Making Drawers With Half Blind Flush Offset Joints - Sears Craftsman 171.25450 Owner's Manual

21) Positionthe drawerLEFT sideagainstthefront of the baseso that thetop surfaceabutsthe left front stop block.THEINSIDEOFTHE
DRAWER SIDEFACES UP.Thewords "INSIDE SURFACE" markedin (d) in the Section,GENERAL PREPARATIONS, shouIdbevisible.
22) Lineup the workpieces so that the endof the drawersidelinesup with thedrawerbackasshownin Figure47.
23)Continue as in Steps5 through16 above.
24)Afterthe cut hasbeenmade,the workpieces shouldlooklike thoseillustratedin Figure48.
25) Remove the workpieces from the Dovetail F ixtureand checkhowtheworkpieces fit together.Someadjustmentsmay berequired.
Referto the sectionMAKING ADJUSTMENTS.
THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBES THE PROCEDURE TO 8E FOLLOWED FOR CUTTING CORNERS 2 AND 4:
CORNERS 2 AND4 arecut in thesameway as 1 and 3 exceptthey are positioned on the rightsideof the DovetailFixtureas shown Fig49.
Fig. 49
AUXtLIARY TEMPLATE SUPPORT
(AS NEEDED)
tN THIS SURFACE
/
FRONT O FTHE BASE /
ORAWER RtGHT S IDE
"INSIDE S URFACE" SHOULD B EVISIBLE ONTHIS SURFACE
NOTE: W ORKPIECES WILLBEPOSITIONED O NTHEFIXTURE ASSHOWN.
_BEFORE MAKING ANYCUTSMAKE SURE THAT THEBITWILLNOTCUTINTOTHEBASE ORANYOTHER COMPONENT OFTHE
DOVETAIL FIXTURE. THISCANCAUSE DAMAGE T OTHEDOVETAIL FIXTURE.
_NEVER LIFT THEROUTER UPWARDS W HEN THEROUTER IS ONANDTHEROUTER BITROTATING O RWHEN THEGUIDE
BUSHING ISNEAR TOORTOUCHING THETEMPLATE. THISCANCAUSE DAMAGE T OTHEDOVETAIL F IXTURE.
Afterthecut hasbeenmade,theworkpieees shouldlooklikethoseillustratedin Figure45.
Thefinishedfront, back,andsidesshouldlooklikethose in Figure41.
Before gluing thefront,back,andsidestogethez; somepmvisien mustbe madefor installing thebottom, s uchas dadoing or catting
e groove around theinsideofthedrawerparts.
Yourdraweris nowreadyto begluedtogether,
MAKINGDRAWERS WITH HALFBLINDFLUSHOFFSET JOINTS:
GENERAL PREPARATIONS:
a) Thelength of thedrawerfront {s1/8_longerthanthe lengthof the drawerbeck.
b) Whencuttingcornersl and4;thecam handleis rotatedtwo graduations towardthebackof the base, t hus movingthe template1/32"
towardthebackof thebase.(Referto Figure50).
NOTE: MAKE SURE THETEMPLATE CLAMPING KNOBS A RELOOSE TOMAKE TEMPLATE ADJUSTMENT. AFTER ADJUSTMENT IS MADE,
RETIGHTEN T EMPLATE CLAMPING KNOBS.
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