Sears Craftsman 171.25450 Owner's Manual page 39

Industrial dovetail fixture
Table of Contents

Advertisement

Fig.65
TOP
BACK-UP
BOARD
_
DOVETAIL C
DRAWER
BACK
14) Makesurethat thetemplateis flush and parallel w ith theworkpteces dampedto base, F ornarrowprojectfronts(orbacks), t he useof an
auxiliarysupportfor the templateis recommended. Its purposeis to aid in supporting the routerwhilecutting,it canbe madefrom a pieceof
scrapwood; butits thicknessmustbethe sameasthetop back-upboard,(Refer to Figure63).
15) Clampthetemplatein placebytightening the clampingknobs.
BEFORE MAKING ANYCUTS MAKE SURE THAT THEBITWILLNOT CUTINT0THEBASE ORANYOTHER COMPONENT OFTHE
DOVETAIL FIXTURE. THISCANCAUSE DAMAGE TOTHEDOVETAIL FIXTURE,
16)TURNTHEROUTER ON.
17) Cutthe dovetail b y movingtherouterfrom LEFF TORIGHT, with the guidebushingfollowingthe template. D ONOT FORCE ANYTHING;
MOVE THEROUTER IN SLOW ANDSMOOTH FASHION.
18)Toensure a smoothand uniformjoint, retrace the previous cut by movingtherouterfrom RIGHT TOLEFT with the guidebushingagain
followingthetemplate.
19) MAKESURE THAT ALL OFTHE MATERIAL ISCUTAWAY; F REE ROUTING MAYBEREQUIRED TOACCOMPLISH T HIS.EXTRA CARE 18
REQUIRED IN CONTROLLING
THEROUTER MOVEMENT WHILE DOING FREE ROUTING, (Refer to Figure65).
Fig. 66
TOPOFTHEBAsE_PBACK-UPBOARD_/_._
A.XILIARY
T .PLATE
SU PORT,
\
:AS NEEDED \
,
- i -:
0
FRONTOETHEBASE_
/
' \
/
v
-_ PROJECTFRONT
OR
/
"OUTSIDE
SURFACE"
SHOULD B EVISIBLE ONTHIS SURFACE
PROJECT
BACK
BEFORE POSITIONING
THE FRONT BACK-UP BOARD
39

Hide quick links:

Advertisement

Table of Contents
loading

Table of Contents