Guide for Bosch PHO100 Planer

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A trusty companion fence for keeping the planer square to the workpiece. For instance, when trimming doors or trueing timber, this handy accessory comes in handy. Now, I've had my planer longer than I've had my kids. As my kids are approaching 30, well... you do the math! For all that time, I've intended to get the official guide accessory. But somehow, it never made it to the top of my list. You know how it is; something always comes up, and it gets pushed back until the next time I use the planer. The current price of the official one is around £25 - £30, which seems a lot for some bent metal and M6 bolts and wingnuts. Or maybe I'm getting to that stage where things seem expensive because, in my day... So this is my take on the guide fence. It won't withstand heavy knocks like a metal one, but if it gets damaged, I'll just print another. It only took around three and a half hours from start to finish. Despite building in a tolerance, I still found that the slider is a little tight on the bracket's runner. But with a few moments' work using a needle file, it's easily fixed. The knobs for the M6 nuts and bolts are Metac's lovely design (Thing 2940200). I do enjoy designing my own things, but in this case, it was scarcely worth such effort when he'd already done such an excellent job earlier this year! You won't need any supports, but you will need to rotate the STLs for both parts. I'm sure a smart person like you can handle this without my help. So there you have it: if you've got a similarly ancient planer, you too could have a guide fence like mine!