Maintenance And Service; Maintenance And Cleaning; After-Sales Service And Application Service - Bosch GOF Professional 1250 CE Manual Original

– Guide the switched on power tool from the side toward the
workpiece until the pilot or the ball bearing of the router bit
faces against the workpiece edge to be machined.
– Guide the power tool alongside the workpiece edge with
both hands, paying attention that the router is positioned
rectangular. Too much pressure can damage the edge of
the workpiece.
Routing with Parallel Guide (see figure H)
Slide the parallel guide 32 with the rods 33 into the base plate
13 and tighten it with the screws 7 according to the required
dimension. You can also use the wing bolts 34 and 35 to set
the parallel guide lengthways.
Fine adjustment of the length is possible with the fine-adjust-
ment knob 36 after loosening both wing bolts 34. One revolu-
tion corresponds with a setting range of 2.0 mm. One gradu-
ation mark on the fine-adjustment knob 36 changes the
setting range by 0.1 mm.
The effective contact surface of the parallel guide can be ad-
justed with the edge guide 37.
Guide the switched on power tool with uniform feed and later-
al pressure on the parallel guide alongside the workpiece
edge.
When routing with the parallel guide 32, dust/chip extraction
should be performed using the special extraction adapter 38.
Routing with Circle Cutting Adapter (Accessory)
You can use the circle cutting adapter for circular routing
work.
Routing with Guide Rail (Accessory)
You can perform work in straight lines using the guide rail and
the guide rail adapter.
Routing with Guide Bushing (see figures I–L and figure N)
The guide bushing 42 enables template and pattern routing
on workpieces.
In order to use the guide bushing 42, the guide bushing adapt-
er 39 must be inserted into the guide plate 11 first.
Place the guide bushing adapter 39 from above onto the
guide plate 11 and tighten it firmly with the 2 fastening
screws 40. Pay attention that the release lever for the guide
bushing adapter 41 is freely movable.
Choose a suitable guide bushing, depending on the thickness
of the template or the pattern. Because of the projecting
height of the guide bushing, the template must have a mini-
mum thickness of 8 mm.
Actuate the release lever 41 and insert the guide bushing 42
from below into the guide bushing adapter 39. Ensure that
the encoding keys clearly engage in the grooves of the guide
bushing.
 Select a router bit with a diameter smaller than the in-
terior diameter of the guide bushing.
To ensure that the distance from router bit centre and guide
bushing edge is uniform, the guide bushing and the guide
plate can be adjusted to each other, if required.
– Press the release lever 22 back and guide the router all the
way towards the base plate 13. Let go of the release lever
22 again to lock this plunging depth.
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– Loosen the pan head screws 43 so that the guide plate 11
is freely movable.
– Insert the centring pin 44 into the tool holder as shown in
the figure. Hand-tighten the tightening nut so that the cen-
tring pin can still be moved freely.
– Align the guide bushing 42 with the centring pin by lightly
pushing the guide plate 11.
– Tighten the pan head screws 43.
– Remove the centring pin 44 from the tool holder.
– Push the release lever 22 and guide the plunge router to
the uppermost position.
For routing with the guide bushing 42 proceed as follows:
– Guide the switched on power tool with the guide bushing
toward the template.
– Press the release lever 22 back and slowly guide the router
down until the router bit touches the workpiece surface.
Let go of the release lever 22 again to lock this plunging
depth.
– Guide the switched on power tool with the protruding
guide bushing alongside the template applying lateral
pressure.
Changing the Battery (GOF 1250 LCE) (see figure M)
Slide the battery compartment cover 21 up and remove the
battery. Insert a new battery (type LR44/SR44). The positive
pole of the battery must point forwards to the battery com-
partment cover 21. Close the battery compartment cover 21.

Maintenance and Service

Maintenance and Cleaning

 Before any work on the machine itself, pull the mains
plug.
 For safe and proper working, always keep the machine
and ventilation slots clean.
 In extreme conditions, always use dust extraction as
far as possible. Blow out ventilation slots frequently
and install a residual current device (RCD). When work-
ing metals, conductive dust can settle in the interior of the
power tool. The total insulation of the power tool can be im-
paired.
If the replacement of the supply cord is necessary, this has to
be done by Bosch or an authorized Bosch service agent in or-
der to avoid a safety hazard.

After-sales Service and Application Service

Our after-sales service responds to your questions concern-
ing maintenance and repair of your product as well as spare
parts. Exploded views and information on spare parts can al-
so be found under:
www.bosch-pt.com
Bosch's application service team will gladly answer questions
concerning our products and their accessories.
In all correspondence and spare parts order, please always in-
clude the 10-digit article number given on the type plate of
the machine.
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