Sears Craftsman 171.25450 Owner's Manual page 26

3) PositionthedrawerRIGHT sideagainstthefront ofthe basesothat thetop surfaceabutstheleft front stop block.THEINSIDE OFTHE
DRAWER SIDEFACES AWAY FROM THEFRONT OFTHEBASE.
Thewords "INSIDE SURFACE" markedin (d) Inthe Section,GENERAL P REPARATIONS, shouldbevisible.
4) Lineup the workpieees so that theendof the drawersidelinesup with thedrawerfront asshownin Figure44.
5) Securely clamp the drawersideto the base,
6) Securely clampthe drawerfront to thebase.
7) Makesurethatthe parts remaingnedup.
Fig. 45
HALF BLIND JOINT
SHORT F INGERS j WASHER
8) AssembLe t he DOVETAIL TEMPLATE F OR HALF BLINDJOINTS to the Dovetag Fixturesothat THE TEMPLATE B RACKETS F ITBETWEEN
THEWASHERS A NDTHETEMPLATE S UPPORTS a sshownFigure45.
NOTE: MAKE SURE THE TEMPLATE C LAMPING KNOBS ARELOOSE TOMAKE TEMPLATE ADJUSTMENT, AFTER ADJUSTMENT ISMADE,
RETIGHTEN T EMPLATE C LAMPING KNOBS.
9) Makesurethat theshort fingers on thetemplate, a s shownin Figure 45, facestowardthefront of the base.
10)Makesurethat thetemplateis flush andparallelwith the workpieces clamped to base.Fornarrowdrawerfronts, the useof an auxifiary
supportfor thetemplateis recommended. Its purpose i s to aid in supportingtherouterwhilecutting.It canbemadefrom a piece of scrap
wood; butits thicknessmustbethe sameasthe drawerfront. (Referto Figure44).
1!) Clamp the templatein placeby tighteningtheclampingknobs.
12) _ BEFDRE MAKING ANYCUTS MAKE SURE THAT THEBITWILLNOTCUTINTOTHE BASE ORANYOTHER COMPONENT OF
THEDOVETAIL FIXTURE. THISCANCAUSE DAMAGE TOTHEDOVETAIL FIXTURE; ORLOSS OFCONTROL OFTHEROUTER WHICHCAN
RESULT IN SERIOUS BODILY INJURY. ATRIALRUNWITHTHEROUTER TURNED OFF ANDUNPLUGGED FROM THEELECTRICAL OUTLET
IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED,
13) TURN THEROUTER ON,
Fig. 46
j DRAWER RIGHT SIDE
DOVETAIL CUTS
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