Thanks Matthew. I had not used my guide bushings for 10 years and needed a refresher.

I just finished building the handrail on my deck kzfaq.infoUgkxfQ5_mgwq6PcudJvAH25t-I4D-3cTPz4z and used this great little router to clean up the top rail before the final sanding and stain. It was light weight but packed lots of power. Either size battery didn't seem to make it top heavy and I'm a 64 yr old women so I really appreciated how easy it was to use...................... CORDLESS only way to go !!

Excellent information, Matt, and very well presented. I'm just getting into the stage where I'm using my router more frequently and am amazed at what you can do with this tool. You've given me even more ideas. Thanks!

Clear, concise, with meaningful demonstrations and relevant applications. You are a natural teacher. Thanks and now a subscriber.

I just found this - it's the most relevant video on template guide bushings, hands down. It's clear, there's lots of supporting video, and the style is easy to follow.

Excellent clear & concise information relating how to use (Bosch's) router template. Having all those tools in the background also helps make one look like an expert!

Just "discovered" you on youtube when searching for specific problem..centering cone. Your presentation was great and gave me lots more ideas on how to use router. I am fairly new to woodworking so appreciate seeing (vs reading) tricks/ideas on things that I might need later. The idea of using the router as a drill was a stunner for me; perhaps old hat to some but first time I had been exposed to this concept. Also the simply way to make a mortise template was useful for me. I have subscribed and am overwhelmed buy the volume of your videos. But I will return again and again. Thanks.

Matt, thank you for this informative video. As a novice, I had heard of these bushings but have never known how they are used or how versatile they were. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Matt, that has to be one of the best explanations on the use of those template guides. Really well articulated and demonstrated. Thanks for sharing this.

Thanks Matt. I love how easy you can make mortises for floating tenons.

Thanks for all the info in the ask Matt series I appreciate the straight forward approach and the honesty about what tools you use unlike others who push products ( in their defense I know they have bills to pay).

Good explanation. I learned about guide bushings years ago, and never needed them, then over time forgot the details. Now, currently have a project where guide bushings look like the best option.

Great explanation about how to use guide bushings, been looking for instructions on how to use them and this is the best I've seen, thanks

Thank you, Matt. This was very helpful. I short time ago I bought the PORTER-CABLE Dovetail Jig with Mini Template Kit (4216), and the Router Template Guide, 9-Piece (42000). These bushings are great and work well. I'm in the process of building a barn door cabinet for our foyer and went out yesterday and bought a 23/32" straight chute router bit and the 1" OD x 25/32" ID Porter Cable guide bushing. I have to make 3 dado cuts in the top and bottom panels for the cabinet dividers and this was recommended as the best option. I'm building a simple router jig that the 1" bushing will fit into and cut perfect 23/32" dadoes. Your video explains how to use the bushings and offsets which is very helpful. Thank you again! You have a new subscriber!

My wife bought a set of these for me about 3 years ago. Only now do I know what they are for! Thanks a lot for making this video.

Great explanations and examples! As someone EU based I very much appreciate the metric units showing up in the video when you mention imperial dimensions. Keep up the good work!

Matt, just another fantastic video. I wasn’t even sure what guide bushings are for… I see them for sale all the time but I didn’t know who to ask. Thanks again!

Thanks for sharing your knowledge Matt, super useful !

Nicely done! Been using bushings for years and I’m not sure I could have done nearly as good as you’ve done.

You are gold! The knowledge you share is greatly appreciated!

Awesome, pulled down a Porter Cable template kit Id' forgotten on the shelf for my B&D plunge router and now know it will make it easy to do 1/4" dowel holes with a bit and a scrap board as you demonstrated. I have a nice separate guide for end grain holes, but wanted a better way to get accuracy out on a large mating flat. I'll do the end grain ones first, then use dowel center markers to transfer the locations accurately out onto the flat. Easy peasy

Hi, I just stumbled upon your channel today. This is the first video of yours that I have watched. You have instantly become my favorite teacher/woodworking coach. You demonstrated very clearly exactly what I most desired to learn and understand better. I appreciate that - a lot! You have a new subscriber. I just wish I could be your apprentice for one year. God bless. Thank you for what you are doing.

