A guide assembly for use with a rotating bit when forming an opening in a
stone countertop. The assembly includes a base unit having an annular,
resiliently flexible body with a ring-shaped suction cup at its lower
end. The suction cup forms a seal about the bottom of the base unit that
forms a reservoir for holding water during the cutting operation. A rigid
ring-shaped insert is mounted in the resilient body and includes a
plurality of upwardly projecting mounting pegs. Flat, disk-shaped guide
bushings are interchangeably mountable to the pegs atop the base unit,
and have central guide openings of different sizes for different sizes of
bits. The guide bushings are formed of a rigid, low-friction material,
such as a low-friction polymeric material.