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ARNING:Usecaution whenoperating routerat
eitherextreme endofdovetail t emplate. Thedove-
tailcutterwillmakecontactwithanglebracket i f
moved too faroutside firstorfinalcut.
• Cutthedovetail joint.Feed the routerinandouteach
finger, m oving fromleftto right.
• Recut t hedovetail m oving the router f romrightto left.
Thiswillclean off anyspotsor imperfections thatmight
havebeenmissed.
• Toprevent p ossible serious injuryor damage to the
dovetail t emplate, w aituntilthecutterhascompletely
stopped beforeremoving t he router. Whenremoving
the routeritshouldnotbeliftedbut shouldbemoved
towardtheoperator u ntilclear.
• Check to makesureyouhaverouted eachdovetail
evenly.
Fig.26
• Once everything l ooksokay-- remove thetwo pieces
andtapthemtogether. I f properly setup,theywillfit
together. H owever, adjustments p robably w ill need to
bemade atfirst.
• Seetroubleshooting, page18,ifadjustments a re
needed. O nce alladjustments h avebeenmade, d o not
change settinguntilalldovetails arecut.
• Repeat firstsixstepsinthissectionwithyourfinished
wood.
Youarenowready to routyoursecond offsetdovetail
joint.Doso byrepeating t he above procedure w ithboards
(C)and(B)positioned a gainst t herightstops.
See Figure 26.
•
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
offset 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 27 and 28, but use the comb position shown in fig-
ure 14. Then follow the same procedure described above.
NOTE: Once the router is set-up and all adjustments
made, you can refer to figures 23, 26, 27 and 28 for
proper placement of your boards each time you cut offset
dovetail joints for a drawer or box.
Fig. 28
Fig. 27
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