit can contact the interior of the 

bushing. 

  CAUTION: If the spinning router bit 

tacts the interior 

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of the template guide, it 

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The routi

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to the

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The

between the pattern and the final routed edge 

is ½ the difference between the template guide 

will damage both the router bit and the 

guide. 

ng pattern needs to be larger than the 

ired routed edge as shown in both images 

 right. 

 offset (shown in both images to the right) 

bushing diameter and the router bit diameter.