Unpacking And Checking Contents - Sears Craftsman 171.25450 Owner's Manual

ADDITIONAL SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS F ORYOUR
INDUSTRIAL DOVETAIL F IXTURE
1) Alwaysweareyeprotection that complies with currentANSI
Standard Z78A.
2) Noiselevelsvarywidely.Toavoidpossiblehearing damage, w ear
earpIugsor muffswhenusingthe Dovetail F ixture for hoursata
time.
3) Weara dust maskalongwith thesafetygoggles.
4) Donot usethis Dovetail F ixture with routerbits or guide
bushingsotherthanthosespecified for thecuts beingmade.
5) Followtheinstructionsin yourRouterOwners Manual.
6) Vibrationscausedbytherouterduring usecancause fasteners
to become loose.Beforeuseandperiodically duringusecheckall
fasteners to makesurethat theyareagtight andsecure.
7) Donot usethis productuntil all assembly installationstepshave
beencompleted, a ndyouhavereadand understand nit safetyand
operational i nstructionsin this manual, a ndtheRouterOwners
ManuaL
8) Makesurethat therouterbit is properlypositioned in therouter
so that it doesnot contact t he guidebushingor thetemplatewhen
cutting.
9) TheDovetail F ixturemustbe securely mountedto a workbench
or otherstablesurfacewhenin use.Thefront of the baseshould
overhang the front of theworkbenchbyno merethan1/4" to provide
clearance whenclampingworkpieces to theDovetail F ixture.
10) Donot usethe Dovetail F ixture as a worksurface.Doingso may
causedamage to theDovetail F ixture, w hichcancauseit to be unsafe
to use.A workbench shouldbeusedfor this purpose.
11)This productis designed to cut flatworkpieces. D onotcutor
attempt t ocutworkpieces thatare notflat or thatareirregularly
shaped.
12)This productis to beusedfor cuttingwoodworkpieces only.Do
not usethisproduct t ocutmetalor anyother non-woad material.
13)This producthasbeendesigned to cut workpieces having
thicknesses o f 3/8"to 1".Donot usefor workpieces of anyother
thicknesses.
14) Donotclampanyworkpieces to the Dovetail F ixture or makeany
adjustments to theDovetail F ixtureunlessthe routerhasbeen turned
off, the routerbit is notturning,andthe Routerhasbeen
disconnected from theelectrical o utlet.
15)Whensetting"lhe-dopth-ot-cut"of the routerbit, makesurethat
theworkplace is clamped to the Dovetail F ixture in sucha.manner
that therouter b it doesnotcutinto the Dovetail b asecausing
damage to it or passible serious injurytoyou.
16) ALWAYS U NPLUG THEROUTER FROM THE
ELECTRICAL OUTLET B EFORE I NSTALLING O RREMOVING R OUTER
BITSFROM THEROUTER A NDWHENADJUSTING THECUTTING
DEPTH OFTHEROUTER BIT;ORWHENINSTALLING ORCHANGING
GUIDE BUSHINGS,
17)NEVER LiFTTHEROUTER UPWARDS WHEN THEROUTER iS
"ON",THEROUTER B IT ISROTATING, ANDTHEGUIDE BUSHING iS
NEAR ORTOUCHING T HETEMPLATE, BECAUSE THISWILLCAUSE
THEROUTER BITTOCUTINTO THETEMPLATE A NDDAMAGE IT.
INTRODUCTION
o Your Sears/Craftsman industrial Dovetail Fixture is an accessory used with your Router to allow you to make drawers, chests, and the like
where dovetail joints are used to join the front, back, and sides of the workpiece.
The Dovetail Fixturewig allow you to make 1" spaced flush and flush offset and 318"rabbeted haif-bfind dovetail joints, in addition you can
make 1" spaced (or open) dovetail joints.
• Workplace widths up to 16" can be accommodated.
Workplace thicknesses between318"and 1" can be accommodated,
The Dovetail Basehas six pockets molded into its front which are gauges to aid you in setting the "depth-of-cut" for commonly used
depths: 3/8", 1/2", 5/8", 3/4'1,7/8", and 1".
The Dovetail Fixture comes with two templates andtwo guide bushings for making bait-blind and through or open joints.
Sears/Craftsman router bits, #25414 and#25415, WHICH MUST BE PURCHASED SEPARATELY, a re required to make the THROUGHor
OPENjoints.
Sears/Craftsman router bit, #25505 or #26318, WHICH MUST BE PURCHASED SEPARATELY, is required for making the haIf-bIind joints.
• Eachtemplate has a label, describing the joint that can be cut, along with set up information, the bit and guide bushing required, and the
stop block setting for a particular joint.
The Dovetail Fixture can be used with al! Sears/Craftsman Routers.
With a separately purchasedSears/Craftsman#25326, Universal Router Adapter,the DovetagFixture can be usedwith many non-
Craftsman Routers, such as, Black & Decker,Makita, and SkiL
UNPACKING ANDCHECKING CONTENTS
in order to simplify handIing and to minimize any damagethat may occur during shipping, your Industrial Dovetail Fixtureis packaged
unassembled,
Separate all parts from the packing materials and check each onewith the igustrations and list of parts at the endof this manuaIto make
sure that ag parts are present before discarding any packaging material.
• If any parts are missing or cannot be accounted for, do not attempt to assemble,install, or use the industrial Dovetail Fixture
until the missing parts havebeen obtained and the product has beenassembled correctly.
Contact your localSears Retail Outletfor a repIacement product or for the missing parts.
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