That is great info. I have a set of guide bushings and never really had a use for them. That is gonna change now. Thanks Matt! Scott

Nicely done Matt, I've used them for sign making but you've shown uses I never thought of, I'm off to but a set now!!!

finally the only video on KZfaq which shows how these guides work. thx

Thanks Matt, I really appreciate your commentary on bushings.

I use guide bushing to make signs from patterns. I found under heavy use they like to work free. A little Teflon tape or locktite does the trick. Awesome video! Thanks.

Thanks for all the information, Matt. I was a little unclear about all the uses for guide bushings, and now that im reaching for my router more often, your tips will help me out.

Thanks Matt, I never new how to use Guide Bushings. You made it so simple, now I want to go out and try.

I learned something new today, making holes with the bushing and bit! Great info as usual....thanks Matt.

Thanks, Matt! I always forget about guide bushings, and your video is a great reminder! By the way - you do a great job teaching various techniques - it is much appreciated! Keep up the wonderful content!!

Best video on guide bushings I've seen on KZfaq! Amazingly helpful video! So informative and you covered all the issues I had questions on in one video!!

Wow thank you so much!! You have thought me so much in you're <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="480">8:00</a> minutes video then 75% of the videos on KZfaq. Plz keep making them. I am so glad I found you bros!! I can't thank you enough, peace and take care bros.

Very useful Thanks. This shows 'old' videos don''t get old.

thanks man. never used a router before and I didn't immediately understand how they were installed. suspected the correct way and confirmed by your vid.

Well Matt, you hit another one out of the park! Great info and demonstration.

You see Matt; this is why you will hit 100k viewers by the end of the year. you are instructing viewers that are 5 or 6 years behind you in knowledge and they are finding your way of demonstration extremely useful. I love it! thanks Matt.

Thanks Matt. Always enjoy your Ask Matt series. Cleared a few things up for that I was wondering about guide bushings.

Matt just seen your video and had to subscribe you're very thorough and have an awesome explanation on how to use these greatly appreciated can't wait to see your other videos

I'm in the market. Perfect timing! Great stuff Matt.

You are very good at what you do. I am still learning, and though I'm not as proficient as I would like to be, I appreciate the tips and advice experienced guys like you put out on these videos. Thank you.

so clear and simply explained. thanks matt! haven't used a guide bushing yet in my router usages. excited to make more use of it.

Awesome! Really useful! I usually use that technique to make holes that receive the guitar pickups! Very well explained!

Thank you, starting first use with router guides. The measurements you demonstrate make my attempt much easier. Again thank you

Very thorough video. I've always wondered about guide bushings but I haven't looked anything up and this is quite a bit of information. Thanks!

This is the best tutorial about this issue. Very clear and instructive. Thank you so much.

Best video on template guides I've come across. Well done!

I was searching through a lot of videos and in this video I found it. Excellent explanation

One of the best presentations I have seen. Well spoken and to the point! Thank you.

D'oh! I used my first guide bushings this weekend in an experiment. I learned a lot but tis video would have knocked off the first hour of learning. :) Thanks and keep it up.

6 years later and you helped me. A LOT. ❤️

Great video. I just got a plunge router to try to rout out a lip for my kreg lift into my MDF workbench. Trying to soak in as much info at possible and this is definitely the best video I've seen yet.

Cool video Matt, I just got a used router and it didn't come with a manual that showed me what these were that came with it. The video explained it well and now I just need to get used to using this new knowledge to come up with some cool new projects using these guide bushings.

Thanks for that very informative video. This is going to help me a lot in my next project 😊

The absolute best explanation I’ve even seen. Btw. Love your logo/ initials on the router with the dovetails on them.😊

Nicely demonstrated and explained Matt. Thanks!

Great video Thanks, Easy to understand and although I am always working with oak I just wanted a quick refresher before using the guide on my router. Good Man

This video was a pleasure to watch. Informative yet concise. I have used router guides many times, for dovetailing and other, yet somehow it escaped me that you could use them to simply drill a hole by having a template hole the size of the busihng. Nice!

Thanks Matt. Was always wondering about how to use guide bushings.

