Bishop Cochran Router Bases

[TonyinNYC]

Hey Go,
I have cut a few rosettes and rosette channels with the BC router base so far and I have to say it far exceeded my expectations. The fine adjustment screw on the base allows you to sneak up on your final channel size a hair at a time. It has everything I need in a rosette cutter and I recently used it to cut the slot in a bridge blank and it worked great as a straight line cutter as well. It has the ability to make micro depth adjustments as well, which is nice. There is nothing I dislike about this tool. Except the price. I wish it had been free, but that is what I wish for everything I buy!

[Tim Benware]

Those rack and pinion adjustments are great. Wish I had one for my inlay tool. I use a mini die grinder at 70,000 RPM, air driven but the fine adjustment sucks.

[Kevin in California]

Where do you buy this base?

Kevin

[TonyinNYC]

Google Bishop Cochran router base for their site. They are old school and take checks by mail!
It's about $300 and you need to get the small circle attachment for cutting rosettes.

[John Parchem]

I really like the base as well. It is pricy but well made. Like Tony I sneak up my final rosette cut. The precision adjustments for both horizontal and vertical adjustments makes life easier. I fell in love after using one in Rick Davis's (Running Dog Guitars) shop.

[Tim Benware]

They look heavy and a little cumbersome but obviously not if you guys are getting great results with them.

[TonyinNYC]

I did not find the base to be cumbersome, but it is not light. However, it's not a tool you are holding to cut binding channels with.
You are resting it on the bench to cut the rosette channel with.
I will say that since I switched to using the BC base with a Bosch Colt from my Dremel and the Dremel circle cutter, my rosette channels are light years better than they were before. The dremel bearing wobble a bit and the result is a less than perfect edge to the rosette channel. The bearings on the Colt do not wobble and I get perfect cuts and perfect circles. I also have a kick ass looking tool but that is secondary! It is extremely well made and if you have the cash to blow, a great tool to have.
The dremel with the $10.00 circle cutter I used to use worked well too, this just works much, much better.