Milwaukee Electric - TEMPLATE GUIDE KIT 9 PIECE

I ordered this kit because I needed one guide bushing for cutting hinge mortises and buying the entire kit made more sense. The machining and plating on the bushings is very good. Much better construction than the Bosch two-piece bushings. My kit arrived on a Monday with only one of the two lock rings included. The kit was still servicable since only one ring is needed and one is a spare. I notified both Amazon and Milwaukee about the missing part on Tuesday. Amazon responded almost immediately. They said that they could only solve the problem by exchanging the entire kit. They sent a replacement kit that arrived on Wednesday! In the meantime, Milwaukee responded the next workday that they would immediately send out a replacement lock nut. Wow! What great service! Thanks to both companies!

The Milwaukee 49-54-0700 Template Guide Kit "9 Piece" had only one flaw both times I received them. When I received the first kit I was pleased by the heavy duty case which holds all the guides and the quality of the metal used to make the parts seems good as well. One problem, only one nut came in the kit making it a 8 piece kit. I let amazon know about it and they sent me another right away next day but it also was missing the 9th part. Maybe this is not a big deal to most but I have two routers and want the ability to set up both with template guides. Amazon needs to contact Milwaukee to let them know since Amazon is not at fault.

Very nice case. The quality of the bushings seems good, they do what they are supposed to do. The rating is only three stars because the barrels are too long on the larger diameter bushings. I don't see an application where the long barrel would be useful. I had to cut mine down to get them to work with normal 1/4 inch templates. Since they've been cut they loose their plating and will start to rust. I'd buy the brass ones if I buy another set.

Although the individual templates are fine, this review is for the set. I bought this set several years ago when I purchased my Milwaukee plunge router kit. The kit is supposed to contain (among other sizes) a 3/4" template and a 51/64" template. Unfortunately, this sat in my shop for a couple of years but when I finally needed to use it, I found that instead of a 3/4" and a 51/64" I had two (2) of the 51/64" templates. So now I need to either buy a whole new set or see if I can purchase the 3/4" separately. Lesson learned... If you don't intend to use it right away, CHECK THE CONTENTS!

These are made really well, but the 2 things I liked best was the spare locking nut included, and the case. They give you 2 lock nuts. The quality and fit was great and the case was compact and rugged. The other sets I looked at had a cheap, hard plastic case that I would have broken in no time. One Note...most Milwaukee routers come with a sub base that has a 2 1/2" hole. You'll need the other plastic sub base with the 1 3/16" hole to use these guides. MIlwaukee Part # 49-54-1040.

GREAT TRANSACTION. This was a gift to my son. Was shipped immediately, accurately, arrived at my door. Son liked it, said it was as advertised, just what he needed.

One of the locking nuts was missing from the set. An email sent to Milwaukee on December 31 was responded to on January 2, with a promise to replace the missing part. Can't ask for more than that!! Haven't tried them out yet, but the quality is apparent.

Any thing by Milwaukee is going to be top notch. These work great with my Milwaukee routers. Nice case also.