Craftsman 17125455 Operating Instructions Manual page 46

TROUBLESHOOTING
• If the joint is too loose: This adjustment can only be
made when cutting either the front or the back (tail pieces)
Loosen the clamping knobs holding the template brackets
and move the template OUTWARD by turning the cam
handles Continue adjusting until desired joint fit is
attained Retighten the clamping knobs
• If the joint is too tight: This adjustment too can oniy be
made when cutting either the front or the back (tail pieces)
Loosen the clamping knobs holding the template brackets
and move the template INWARD by turning the cam han-
dles Continue adjusting until desired ioint fit is attained
Retighten the clamping knobs
• If the joint is too shallow: Refer to Figure 72
INCREASE the depth of cut of the router bit This adjust-
ment can be made when cutling the front, the back, (tail
pieces) and the sides (pin pieces)
• If the joint is too deep: Refer to Figure 73
DECREASE the depth of cut of lhe router bit This adjust-
ment too can be made when cutting the front, the back,
(tail pieces) and the sides (pin pieces)
• If the joint is not uniformly spaced from top surface
of drawer: Refer to Figure 74 (See the Section "ALIGN-
MENT OF THE TEMPLATES" ) With the template
clamped Io the base, loosen the four screws securing the
template to the template brackets, and move the template
slightly to the left Tighten the four screws and make a tdal
cut If moving the template to the left did not correct the
condition, but made it worse, loosen the screws and move
the template to the right a small amount Make sure the
template remains parallel to the front of the dovetail base
Tighten the four screws and make a thai cut Continue
moving the template to the right until the condition is
completely corrected PROPER ALIGNMENT OF THE
TEMPLATES TO THE TEMPLATE BRACKETS IS CRITI-
CAL FOR JOINT UNIFORMITY ONCE THIS IS ACCOM-
PUSHED CORRECTLY, IT SHOULD NOT NEED
ADJUSTMENTS AGAIN MAKE SURE TO SECURELY
TIGHTEN THE FOUR SCREWS AFTER THE TEM-
PLATES HAVE BEEN CORRECTLY REALIGNED, THEY
SHOULD REQUIRE NO FURTHER ADJUSTMENTS IF
THEY ARE HANDLED WITH CARE
FIGURE 72 - JOINT tS TOO SHALLOW
PRoJ FRONT EXTENDS
FRONT PAST SIDE
LEFT SIDE
>SIDE
EXTENDS
OUT PAST
FRONT
PROJECTo_._
BACK "_ SIDE
EXTENDS
OUT PAST
BACK
BACK EXTENDS
OUT PAST SIDE
FIGURE 73 - JOINT IS TOO DEEP
SIDE EXTENDS
FRONT OUT PAST FRONT
PROJECT
LEFT SIDE_.....
_ FRONT
EXTENDS
% PAST
BACK
EXTENDS
OUT PAST
SIDE
SIDE EXTENDS
OUT PAST BACK
FIGURE 74 - JOINT SPACING IS NOT EQUAL
FRONT ---__ j/SPACING
{TAIL PIECE) _ ,_ GREATERAcK THAN
SIDE /
(PIN PIECE) _ //
BACK , 7/
(TAIL PIECE) .,.\ / /
SPACiNa LESS
THAN FRONT
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