Router guide apparatus

A method of using a portable router for routing a workpiece, said router having a base and a router bit extendable through said base, the method comprising the steps of:

• (i) providing a main body for receiving said router base therein, said main body having an opening for said router bit;
• (ii) providing a reference member rotatably hinged to the main body and including a guide edge along one edge thereof;
• (iii) providing a securing means for adjustably securing the main body relative to the reference member;
• (iv) providing a guide bar having a first guide surface and a second guide surface;
• (v) mounting the guide bar on the workpiece in a desired position relative to an edge of the workpiece;
• (vi) mounting the router onto the main body, fitting a selected router bit into the router, and securing the main body at a desired angle to the reference member with the securing means;
• (vii) locating the reference member on the workpiece with the guide edge abutting the first guide surface of the guide bar and the top surface of the reference member abutting the second guide surface of the guide bar;
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• (viii) operating the router and traversing the reference member across the workpiece while maintaining the guide edge in contact with the guide surface, to cut a desired profile along the workpiece.

A method of using a portable router for routing a workpiece, said router having a base and a router bit extendable through said base, the method comprising the steps of:

• (1) providing a reference member including a guide edge along one edge thereof and an opening for the router bit;
• (2) locating the router base on the reference member;
• (3) providing a guide bar having a first guide surface for abutting the guide edge, and a second guide surface for abutting the top surface of the reference member, and securing the guide bar relative to the workpiece;
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• (4) maintaining the reference member in abutment with the workpiece and the guide edges thereof in contact with the guide surfaces of the guide bar, and traversing the reference member and the router across the workpiece, whereby the router bit routs an edge of the workpiece.