MPower Combination Router Base (CRB7)

• Note: Fits all routers with edge guide rod drillings.
• Adjustable Dadoing or Trenching with a clamp guide: Set the clamp guide once and adjust the position of the router via the CRB7's Micro Adjuster. The CRB also increases the reference surface between your router and the clamp guide, and reduces clamp guide set up time.
• Adjustable Mortising: Install the included mortising pins to cut ''centered and off centered'' mortises. Microadjust wheel allows you to precisely control the actual width of the mortise.
• Ant-Tilt Support: Traditionally, most of the router base remains unsupported when edge routing, but the CRB anti-tilt leg eliminates router tilt, especially important when routing narrow workpieces.
• Compass/Circle Cutter: Use the magnetic pin stored in the base to rout precision circles and holes, even holes that are actually smaller than the base of the router! CRB can rout circles from 3/4'' to 8-3/4'' radius, using a 1/4'' straight bit.
• Offset Base Plate: Increases overall router stability.
• CRB also moves the pivot hand that the router toward the center of the panel, reducing the chance of burn marks.
• Adjustable false panel rebate copier: The CRB provides a simple and exceptionally quick way of accurately repeating a dado for indexed grooves in shelving systems and false panelling.
• Use the Edging Trim Kit (45052, sold separately) to effortlessly and accurately trim hardwood and iron-on edging flush with the panel.

• One Time Set Up - Set up the CRB7 to fit your favorite router just once with a set of 4 injection molded shims.
• Quick Change - Unlike most router jigs, the CRB7 can be fitted/removed in less than 10 seconds, with no fiddly screws or cantering jigs required.
• Micro Adjuster - High precision router cutter position can be attained and repeated using the knurled and indexed micro adjuster.
• 2'' Bakelite Ball Handle - Ergonomic design, comfortable to the touch.
• Indexed Rule - The self adhesive Imperial/Metric rule is another feature to ensure fast easy readings.
• 2-Section Anti-Tilt Leg supports and stabilizes the router when routing materials from 3/8'' to 3-1/4'' thick.
• Onboard Magnetic Pivot Pin Storage – A safe home for this essential component, easily accessible when ever needed.
• Professional Grade Build – Made in England, CRB is manufactured to the highest standards, and features a machined, hard-anodized solid aluminum bridge.
• Laser cut 5mm thick acrylic baseplate and precision-turned steel and brass components.
• 2 Year Guarantee.

What's in the Box?

• (1) M-Power CRB7 7-Function Router Base
• (2) Mortising pins
• (1) Circle-cutting index pin stored in base

Quality.. this is first and foremost I have used the other plastic circle guide but this is the real deal, very well engineered and well thought out. If you do any amount of wood work this should be in your tool selection... fast accurate and worth the investment.

This is an update on my earlier review dated 12/22/2012. Apparently the unit I received is the newer MkII and not the original MkI. The MKII came with guide rods with rather small diameters and offset crank plates to accommodate more router models, but invariably caused play when using the micro-adjustment. Customer service by M-Power was top notch. Upon receiving my product feedback, one of their staff followed up with my problem closely and resolved it by sending me replacement parts based on MkI. The CRB7 now works as advertised. I am a happy customer again and have thus upgraded the product to 4 stars.

I was impressed by the product video, but was greatly let down by the actual unit I received. Firstly, for such a well-thought of product, the box that it came in was surprisingly poorly designed. The hardware inside was moving around quite a bit and upon opening the package, I realised that one M5 washer and 6 CSK woodscrews listed in the manual under "items enclosed" were missing. It does not seem to fit all routers, at least not my router (Bosch MRC23EVSK). I tried many different ways to get my router's cutter position in the centre of the baseplate letterbox as described in the manual but to no avail. The "best" position was actually off-centre but that meant using larger bits would cut into the sides of the baseplate's letterbox. The diameter of the two supplied guide rods are also too small for my router base. This rendered the micro adjustment useless as the router base was not moving parallel to the guide rods at all but was moving towards the sides of the baseplate's letterbox. This was a big letdown as the micro adjustment was the feature that appealed to me the most. Maybe I need to modify the size of the baseplate letterbox.