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WARNING:Usecaution whenoperating routerat
eitherextreme endof dovetail template. T hedove-
tail cutterwill make contactwithanglebracket i f
moved toofaroutside firstor finalcut.
• Cutthedovetail j oint.Feed the routerinandouteach
finger, m oving fromleftto right.
• Recut t hedovetail m oving therouterfromrightto left.
Thiswillcleanoffanyspotsor imperfections thatmight
havebeenmissed.
• Toprevent p ossible serious injury or damage tothe
dovetail template, w aituntil t he cutterhascompletely
stopped before removing therouter. Whenremoving
the routerit shouldnotbeliftedbutshouldbemoved
towardtheoperator u ntilclear.
• Check to makesureyouhaveroutedeachdovetail
evenly.
Fig.16
• Onceeverything l ooksokay-- remove thetwopieces
andtapthemtogether. I f properly setup,theywillfit
together. H owever, adjustments p robably willneedto
bemadeatfirst.
• Seetroubleshooting, page18,if adjustments are
needed. O ncealladjustments h avebeenmade, d onot
change settinguntilalldovetails a recut.
• Repeat firstsixstepsinthissection withyourfinished
wood.
Youarenowready to routyoursecond flushdovetail j oint.
Doso by repeating t heaboveprocedure w ithboards (C)
and(B)positioned against t herightstops.
See Figure 16.
•
Insert board (C) between front clamping bar and front
surface of dovetail base with bottom edge toward the
right 2-way stop.
•
Temporarily clamp board (C) "inside-out"
to the right
front of the fixture so that it extends above the base.
This will assist in the proper positioning of board (B).
•
Insert board (B) between top clamping bar and top sur-
face of dovetail base, with bottom edge against right
3-way stop, and flush with extended portion of board
(C).
•
Tighten clamping knobs (E) on top clamping bar to hold
board (B) securely.
•
Relocate board (C) so that it is flush with the top of
board (B) and against 2-way stop on right front of
dovetail base.
•
Tighten front clamping knobs (E) to hold board (C)
securely.
•
Attach comb-shaped
template (F) and cut dovetail joint
as described above.
By following the instructions just described, you have cut
flush dovetail joints for a drawer front and sides. If you
desire to dovetail cut the back corners, position boards
(A and D) and (C and D) in the dovetail fixture as shown
in figures 17 and 18. Then follow the same procedure
described above.
NOTE: Once the router is set-up and all adjustments
made, you can refer to figures 12, 16, 17 and 18 for
proper placement of your boards each time you cut flush
dovetail joints for a drawer or box.
Fig. 18
Fig. 17
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