Easy Circle Cutting Jig and No Centre Hole Template For Your Router 

Thank you. Practical and in METRIC. All delivered in a delightful Irish accent.👍Plus the clamping and direction tips.

Looked at four of the top hits for making a router jig. Yours is the one that stuck with me. Nicely done.

Very clear and concise instructions especially the additional use of line . Loved the "special clamps" - screws .

Perfect. I went to bed late last night trying to work out how to get that 'perfect' hole in the middle of my diy routing table. This was the first video that popped up. Cool idea. Thanks!

Nice jig! Thanks Tommy. One added tip. If you use 1/2” plywood or MDF for your jig and drill a centre hole in the jig to accept a router guide bushing of 1/2”, 5/8” or 3/4”, you can then use the corresponding router guide bushing mounted on your router. Example: 3/4” guide bushing in combination with a 1/4” up spiral straight router bit. With this method your router will be able to turn as you rotate around the circle and your electrical cord doesn’t twist as you go around. For the Makita routers you will need an adapter plate to accept Porter cable style 1 3/16” OD guide bushings. You would probably be buying metric sized bushings and router bits but I think that the principle would remain the same. John Jensen from British Columbia.

Good idea with the double sided tape. Disc spins well when caught by the cutter :)

Love seeing jigs and how to use them. Good video!

Great video, incredibly well explained. Thank you.

First router arrived today, never used one before, needed to cut holes in a desk I built for plugs and wires to pass through. Used this method and it allowed me to use half chamfered edges to give me sloping edges and to make plugs to part fill the holes and only show the wires. Took a couple of attempts but works great! Thank you, subscriber as of now.

This is the video which I've been looking for. All necessary details were included and the use of the jig was clearly demonstrated.

Cracking invention, simple, quick and 100% effective. Thanks for posting!

Hi tommy great two videos great to see some irish on youtub. As someone who trying to set up a workshop to start up skilling . I find videos like this a great help. So far i have only two irish youtubers your self and john McGrath. Your doing great i would never have the never to do one or the skill so well done

Thanks Tommy, great useful jig, very clear information. Cheers!

Just what I was looking for! Thanks for posting. Simple but clever - like most good advice!

Fantastic, really useful for makes small disks. I needed a disk 145mm. Worked prefect. Many thanks Paul 🇳🇿

I found you today. What a pleasure! I have a hobby wood shop here in Minnesota USA. I've watched a few of your videos and learned some very useful techniques. Thank you

Keep 'em coming Tommy, really simple but useful information, thanks.

Great detailed video love your top tips

Every time I re-watch this video. I get more tips.... 10/10....

Good man Tommy! Keep them coming love the Jigs!

I’m so glad I found your RU-vid channel. You have some wonderful solutions that I’m putting in my head to use. Thanks so much for sharing this technique.

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A Guinness for that man!

First video I watched on this topic and after watching others, this video explains it easily. Made the jig today and worked a treat, thank you.

Thank you my brother across the pond. I don’t have a plunge router so I put a 1.5” nail as close to plum as I could eyeball which gave me the vertical movement. Worked like a charm. Took your advise on adding the extra lines at the start. Wouldn’t ya know I messed up the first hole. Got in on the second one though. Way better this way then trying to get a nice hole with a jig saw.

These videos are fantastic. I wish I found this channel sooner.

You are a Master :) I am fixing to make your blast gates for my dust collection I am building and of course will use this template to make those holes. Cross my fingers they turn out :)

good video Tommy getting better every time

Brilliant and so simple.

Life saver. Solved a problem I had. Thanks

Absolutely brilliant thanks very much👍

Focal Point Fixed !! You're off to a flying start - carry on! minor point - the white of the melamine wreaks havoc with the white balance for a background - just flip it over ( unless it's 2 sided) I like the simple " drill another hole....get another blank when there are too many holes" - it's simple, so it will get used!!

Brilliant idea for the extra lines!

great idea.. will make soon.. thanks🤙🏼

well done Tommy, runs rings around other jig videos if you'll pardon the pun

Very good--beautifully done and very understandable!

Nicely done and well explained. Thank you

You make it all look so simple. I'm going to be using some of these tips, gonna save a fortune in money and time with these quick jigs.

