Troubleshooting - Sears Craftsman 171.25450 Owner's Manual

b) Theheightof the drawerfrontis 3/4"higherthanthe heightof the drawerbackanddrawersides.
IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT THE TEMPLATE B EPROPERLY ALIGNED WHEN MAKING THESE JOINTS, O RELSE, I N
ADDITION TOTHEJOINT SPACING NOTBEING EQUAL, A SSHOWN IN FIGURE 55 BELOW, THETOPSURFACES OFTHESIDES, F RONT,
ANDBACK WILLNOT"LINE-UP" PROPERLY EITHER. REFER TOTHESECTION " ALIGNMENT O FTHE TEMPLATES.
(FIGURE 55 ILLUSTRATES A FLUSH DOVETAIL JOINT.)
Ag otherGENERAL PREPARATIONS, exceptasnotedbelowin the procedure, arethe sameasthoseusedfor "MAKING DRAWERS WITH
HALF BLINDFLUSH JOINTS".
Fi#. 52
/ DOVETAIL TEMPLATE FOR
LFBLIND JOINTS
THEPROCEDURE FORCUTTINGCORNERS 1 AND4 IS THESAMEASTHATUSEDFOR"MAKING
DRAWERS WITH HALFBLINDFLUSHJOINTS"EXCEPT:
PositionBOTH top stop blocksso thatthe "B" facesthe middieof thebaseasshownin Figure51,
Usethe sideof thetemplate that hasthelongestfingers,
Before gluing theIront, back,andsidestogethez; someprovision m ustbe madefor installing thebottom, s uch asdadoing or cutting a
groove around theinsideofthedrawer parts.
Your draweris nowreadyto begluedtogether.
Remove the pencilmarkings by light sandingor w!tha soft eraser a fterthe drawerpartshavebeengluedtogether.
TROUBLESHOOTING:
• If thejoint istooloose: iNCREASE the depthof cut by INCREASING theamountbywhichtherouterbit extendsbeyond the basepiate by
1164"to 1/32"and make a trialcut.Continue adjustinguntil desired joint fit is attained,
* If the jointis too tight: DECREASE thedepthof cut by DECREASING theamountby whichthe routerbit extendsbeyond the baseplate by
1/64" to 1/32"andmakeatriaI cut.Continue adjustinguntildesiredjoint fit is attained.
• If the joint is too shallow:Refer to Figure53. Loosen the clampingknobsholdingthetemplatebrackets andmovethetemplateINWARD
halfthe additional d epthneeded by turningthe camhandles. R etighten the clamping knobs.
• It the joint is too deep:Refer to Figure54.Loosenthe clamping knobsholdingthetemplatebrackets and movethetemplateOUTWARD
by turningthecam handles halfthedistanceneeded. R etighten the dampingknobs.
• If the jnint is notunilormly spacedtram top surfaceofdrawer:Referto Figure55. (See the Section "ALIGNMENT O FTHETEMPLATES",)
With the templateclamped to the base,loosenthefour screwssecuring thetemplateto thetemplatebrackets, a ndmovethetemplate
slightlyto the Iuft.Tighten the fourscrewsand makeatrial cut.If movingthetemplateto the left did notcorrectthe condition,butmadeit
worse,loosenthe screwsandmovethetemplateto the righta smallamount.Tightenthefour screws and makeatriai cut.Continue
movingthetemplateto the rightuntilthe conditionis completeIy corrected, M AKESURE TOSECURELY TIGHTEN THEFOUR SCREWS.
it movingthe template to theleft improvesthecondition,continue movingthe template to the left untiltheconditionis completeiy
corrected.Makesurethetemplateremains paragel t o thefront of thedovetail b ase.MAKESURE TOSECURELY TIGHTEN THEFOUR
SCREWS. AFTER THETEMPLATES HAVE BEEN CORRECTLY REALIGNED, THEY SHOULD REQUIRE N OFURTHER A DJUSTMENTS IF
THEY AREHANDLED WITHCARE.
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