Using Router Table For End Cutting; Example: Cutting Tenons - Craftsman 171.25490 Owner's Manual

4. Test cut a piece of scrap wood:to make sure adjust
menls are satistaclory.
NOTE: Feed work against the rotation of 1he cutter (in
the direction shown by the arrow in Figure 27),
5. The router table is now ready for use.
with piloted bits:
When bits withpilots are used to control the cutting
depth:
1. Position Ihe jointing fence in the same manner as with
non-piloted bits.
2. Move the unitized fence back only enough to permit
the pilot lo control the cutting depth. Positioning the
unitized fence as close to the pilot as possible will
serve as abakcup and will help to prevent chances of
an accident, and possible personal injury, See
Figure 28.
-Depth of cut
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Guard not shown for
reasons of clarity FIGURE 28.
3. Lower guard to operating posilion.
USING ROUTER TABLE FOR END CUTTING
WARNING: END CUTTING IS PERFORMED WITH
THE GUARD ROTATED BACK SO THAT IT DOES
NOT COVER THE BIT. THEREFORE, EXTREME
CARE MUST BE TAKEN WHEN END CUTTING, SO
THAT YOUR FINGERS, HANDS, OR ANY OTHER
PART OF YOUR BODY DOES NOT CONTACT THE
BIT WHICH CAN RESULT IN SERIOUS BODILY
INJURY.
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When routing on end_, of workpiece Ior making tenons,
sliding dovetail.s and tongueand groove joints, lhe
workpiece musl be made smooth with beth edges and
ends made true to each olher and its surfaces.
NOTE: The push block, and clamp plate asser_bly will
not accommodate workpieces wider _han 4",
EXAMPLE: CUTTING TENONS
1, Make ¢erlain thai jointing fence is locked inposition
with its lace flush with that ol unitized fence. '
2. Mount push block assembly on unitized fence as
shown before in Figures 17 and 18.
3. Install proper table inserl into the throat plate hole,
,
Mark lines "A" and "B" on the edge of the workpiece
close to the end to be cut. Line "A"foR FULL DEPTH
OF CUT (total amount of material you want to re
move) and line "B" for FULL DESIRED HEIGHT OF
TENON. See Figure 29
Clamp Plate
Workpiece side flush
against face of unitized
lence
Line B
Wing Nut
Line A
Top culting edge
Face of fence
Push block
Throat plate
Edge of throat hole
FIGURE 29.
Outermosl
culling edge
Max.widlh 4"
,
Position workpiece between clamp plate and push
block so that Its side is hetcl flush against face of the
unitized fence, the end !o be cut is resting on the
edge of the throat plats hole and edge marked with
lines "A" and "B" is facing ro_er bit. Clamp work
piece in this position by snugly tightening the wing
nut on clamp rod while making sure that clamp plate
stays oriented on workpiece, as shown in Figure 29.
MAKE SURE ROUTER IS UNPLUGGED WHEN
POSITIONING AND CLAMPING WORKPIECE AND
MAK!NG ADJUSTMENTS,
NOTE: Tighten wing nut just enough to clamp work
piece in posilion. OVERTIGHTENING wing null
could cause binding in the sliding motion of
push block, which in turn may result in varia-
tions and!or steps in the finished tenon surface
when cut. See Figure 32.