Charles Hooper
2025-08-23 10:04:26
I bought a second-hand Bosch 1617EVS router that did not come with collet wrenches. While searching for replacement wrenches, I found these wrenches that seemed to have mostly positive Amazon reviews. My PantoRouter also has a Bosch 1617EVS router, and I found that the stock wrenches that ship with that router often led to scratched fingers when the collet nut breaks free, due to the plastic dust collection shroud that surrounds the collet. While scratched fingers are an annoyance, a more troubling potential problem is the potential that the plastic dust collection shroud that surrounds the collet will break after one of these accidental contacts with my hand (squeezing the wrenches together to break the collect nut free was effective possibly 50% of the time without my hand also contacting the dust collection shroud).I ended up buying these wrenches for the router in the PantoRouter. With these wrenches, the wrench swinging action is moved entirely outside the plastic dust collection shroud, which eliminates the risk that the plastic dust collection shroud will snap during a router bit change. Since buying the wrenches two months ago, I have likely swapped the router bits in the PantoRouter at least 50 times without making contact with the dust collection shroud once. These wrenches might seem expensive, but I could buy four sets of these wrenches for the same price as a replacement dust collection shroud, so the cost of the Bosch branded wrenches really is not unreasonable.
Customer
2025-07-28 11:40:28
These angled wrenches make it much easier to change bits especially when the router is in a router table.
Pepe Galdeira
2025-07-06 16:00:14
They're kludgy klunky, but strong, dependable, will last I'm sure. No problems at all.
David E. Kazanjian
2025-06-14 18:40:15
Fast delivery, Reasonable price, no complaints.
Dan
2025-06-08 14:15:28
These are not an absolute necessity but they make it so much easier to change bits in a in a router table. Highly recommend.
RTB
2025-05-26 11:29:30
I have a router lift and it takes a lot of effort to raise it up high enough to change a bit. These wrenches fit well and make the job much easier and faster. Worth the money.
g
2025-05-21 19:58:35
They reach and fit through the top of your router table.
Travis
2025-05-01 14:13:17
These are the real ones from Bosch. I purchased the same part# on Amazon and the arrived as thin stamped junk.
xgx
2025-02-21 19:55:23
Quality seems good. Easy to use.
jerome andrada
2025-01-26 14:45:05
Fits my makita Router RP1800J under the table
Laurence Tiley
2025-01-22 18:09:06
These could not gain access to fit onto the shaft and collet of my Bosch GMF1400CE mounted on an Axminster router lift (earlier version of the UJK elevator).I had to widen the central hole of the universal mounting plate, and the plate where it fixes to the router lift itself, using a 102mm hole saw. Easy enough, and once done the wrenches fit easily and work perfectly. Probably not an issue for other table set-ups.As others have pointed out, the wrenches are poorly-finished, low quality tools (they ought to be better at this price from Bosch), but they are fit for purpose and do the job adequately.
David
2025-01-18 15:22:48
item as described
Lou
2024-12-26 19:57:40
essential to work with below table collets