Before Setting Up A Work Piece; Mounting The Router On The Router Carriage - Craftsman 720.25251 Owner's Manual

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BEFOR'E SE'i_TINGUP A WORK PIECE in the Router .....
Crafter, do the following:
1o Refer to Fig. 3. Hold the cap screw "B" in place
with the hexagon wrench which is provided and
tighten the wing nut "A".. This clamps the plate
"C" against the cable drum and locks the cable
drum so that it can not rotate. (The wing nut wilt
feel a little hard to turn becauseitis a vibration
resistant nut so that _it will not come.loose during.
router operation)..' ......... " ._"
2,, R_fer'to Fig: 4,: Pull= out knob "A" and rotate the
knob so that the '_wings" on the indeX'pin just in
front 5_ the knob are resting in the shallow groove
or "detent_'at "B',. This holds the index pin and
knob back and disengages the .cable drum "C"
from the drive spindle "D", and thus will permit
the drive spindle "D":to rotateand the cable drum
to remain stationary _ clamped to the..head stock
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frame.
3. The top two tubes should be waxed with a hard
drying paste wax such as Sears No 28 6953 Auto
Paste Wax. This wilt give a smoother sliding action
when the router carriage (Fig., 5) is moved length-
wise in the Router Crafter. Do not use oil or grease,
because they are,too tacky and will _gum up the
bearings in the router carriage.
DONOT !!FORCE" ANYTHING TO TURN° For example;
if the cable drum is clamped to the head stock frame
and the index pin is engaged to the drive spindle, DO
NOT try to turn the drive spindle as this would damage
your Router Crafter°
MOUNTING TH:E ROUTER ON THE .....
ROUTER CARRIAGE
Refer to Fig.5. The router carriage has several slots
through it for use in mounting and attachingthe, router
to the carriage. Screws and washers are provided for
this purpose. Remove the plastic plate from the bottom
surface.of your router before mounting _to the Router
Crafter.carriage. If your router has 3 equally spaced
holes, in the base where the plastic platten was
attached, you will use the same three holes to attach
the router to the carriage through slots "A', "B" and
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"E". If your router has 4 equally spaced holes in the
base, use slots ,A", "O" and "D",' If your Touter has
4 holes but only 2 holes are lined Up.through ttle
center of the base and opposite each other, use slots
"A" and "C"_ The two .screws are adequate for
attaching the router to the carriage. _ _ : •
If your router has a switch trigger in the hand_e, mount
it so that the switch is on the head stock.side _ the
right side as you face the Router Crafter
The screws provided foi mout_ting are #10-32 x 1/2"..
longo If your router base has a different .size threaded
hole, it will be necessary to obtain the same size
screws 1/2" long from a hardware st0re ....