Well sure and begorrah it worked just as ya said it would. Go raibh maith agat. Erin go bragh . !!!

This is very helpful, thank you!

Thank you for sharing this. Great tip.

Fine job!

Tks.from Miami Fl USA

super useful, gave me a few new ideas. Thanks!

Thanks for the video Very helpful Larry

Great video mate. I have the same Makita 3612 router mine must be about 20 years old and I think I noticed a trend unibase on it too ;) keep up the good work. Lots of great tips in there

Great idea and tips

excelente 👌un saludo desde medellin - colombia 👍

That's such a good idea thank you!

Great job maybe zoom in on some of the finer points , like the router bits. Just an idea ! But you did a great job 🤜🏼🤛🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

this is great. simple and very useful

Love the video! 1:47 is as Irish as it gets 💚💚😂

Great video very helpful well done !11

Thank you 🙏 awesome video… keep the tips coming 👍

This is great I needed this info

Thank you sir! Super Helpful

I sincerely thank you for this video…. I am needing to make binocular lenses and telescope lenses out of plexiglass for a children’s swingset so they one have to be perfect and two obviously cannot have a hole in the center so I wasn’t having an easy time trying to freehand them. Thanks again!!

Thanks!

Thank you for the solution to my inlay groove.

Brilliant very useful and well explained thank you

Great video!

Great presentation . . . from Chris ... Norwich, England

Subscribed for the accent alone (but seriously - thanks mate, from Oz - that was interesting) 👍

This is just awesome. The only suggestion I would make is to drill a pilot hole for mounting the jig (I would never hit the center of the crossing lines without it! Ha ha). Thank you so much for the video. Exactly what I was looking for.

well done Mate. Cheers.

Simple, excellent

Great video

Lovely video keep on sharing please

Thank you.

Perfect 👌

Fantastic.

Sometimes you need a quick and dirty jig, not to make a magic template you can use for all time with tightening bolts and runnels for plates, etc. This was a perfect quick jig (that you actually CAN use quite a few times). Paerfect!

tuppa da mornin 👍🇮🇪

Very good work😊

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super!

Life saver ...maith an fear...go raibh maith agat.

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Why don't you just use the bars and fence that came with the router. It has a hole for a screw. You are using them then as tramel bars, perfect circles every time, with hole in centre but that can be filled or used as your template

Great, got my first router today but bought a 1/4 inch plunge router which is ok for holes of say more than 5" but I need to cut smaller 3" holes for tweeters on speaker baffles, any ideas on how to get the center screw inside the faceplate of the router, going to try to make some kind of guide plug with a recessed nut poking up from below. Thanks for the vid though, got me going making holes in just a short while.

Enjoyed the instructional video. I am interested in the router though and did it come with the different plates. Also did the metal collar come with or separate. Lastly I'm having to cut 24" disks from 1/2" plywood, what bit do you recommend for this job? The vac. Attachment on the router is new to me as well. Thank you. Regards, Drew

Does size matter, router size. Thinking of a small router but the 1500w is same price so may as well get that

Hi, what’s up buddy? Quick question I would like to install a circle frame in my tiki bar.

Hello! I saw you using double sided tape for sticking upper and lower wood pieces. Can you tell me which adhesive are you using? Thanks

Eire workshop hey?

208-8.5-13=186.5mm how’d you end up with 191?

if you can hold it steady, nice and slowly, and run the router counter clockwise making sure it doesn't run away you can make a much cleaner cutting edge on ply if that is important. I am not responsible for any harm or injurie to you or your tool as a result of my comment. Try it on your on risk...

But there IS a center hole that was made by the pivot screw.

No Centre Hole ?

No centre hole? Wouldn't you call the hole that the centering screw goes through a centre hole?

I made an adjustable circle cutter for jigsaw . Link here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aDaMd1GJw2A.html

SORRY, WHEN CUTTING THE CIRCLE WITHOUT A CENTRAL HOLE, YOU USE A COPIER CUTTER, RIGHT?

My basic maths says 165.3mm

Lowes or Home Depot, faster and cheaper

too complicated

No centre hole? ok, we are just going to wast 2x the wood 🥱🥱🙄🙄👎👎👎👎

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