Assembly Of A Guide Bushing To The Router; Assembly For Sears Routers With Three Hole Baseplates - Sears Craftsman 171.25450 Owner's Manual

4) After thetemplatebrackets havebeencorrectlypositionedon thetemplatesecurelytightenthefourscrewsholdingthetemptate brackets
to thetemplate.
5) Remove thetemplateassembly from the baseandset it asidefor now.
6) Align theothertemplateassembly in thesamemanner,
IT SHOULD BENOTED THAT YOUMAYFIND,THAT AFTER MAKING SOME SAMPLE CUTS, S LIGHT ADJUSTMENTS MAYBEREQUIRED.
HOW TOMAKETHESE ADJUSTMENTS IS EXPLAINED INTWOOFTHEFOLLOWING SECTIONS: "MAKING ADJUSTMENTS FOR HALF BLIND
JOINTS" or "MAKING ADJUSTMENTS FOR OPEN (THROUGH) JOINTS".
7) Remove thetemplateassembly from the baseand set it asidefor now. (Figure 25 below,is an example of INCORRECTLY positioned
templatebrackets,)
CKET
BEYOND T HE TEMPLATE
BRACKET
0
o
!o 0
THE TEMPLATE BRACKET EXTENDS
tEMPLATE
CONDITION FOUR: THIS CONDITION ISNOT CORRECT- - -
TEMPLATE BRACKET EXTENDS BEYOND T HE TEMPLATE AND
THE TEMPLATE EXTENDS BEYOND T HE TEMPLATE BRACKET
• StMPL Y MAKE SURE BRACKETS ARE POSITIONED THE SAMEAT E ACH END
ASSEMBLY OFA GUIDEBUSHINGTO THEROUTER
ALWAYS MAKE SURE THATTHEROUTER IS "TURNED OFF" ANDTHAT THEELECTRICAL CORD HASBEEN UNPLUGGED
FROM THEELECTRICAL OUTLET BEFORE A SSEMBLING A GUIDE BUSHING TOTHEROUTER ORMAKING ANYADJUSTMENTS OR
CHANGING ROUTER BITSIN THEROUTER.
REMOVE ANYROUTER BITFROM THEROUTER BEFORE PROCEEDING WITHTHE ASSEMBLY O FA GUIDE BUSHING TOTHEROUTER.
Assembly for Sears routers with three hole baseplates:
1) Placethe'router upsidedawnon a flat surfaceand remove anyguidebushingthat maycurrentlybein the router,
2) Placethe guidebushingrequiredfor thetypeof dovetag joint to be cut undertherouterbaseplate asshownin Figure26.
Fig. 26
10-32 X 3/8°LONG FLATHEAD
MACHINE SCREW
(1/2"DIAMETER SHOWN)
NOTE THE ORIENTATION OF"
THE GUIDE B USHING