Craftsman 17125455 Operating Instructions Manual page 5

16 L'_WARNING_ ALWAYS UNPLUG THE
ROUTER FROM THE ELECTRICAL OUTLET
BEFORE INSTALLING OR REMOVING ROUTER
BITS FROM THE ROUTER AND WHEN ADJUST-
ING THE CUTTING DEPTH OF THE ROUTER BIT;
OR WHEN INSTALLING OR CHANGING GUIDE
BUSHINGS.
17 NEVER LIFT THE ROUTER UPWARDS WHEN
THE ROUTER IS "ON", THE ROUTER BtT IS
ROTATING, AND THE GUIDE BUSHING IS NEAR
OR TOUCHING THE TEMPLATE, BECAUSE THIS
WILL CAUSE THE ROUTER BIT TO CUT INTO
THE TEMPLATE AND DAMAGE IT
• Your Vermont American Industrial Dovetail Jig is an
accessory that is used with Routers allowing you to
make drawers, chests, and similar items requiring
dovetail joints The joints are used to make the front,
back, and sides of the workpiece
• Your Industrial Dovetail Jig comes with two tem-
plates and two guide bushings for making halt-blind
and through or open joints
• Your Industrial Dovetail Jig also comes with a
universal router adapter plate that will permit the
Industrial Dovetail Jig to be used with most popular
routers
• The Dovetail Jig will allow you to make 1" spaced
flush, flush-offset, and 3/8" rabbeted half-blind
dovetail joints
• The Dovetail Jig will also allow you to make t"
spaced open, or through, dovetail joints
• Workpieces up to 16" wide can be accommodated
o Workpieces with thicknesses between 3f8" and 1"
can be accommodated
• The Dovetail Jig Base has six pockets molded into
its front which are gauges to aid you setting the
"depth-of- cut" for commonly used depths: 3/8", I/2",
5/8", 3/4", 7/8", and 1"
• Vermont American router bits, #22501 and #22437,
or Magna router bits, #M91113 and #M91016,
WHICH MUST BE PURCHASED SEPARATELY, are
required for making the THROUGH or OPEN joints
• Vermont American router bit, #22500, or
Magna router bit, #M91114, WHICH MUST BE
PURCHASED SEPARATELY, is required for making
the HALF-BLIND ioints
• Your Vermont American Industrial Dovetail Jig
comes with two templates and two guide bushings
Each of the templates has a label, describing the
joint that can be cut with it, along with set-up
information, the router bit and the guide bushing
required, and the the stop block setting for a
particular joint
Refer to Parts List on Page 47
• tn order to simplify handling and to minimize any
damage that may occur during shipping, your
Industrial Dovetail Jig is packaged assembled
• Separate all loose parts from the packing materials
and check each one with the illustrations and list of
parts at the end of this manual to make sure that
all loose parts are present before discarding any
packaging material
.i, A ,,any parts are m ,ss,ng or c annot
be accounted for, do not attempt to assemble, instaIl,
or use the Industrial Dovetail Jig until the missing
parts have been obtained and the product has been
assembled correctly
• Contact customer service at 1-800-742-3869, ext 8359
for missing or replacement parts