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Craftsman 171.254790 Owner's Manual page 7

Router table full function/unitized fence

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Small End
Shoulder
2. Tightly secure clamp plate to clamp rod using 1/4"
helical lock washer and a hex nut.
3. Insert the opposite threaded end of clamp rod
through hole in push block and install a flat washer
and a wing nut on to it. See H. #11.
Clamp Plate
Fig. #11
1/4-28 Hex Nut
WARNING: ROUTER VIBRATIONS SOME-
TIMES CAN CAUSE 1/4-28 HEX
NUT AND CLAMP PLATE TO GET
LOOSE! PERIODICALLY CHECK
FASTENERS AND CLAMP PLATE
TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE TIGHT
AND SECURE.
MOUNTING PUSH BLOCK ASSEMBLY ON UNITIZED
FENCE
Clamp plate when free, tries to swing in the direction
of arrow (See Fig. #12a) due to its weight.
NOTE: a.
Remove dust and chips from sliding sur-
faces of push block and unitized fence as
needed to maintain good sliding motion.
b.
Occasional application of furniture spray
wax on sliding surfaces of PUSH BLOCK
ONLY will greatly improve the sliding
motion.
FOR ROUTING ON ENDS (TENONS, SLIDING DOVE-
TAILS, ETC.) WORKPIECE IS HELD AGAINST FACE
OF UNITIZED FENCE AND CLAMPED BETWEEN
CLAMP PLATE AND SURFACE '5' OF PUSH BLOCK.
SEE FIG. #12a.
Clamp Plate
/1
Face of Unitized Fence
Fig. #12b
ASSEMBLY OF GUARD TO UNITIZED FENCE
1. Assemble guard to unitized fence as shown in Fig.
#13.
2. While holding the guard at a slight.angle as shown,
insert tab on one side of guard into hole inside the
slot on fence.
3. Hold the guard against this slot, straighten it into
a vertical position and; insert the opposite tab into
the mating slot. See Fig. #13.
5/16-18"
Wing Nut
1/4" Helical Lock Washer
Fig. #12a
1. Mount push block assembly on the unitized fence
by supporting clamp plate against the face of the
fence (Fig. #1 2b) and aligning retaining rib on push
block with the groove in the face of unitized fence.
See figures #12a and #12b.
2. Slide push block assembly back and forth along
entire length of unitized fence to see that it slides
freely.
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