Router Boss Machines

For today's woodworker, the simple and adaptable router has become an essential tool for profiling, shaping and joining wood. Router Boss is a flexible management system for both the router and the wood. Unlike your typical router jig, it is not designed for a single purpose. Router Boss's unique design allows you to work in a creative way that offers control without being constrained by the tooling. You can manage a cut in any dimension and precisely cut virtually every joint in the book including mortises, tenons, through and blind dovetails, box joints, miters, raised panels, sliding dovetails and many, many more. With Router Boss your router is an efficient joint-making machine. Whether you are a woodworking hobbyist or depend upon woodworking for a living, there is no more capable tool for creating strong traditional wood joints.

With the wood securely held on a sliding bar there is no risk of the wood being snatched out of your hand. You can 'power feed' the wood through the cutter in either direction or, alternatively, you can position variable angle rails to guide the router across the wood either perpendicular or at an angle, with full visibility, starting and stopping the cut at any point. In addition, Router Boss's optional plunge-assist bars work with the depthing features of your plunge router to provide you a quick and accurate depth of cut system. Router Boss is a precise milling machine for wood.

Our optional work-holding accessories attach to the sliding bar and allow you to hold the wood in almost limitless ways with repetitive positioning of multiple pieces. For decorative profiles and grooves the machine can substitute for a router table, but with the router upright and the cut fully visible. Router Boss is the ultimate jig.

Woodworkers have a saying: "measure twice and cut once". Accuracy of measurement in positioning cuts is the key to tight-fitting joints and Router Boss does not disappoint. As a starting point, unlike most jigs and router tables, you can see the cut as it is being made. You can thus cut to a scribed line as in hand tool woodworking, but with machine control. Another method, and the standard way to position cuts on Router Boss, is to use scales on the face of machine that work with cursors on the sliding bar. A third way is to replace the scales with story sticks -- reusable white boards on which you place marks that you then use to position your cuts or, alternatively, you can use your computer to create and print the layout then use it as a template. A fourth way is to use stops in the machine's t-tracks, guide rails and base plate to position cuts. A fifth way is to use the built-in laser crosshair that projects onto the wood and defines center of cut. Finally, you can use optional electronic digital scales with LCD displays for the highest level of precision.

Unlike with most jigs, you are free to choose the bits you use and the placement of your cuts. Your dovetails can have a traditional hand-cut look with narrow neck dovetail bits and custom spacing. There are no predefined templates and you never have to cut your board in certain incremental widths to make a particular joint.

We feel confident in saying that Router Boss offers more options, capacity, joint variations, and precision control than any other routing accessory or joinery machine on the market. Designed as a bench or wall-mounted workstation, it hangs on two aluminum cleats. For your safety, it has both front and rear dust collection with standard shop vac hose connections. It comes with an illustrated manual with setup instructions and joint making examples. It will work with most plunge routers and almost any router bit.

To get most joinery done you need only a Router Boss, plunge router and bits. We recommend DeWalt 625 if you are buying a new router. For convenience and safety, equip your router with our new XL quick change chuck. Router bits with long shanks, such as our Craftsman Gallery bits, are best with Router Boss. We also offer a range of accessories that provide additional features and work-holding capabilities that can save you time and effort. Click on 'Accessories' link in 'Products' box on left to view what we offer and select those that meet your needs.

Our electronic digital scale on 360 and 470 models provides exact positioning in cutting dovetails, box joints, sliding dovetails and other joints. The scale was designed for Router Boss and features an easy-to-read display in millimeters, decimal or fractional inch. It integrates with the machine, operates over full travel of the sliding bar and never needs to be removed when changing operations.

We provide after-sales support, a one year warranty on all parts and guarantee your satisfaction with a no-quibble refund policy.

Router Boss is available in three models with the difference between models being length of the sliding bar and the digital scale. Consider space requirements. To learn more about Router Boss, read the Router Boss announcement, watch a video, read a review or browse the Router Boss owner's manual. Making your woodworking easier, fun and more rewarding is within reach. Order a Router Boss today and put it to work in your shop.

Router Boss 420 Standard Code: 10-420 Price: $795.00 Quantity in Basket: none With a 42" sliding bar work holder, 31" wide clamping capacity and 34" of sliding bar travel this affordable machine offers exceptional capacity and joint-making capability for the serious hobbyist and professional shop. Scales, cursors and stops provide a precise means of positioning cuts. Safety features and newer technologies are fully integrated in the design. No other joint-making tool for the small shop offers the range of joinery, flexibility, simple elegance and creative control. The following is included: Made in USA strong aluminum I-beam construction 42" linear bearing sliding bar with crank drive system Aluminum cantilevered base plate that supports router Acrylic router plate with dual laser crosshair & LED lights Both fixed and variable angle guide rails Sliding push button cam for clamping the work piece Inch/metric rules, cursors & storyboards for positioning cuts Front & rear dust collection with shop vac hose connections Extension wand for rear dust port 80-page user manual with joint-making examples Mounting cleats, plastic stops and assembly tool

Router Boss 360 with Digital Option Code: 10-360 Price: $920.00 Quantity in Basket: none Same great features as our model 420, except more compact with 36" sliding bar, 25" wide clamping capacity on the sliding bar and 28" of sliding bar travel. Plus it has a separate top-mounted LCD that displays cut location for full travel of the sliding bar. You will be able to make cuts with extreme accuracy that are as repeatable as with any template based jig, but without the limitations of the template.

Router Boss 470 with Digital Option Code: 10-470 Price: $995.00 Quantity in Basket: none With an extra length 47" sliding bar work holder, 36" clamping capacity and 39" sliding bar travel this machine offers the most joint making capacity of any router based tool on the market. It includes an extended version of the electronic digital scale used in our model 360 and all of the other features of both model 420 and 360. It is our most popular machine. Compare with WoodRat 900.

DeWalt 625 3 HP VS Plunge Router Code: 13-625 Price: $295.00 Quantity in Basket: none The DeWalt 625 router fits the the Router Boss perfectly. This router has long been the industry standard in heavy-duty plunge routers. It is solidly made, 3-HP, soft start and variable speed. It has a smooth plunging action that works well with our Plunge Assist Bar. Router Boss's router plate is predrilled for this router and the router's controls are conveniently located for Router Boss operation. Routers are shipped from a separate warehouse independent of other items. We cannot ship DeWalt routers outside of USA and Canada.

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