Sears Craftsman 171.25450 Owner's Manual page 6

7) Placea springand springretainer, a ssembled in step3, overthe bolt sothespringfits intothe countersink in thethick washer a sshown
In Figure6.
8) Pressdownon thespringretaineruntiljust the endof the bolt sticksout pastthe endof the springretainer.
9) Slidethe clampingbaroverthe bolt sothatthe spring retainerabutstheinsideof theclampingbar asshownin figure6. NOTE: T HE
SPRING RETAINER M USTPUSH AGAINST THECLAMPNG BAR.
10)Placean 11/32"I.D.X 7/8"O.D.thin nylonwasher a ndan 11/3Z I.D.X 7/8" O.D.washer over the bolt. It will be necessary f or youto
pressdownonthe dampingbar whiledoingthis.
11) Take one ofthe clamping k nobsandthreadit ontothe bolt asshown.DONOTTHREAD the knobcompletely ontothe bolt--just enough
sothe knobholds the clampingbarin place.
SPRING A ND
NYLON SPRING
RETAINER FIT
INSIDE T HE OPEN
SIDE OFTHE
CLAMPING BAR
(SEE CLAMPING
BAR DETAIL)
\
CLAMPING
Assembleclampingbar, knobs, end caps on bothends as shown
t f/32"LD.X 7/B"O.D.WASHER
11/32" L D.X T/8"O.D.
THIN NYLON WASHER
SPRING
31/2"BOLT
BOLl
SUPPORT
FIG. 6 KNOB
CLAMPING BAR
CLAMPING BAR END CAP
OPEN SIDE OFTHE CLAMPING
BAR POINTS T OWARD THE TOP
SURFACE OFTHE DOVETAIL BASE
11/32" L D.X 7/8"O,D.
t THICKNYLON WASHER
/ TOP SURFACE OFTHE
DOVETAIL BASE
-- RIGHT TEMPLATE
SUPPORT
CLAMPINGBARDETAIL
NYLON SPRING R ETAINER
11/32" L D.X 7/8"O.D. (RETAINER ABUTS THE
WASHER LAMPING SAR)
/
CLAMPING BAR(SHOWN W ITH
/
ENDCUTAWAYANDSECT!ONED /
SONYLON SPRING R ETAINER /
PLACEMENT CAN BESEEN) /
COMPRESSION
SPRING
12) Repeat a bovesteps4 through11for theotherendof the clampingbar.
13) Assemble theendcapsto the endsof the clampingbar by pressing them in; theyare designed to be "force-fit"intothe bar in oneway
only.It maybe necessary t o "tap" themin by gentlyhittingthem with a rubbermatletor a pieceof wood--since theyfit very tightly intothe
clamping bar, U SECARE WHEN DOINGTHISSO AS NOT TO DAMAGE THEEND CAPS,
USECARETHATTHE CAPSAREPROPERLY ALIGNED AS SHOWN WHEN ASSEMBLING THEM TO THEBAR.
fig. 7
CLAMPING BARPARALLEL T O
TOPOFBASE
J SPACING T O BE
APPROXIMATELY
1-1/2"
0 0 0
14) Tighten the clamping knobsontothe boltssothat thespacebetween thebottomof theclampingbarand thetop of the baseis about
1 1/2".Theciampingbar shouldbe parallet t o the top of the base.
15) After completing the abovestepsyour Dovetail F ixtureshouldlooklikethe illustrationin Figure7.
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