Setting Up To Make Signs - Craftsman 335.25187 Owner's Manual

11. Adjust support screw on guide arm
corner until guide arm is parallel. Now
left side tube and guide arm are
parallel to work bench. Secure in
place with nut.
12. Square pantograph frame so corners
are at 90 °. Fasten hold down socket
to work surface through three holes.
(Router bit is still on center of location
to be engraved.) Secure work piece
to work surface. Use wedges
provided (FIG. 6) or C-clamps.
13. Place center of STENCIL COVER,
(folded edge to left) under stylus
(square stencil cover to work piece).
Fasten to work surface with tacks in
two corners as shown. Locate
TEMPLATE SHEET between leaves
of stencil cover, all the way in against
fold and up against stem of tack.
(FIG. 7) Adjust stylus down to within
1/32" of stencil cover.Stylus should
not drag against stencil cover.
14. Adjust router bit to desired depth,
check depth of cut on scrap lumber.
Place stylus on line of drawing, turn
router on and proceed to guide stylus
over lines using handle knobs. For
inside lines not connected to border,
lift handle bar until cutter is out of
wodd and move stylus to inside line,
let cutter down gently, placing stylus
on line.
NOTE: Refer to Helpful Hints on last
13age to finish the engraving.
Additional features section explains
how to change ratio of reduction from
stencil to engraving.
SETTING UP TO
MAKE SIGNS
(Read steps 7 through 14 before starting.)
15. The plywood fixture described in step
7 is helpful to make signs. If a fixture
is not used, mount a FENCE and
wedge BACKUP BLOCK on work
bench with proper distance for
WORK PIECE and WEDGES. The
work piece can be clamped and slid
in a straight line along fence when
making signs. (Be sure fence is
always thinner than work piece.)
SIGNS IN FIVE STYLES _ '
FENCE WORK PIECE
WORK
WEDGE_
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