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WARNING:
DO NOT SET DEPTH
MORE THAN
DEPTH OF CUT IS MORE THAN
3/8"
THE EDGE 'E' OF WORK-
I
PIECE WHEN SLIDING
WILL INTERFERE WITH PORTION
'P' OF GUARD. THE GUARD THEN
WILL
NOT
FENCE AND HENCE YOU WILL
NOT BE ABLE TO SLIDE WORK-
PIECE ACROSS THE BIT TO MAKE
THE CUT. SEE FIG. #27.
Portion 'P'
o
Fig. #27
5. Position workpiece between clamp plate and push
block such that its side is held flush against face
of the unitized fence, the end to be cut is resting
on the edge of the table top hole and edge marked
with lines 'A' and 'B' is facing the router bit.
workpiece in this position by snugly tightening the
wing nut on clamp rod while making sure that
clamp plate stays oriented on workpiece as shown
in Fig. #25. (This will retract guard inside the fence
and provide access to the bit for making adjust-
ments. MAKE SURE ROUTER IS UNPLUGGED
WHEN POSITIONING AND CLAMPING WORK-
PIECE AND MAKING ADJUSTMENTS).
OF CUT
3/8"
(FIG. #26). IF
ACROSS
RETRACT
lNSIDE
~
3/8" Max. Depth of Cut
Fig. #26
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NOTE: Tighten wing nut just enough to clamp
workpiece
ING wing nut could cause binding in the
sliding motion of push block which in turn
may result in variations andlor steps in the
finished tenon surface when cut. See Fig.
#29.
6. Slide workpiece close to the bit and adjust unitized
fence and the router as described before so that
outer most cutting edge of bit is aligned with line
'A' and top cutting edge of bit is aligned with line
'B'. See Fig. #25. Tightly secure the fence and the
router as described before in ADJUSTING DEPTH
AND HEIGHT OF CUT.
Slide push block and therefore workpiece back to
7.
let guard swing out to its normal position as shown
in Fig. #27.
8. Turn router and shop vac 'ON'. While holding push
block and GUIDING
FENCE with both hands (Fig. #27) and FINGERS
AT SAFE DISTANCE ABOVE GUARD AND SPIN-
NING BIT, feed workpiece across the bit to make
FULL DEPTH OF CUT IN ONE PASS. (DO NOT
STOP
FEED
UNTIL
ENOUGH BEYOND SPINNING BIT TO ALLOW
GUARD TO RETRACT OUT FULLY TO ITS NOR-
MAL POSITION).
NOTE: Clamp and test cut a piece of scrap wood
to check your adjustments before making
your finished cut.
9. Turn router and shop vac 'OFF'. Unclamp work-
piece, and slide push block back.
10.
Position and clamp the opposite side of workpiece
in the same manner as described in Step #5 (make
sure the wing nut is tight just enough to clamp work-
piece in position and end to be cut is resting on the
edge of table top hole). Repeat steps #7, #8, and
#9.
11.
To cut ends of the tenon, position and clamp work-
piece in the same manner as in step #5 above
except edge of workpiece should be held flush
against face of fence and end to be cut should be
resting on edge of table top hole. See Fig. #28.
Repeat steps #7, #8, #9, and #10.
12
in position. OVERTIGHTEN-
WORKPIECE
AGAINST
WORKPIECE
IS FAR
Edoe of Workpiece
Flush Against
Face of Unitized Fence
W
\
.
Edge of Table Top H
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