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MatchFit Grid Router Guide
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MFRG-400-025

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  • Page 1 MatchFit Grid Router Guide Instruction Manual MFRG-400-025...

  • Page 2: Warranty Registration

    Stay Connected Be the first to learn about new products, plans, microjig.com/newsletter and deals at: Designed in the USA. Patent # 11415403. Microjig, “Work Safer. Work Smarter.”, Yellow and Green Colors, are registered trademarks of Microjig, Inc. ©2025...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    This does not affect the functionality of the MatchFit system or Dovetail Grooves. WARNING Always wear safety glasses and hearing protection. Follow all safety precautions and use best practices. Microjig assumes no liability for products not sold by Microjig.

  • Page 4: Parts List

    PARTS LIST Parts List Grid Router Guide Parts Part # Dovetail Grid Router Base DVRG-P1 Wing Knob GR-H55-AR Screw Adapter DVRG-P3 Hold Down Clamp DVRG-P2 Shoulder Washer GR-GH-14-AR Compression Spring MFRG-H1 1/4” Washer GR-H2-AR T-Bolt GR-H14-AR Grip Handle GR-P1-AR 1/4-20 x 3/4” PH Screw GR-H10-AR 1/4-20 Flat Nut GR-H7-AR...
  • Page 5 MFRG-400-025...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    A | INTRODUCTION Introduction The MatchFit Router Guide is an indexing router base designed specifically to let you make a MatchFit Dovetail Grid of virtually any size. No measuring and marking of lines, no clamps or edge guides needed, no adjusting the jig, just set the cut depth and go.
  • Page 7 A | INTRODUCTION The router base indexes itself to cut MATCHFit Dovetail Grid relief cuts and dovetail grooves at the perfect 4” (101.6mm) spacing. All you need is your own router with a standard Porter-Cable style guide bushing adapter. We provide the rest.

  • Page 8: Router Guide Assembly

    B | ROUTER GUIDE ASSEMBLY Router Guide Assembly Fig B - Router Guide parts exploded view...
  • Page 9 B | ROUTER GUIDE ASSEMBLY 1. Handle to Base Put a washer onto the 1/4-20 screw, then feed 1.1. that screw through to hole in the handle and through the matching hole on the guide base. Thread the flat nut onto screw under the base 1.2.
  • Page 10 B | ROUTER GUIDE ASSEMBLY 2. Choose Mounting Slots Mount the Porter-Cable style adapter plate 2.1. onto your router. Set router onto boss in the center of the 2.2. MatchFit base. Rotate the router position so that the handles 2.3. and any controls are free to use and not too close to the handle on the Router Guide.
  • Page 11 B | ROUTER GUIDE ASSEMBLY Fig 2a - Incorrect position Fig 2b - OK position...
  • Page 12 B | ROUTER GUIDE ASSEMBLY 3. Assemble Clamps T-Bolt up through slot in base. 3.1. Add a washer, spring, and shoulder washer 3.2. over the T-bolt above the base (see page 8). Add clamp body over T-bolt. 3.3. Add clamp pivot over T-bolt. 3.4.
  • Page 13 B | ROUTER GUIDE ASSEMBLY 4. Mount Router Set router over center boss on base. 4.1. Rotate the router for the best handle and 4.2. clamp location. Slide clamps over the router base. 4.3. Secure with wing knobs, finger tight only. 4.4.

  • Page 14: Project Sizes

    C | PROJECT SIZES Project Sizes Can be any size from 8” (203.2mm) on up. C.1. Can be milled along both axes of the stock. C.2. Stock does not need to measure a factor of 4” C.3. (101.6mm), but the final grooves should not be less than 2”...
  • Page 15 C | PROJECT SIZES Fig C4 - Cut two bases from a standard sheet...

  • Page 16: Milling Relief Grooves

    D | MILLING RELIEF GROOVES Milling Relief Grooves Mount the relief bit into your router collet. D.1. Set the depth to 11/32” (8.5mm) below the D.2. bottom face of the MatchFit Router Guide. Fig D2 - Setting Relief Bit...
  • Page 17 D | MILLING RELIEF GROOVES Start with the cleat aligned to the edge of D.3. the stock. Set the speed between 14,000–16,000 RPM D.4. and start the router. Fig D4 - Router Guide off edge...
  • Page 18 D | MILLING RELIEF GROOVES Carefully holding the cleat tight to the edge of D.5. the stock, slide the Router Guide across the stock cutting a 1/4” wide groove through the opposite edge. Fig D5 - Making first cut Shut off the router and let the bit stop spinning D.6.
  • Page 19 D | MILLING RELIEF GROOVES Set the cleat into the 1/4” relief groove just cut D.8. and slide the Guide forward until the bit is near the edge of the stock. Fig D8 - Setting second cut Start the router and cut the next relief groove D.9.
  • Page 20 D | MILLING RELIEF GROOVES Repeat Steps D.5 through D.8 until the stock D.10. has been grooved from end to end. Fig D10 - Making second cut Reset the base along the adjacent edge of the D.11. stock, and once again carefully run the cleat along the stock edge to form the first relief groove along this axis.
  • Page 21 D | MILLING RELIEF GROOVES Repeat steps D.5 through D.8 until the entire D.12. panel has a full grid of relief grooves milled into the face. Fig D12 - Making relief cut grid...

  • Page 22: Milling Dovetail Grooves

    E | MILLING DOVETAIL GROOVES Milling Dovetail Grooves You must cut the dovetail grooves in the important opposite order as the relief grooves were cut. Mount the Dovetail bit into your router collet. E.1. Fig E1 - Setting Dovetail Bit Set the bit to 3/8”...
  • Page 23 E | MILLING DOVETAIL GROOVES Fig E4 - Setting dovetail cut Set the cleat into the second to last relief E.4. groove you cut, so that the bit will cut the last relief groove. Slide the Router Guide until the dovetail bit is close to the edge of the stock.
  • Page 24 E | MILLING DOVETAIL GROOVES Fig E7 - Making dovetail cuts Set the 1/4” wide cleat into the next relief E.7. groove opposite from the dovetail just cut, slide the Router Guide until the bit is close to the edge of the stock.. Start the router and cut the dovetail groove E.8.
  • Page 25 E | MILLING DOVETAIL GROOVES Repeat steps E.7 through E.9 until you reach E.10. the end of the relief grooves. Fig E10 - Cuting dovetail grids Cut the final relief groove into a dovetail by E.11. setting the 1/4” cleat onto the edge of the stock where you started cutting the relief grooves.
  • Page 26 E | MILLING DOVETAIL GROOVES Start the router and carefully guide the 1/4” E.12. cleat along the stock edge until the final dovetail groove is fully cut through. Repeat this same process to recut all of relief E.13. grooves into dovetails along the other axis of your panel.
  • Page 27 E | MILLING DOVETAIL GROOVES You now have a full grid pattern across the entire surface of your panel with perfectly spaces grooves 4” (101.6mm) apart on center.

  • Page 28: Safety Note

    If you need advice or have questions, email Microjig at support@microjig.com or call our office at +1 (855) 747-7233 9am-4pm EST Monday to Friday. support@microjig.com +1 (855) 747-7233 www.microjig.com Microjig and MatchFit are trademarks of Microjig, Inc. © 2025 | v8.1...

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