Sears Craftsman 171.25450 Owner's Manual page 38

5) TOCUTCORNER # 1 OFTHEPROJECT F RONT, positionthe top back-upboardon top of thebasesothat it lines upwith the front of the
baseand abutsthe lefttop stop blockasshownin figure 63.
Fig.83 / TOP BACK UP B OARD
_ / TOP OFTHE BASE /'AUXILIARY TEMPLATE SUPPORT
/CASNEEOEO,
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PROJECT BACK _ __
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FRONTOFTNERA
BEFORE POSITIONING THE FRONT B ACK-UP BOARD
6) Lightlyclampthe back-up boardin place.
7) Positiontheprojectfront (or back)against t he front of the baseso thatthetop surfaceabutsthe left front stop bIock.Theuseof a front
back-upboardat this step isaIso recommended. It is positionedbetween the projectfront (or back)and thedampingbaras shownin
Figure63.Thefront back-upboardshouldhavethefollowingapproximate dimensions:
LENGTH: 6"to 8",sufficientlengthso that it canclampedbythe front clampingbarandbe usedmorethanonce;
WIDTH:1"to 2"widerthanthe wJdthof thefront (or back);
THICKNESS: 1/4"to 1/2",
- THEOUTSIDE OFTHEPROJECT FRONT (ORBACK) F ACES AWAYFROM THE FRONT OFTHEBASE,
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___ ( CLA TEMPMTE
BRACKET
MPING KNOB
_ WASHER
Thewords "OUTSIDE SURFACE" markedin (d) in theSection,GENERAL PREPARATIONS, shouldhavebeen visible beforethefront back-up
boardwas put in place.
8) Line upthe workpieces sothat theend of theprojectfront(or back)andback-up boardsline up asshownin Figure63.
9) Securely clamptheprojectfront(or back)andfront back-upboardto thefront of the base.
10)Securely clampthetop back-up boardto the top of the base,
11) Makesurethat thepartsremainlinedup.
12)Assemble theDOVETAIL TEMPLATE F OR OPEN (THROUGH) JOINTS to theDovetail F ixture so that THE TEMPLATE B RACKETS F IT
BETWEEN THEWASHERS A NDTHETEMPLATE S UPPORTS a sshownFigure64;it will be necessary t o loosentheclampingknobsat theends
of the baseto do this.
13) Makesurethatthe template is orientedasshownin Fig,64,
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