Craftsman IB-28140 Owner's Manual page 25

ASSEMBLING THE
FEATHERBOARDS (Figs. 24-26)
NOTE: The top/front side of each featherboard
is marked to indicate proper feed direction.
Fence Featherboard (Fig. 24 and 25)
1. Insert two 1/4-20 x 11/2-in.carriage
bolts (44) through the slotted holes in
each featherboard (22). (See Fig. 24.)
2. Thread clamping knobs (21) three or four
turns onto each carriage bolt (44).
3. To install on fence, slide the head of each
carriage bolt (44) into the end of the T-slot
in the featherboard mounting rail (17). (See
Fig. 25.)
4. Secure the featherboard(s) (22) to fence
assembly (C) by tightening the small
clamping knobs (21). (See Fig. 25.)
Tabletop Featherboard (Fig. 26)
NOTE: The featherboard slide plate assembly
is T-shaped for use in the miter channel and
has round indentations on the bottom for the
carriage bolt heads.
1. Insert two 1/4-20 x 13A-in. carriage bolts (44)
through the holes in both the lower and
upper featherboard slide plates (48 and 47)
and the slotted holes in the featherboard
(22) as shown in Fig. 26.
2. Thread a small clamping knob (21) three
or four turns onto each carriage bolt (44).
3. To install the featherboard (22) in the miter
channel (3), insert the upper and lower
featherboard slide plates (47 and 48)
into the miter channel. Then slide the
featherboard to the desired location on the
miter channel and tighten the clamping
knobs (21).
Fig. 24 (_
Fig. 25
Fig. 26
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