Thank you for the lesson I did not know how to use them and now I will give it a try. Thanks

Thanks for this tutorial on the little discussed use of guide bushings

You are unique person which explain this adapter. And thank you very much, Man

Really excellent video. Thanks for the great explanation!

This so cool. Just what the doctor ordered. THANKS SO MUCH.

Great video! Easy to understand with no fluff! Awesome!

Excellent demonstration/explanation, as always.

I really like this type of presentation! I look forward to many others, Thanks Matt.

Good instructional video Matt, as always. Just a note: 1/2" acrylic (bullet resistant glass) makes for great templates. . You can get it free from any glass shop that does commercial windows and glazing. They remove it from banks and storefronts etc. when it gets scratched. Normally it gets tossed in the dumpster. My buddy owns a glass shop and he turned me on to using it. It's actually very easy to buff crystal clear using a headlight reconditioner compound and a power buffer. Clear templates are really nice to use and it makes locating the layout lines much easier. It cuts really easy too on a table saw or router using the lower rpm range. Btw, there's no such thing as bullet proof glass, it's only bullet resistant. Don't tell any bank tellers. It will stop pistol bullets but that's it. Not a high velocity rifle round.

The first proper explanation i could find. Thank you!

Excellent. The ask Matt videos are very high quality. Well done Matt.

Great info. and easy to understand! Good job! I just bought a set of guide bushings at harbor freight $15. they fit the standard 1 3/16 base insert. Now I have some new uses for them! Thanks

Great info Matt. I used my guide bushings for the first time last week. I also love the new logo.

Thank you! I appreciate the clear concise answer.

Awesome! I haven't seen the centering cone and I never thought of drilling holes with a guide bit. Learning lots from you Matt! Thanks.

Very helpful! Thanks, Matt! All the best, Rob in Switzerland

Thanks for the great explanation Matt!

The explanation was awesome. Learnt a lot about GB. Very well put. Ta😊

Great informational video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

thank you. Clear and simple explanation and demo of this router feature.

Just looking at a way to route letters and numbers in small boards for kids to play with, I will make templates out of plexi I have kicking around then use that with guide bushings to batch them out easily, Thanks for the quick and simple description of use of these tools.

Great review Matt! I was wondering how to use those guide bushings. Thanks!

Matt, thanks for all your help. It straightened me out about the use of collars and plunge routing, just when I needed it. I will be a follower....! :-)

Great video! Very informative. Thank you for the detailed explanation.

Thanks for making sense of how these bushings work. The offset always gets me stumped.

Great description and examples. I'm about to cut a bunch of floating mortises and I might just have to use your technique with the guide-bushing since you make it look so easy!

clarity, clarity, clarity. Thank you

Thanks very much Matt for this video on guide bushings. It is very informational.

Hey Matt, I've been looking for a video on bushings that was pretty much idiot proof,thanks very much mate you solved a lot of answers for me...3 thumbs up...

Good stuff Matt. I've always had some questions about those and you answered most of them. Thanks

Thanks Matt. Always something new to learn.

Thank you for such a clear instructional video, now I know how to cut a channel for wiring into a piece of oak countertop that I'm going to use for my home office desktop.

I bought a metobo router that came with the bushing. I didn't know the use of them, I was ready to through them away. Watching you video save the bushings.

Bro, your videos are awesome. Just a regular dude sharing your knowledge. Thanks man.

Very knowledgeable. Thanks! I always learn something from your videos.

I know it is an older video, but well done! You covered the basics very well. From here, a little experimenting should get someone up to speed in short order!

Great! Thank you! I can figure all kinds of things out on my own, but guide bushings never clicked for some reason. Great video

Love it! Stanley never made those for their hand routers. I feel jipped! LOL! Love seeing the new logo every ware!

Thanks, Matt - Maybe you could do something on inlaying using guide bushings to get a perfect fit?

This video was just what I was looking for, thx!

Great explanation on how to use guide bushings. My wife made these carrying crates for mason jars to transport and store our canned goods. She wants handles routed through the sides of the crates. I have the same Bosch router as you and use it so sparingly it is not even funny so I did not even know guide bushings existed until a few days ago. I run a business that performs commercial and residential repairs so I do not come across the need to use my router very often. Guide bushings are exactly what I need to route the handle holes. Thank you Matt.