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MAY-2006

Phase 4 - NFM 4X14 Template With Drill Guides

This is the actual template from NFM. They charge you for it but when you return it they will credit back your $90.00.


Installing these ports without one is just being penny wise and pound foolish, so don't do it.
As you can see from the photo these templates are very heavily made and have built in drill guides which make drilling straight holes, through angled cabin sides, very easy. I have included a pen in the photo to show how robust these things are.


Please plan ahead when buying from NFM as they often run out of templates. I waited almost 5 months to get one and came very close to not buying NFM ports because of this!


Oh, and if you do use a template, please send it back when you're done so others don't have to wait eons to get one...

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Joe Ward 10-Mar-2013 18:17
I waited about 30 days for the templet to arrive. It worked better than advertized. Could not imigine doing the job without it. Project came out perfectly.
Geoffrey Kloster 10-May-2009 15:58
I, too, installed before the template was available and it was a nightmare. I used a saber saw. IMPOSSIBLE to get the nice cut like NFM vidio shows. I used a lot of bbutyl to fill the gaps. Another caveat; Rotozip won't work. My cut was through a sandwich of 3/16" frp-3/4" marine ply-3/8" regular ply. The rotozip would not cut it.
Jeff Orlando 19-Mar-2009 18:44
I installed a set of NFM ports before they had the templates available. I had to make my own template as its practically impossible to do an install without it. Your comment is spot-on.