Wood Preparation; Mounting The Work Piece In The Router Crafter - Craftsman 720.25251 Owner's Manual

CENTER
HOLE
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Figure 7
WOOD PREPARATION
Sometimes it is difficult to obtain thick wood for
making table legs, posts and so forth, but this isn't
necessary. If you have thin boards such as 3/4" or 1rt
that are smooth, you can put 2, 3, or4 thickness to-
gether at one time using Craftsman white glue and
ordinary "C" clamps_ Rip the boards to about 1/4"
wider than you plan to have final thicknes of the
square post..This allows er!ough extra stock to trim the
edges square and smooth after the boards have been
glued together_
The wood piece, of course, should be squared and cut
to length° No further preparation is needed on the end
that is to go into the head stock° The tail stock end
must be center drilled; that is, a small chamfered hole
must be put in the center of the end to receive the tail
stock center. You may use a standard center' drill. If
a center drill is not available, drill a 1/16" or 3/32"
hole about 1/4" deep and then counter sink the hole
to about 1/4" diameter_ See Fig. 6. The center hole
should be lubricated with wax, petroleum jelly, or
some other grease lubricant° DO NOT GREASE ANY
OTHER AREA.
MOUNTING THE WORK PIECE IN THE
ROUTER CRAFTER
The center' bushing "B" should be set at the lowest
graduation mark "C" on the tail stock "D" (Fig. 19).
The tail stock frame can be positioned anywhere along
the tubes as desired _ close to the head stock for
short work, far away from the head stock for longer
work. Generally, if routing is to be done all the way to
the tail stock end of the work piece, the pointed end
of the tail stock center should extend past the tail
stock frame about 3 3/4"_ See Fig° 7. Loosen the 4
screws ("D") with the hexagon wrench which is pro-
vided. Place the plain square end of the work piece
in to the drive spindle with the corners of the work
between ribs as shown in Fig, 8_ The end of the work
RIBS
;ENTER HOLE
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Figure 8
piece with the center drilled (chamfered) hole should
point toward the tail stock. While holding the work
piece in the drive spindle, position the tail stock
frame so that it is about 3 3/4" from the end of the
work piece. Remove the work piece_ Using a tri-square,
combination square, or triangle (30°-60 _ or 45°), square
the tail stock with the steel bars as shown in Fig 7.
Holding the square in position, tighten the four screws
"D" just snugly, tightening the top two screws first,
DO NOT OVER-TIGHTEN. NOTE: THE TAiL STOCK
SHOULD BE SQUARED EVERY TIME iT IS MOVED
(This does not apply when only the center screw is
adjusted). While holding the work piece against
the drive spindle, and with the small hexagon nut "B"
seated flat against the tail stock frame, turn the knurled
end of the tail stock center "A" until the pointed