APPLICATION: GROOVE GUIDE
The Magic Guide can be used as a Groove Guide to make grooves, slots, dadoes, ploughs, gains, etc. Grooves are evenly spaced (see Fig. 12). Practical applications might include grooves for shelving, slots for records, sliding doors, mirrors or windows.
Make sure router is disconnected from power supply while making adjustments and installing or removing bits and cutters.
Adjustments:
1.If you have been using the Magic Guide as an Edge Guide, Edge Plane or Radius Guide, remove the base plate (see plate at right of Fig. 1) by removing the wing nut, flat washer and screw that attach it to the top plate.
2.Attach groove guide bar (see bar at right of Fig. 1) to bottom front of top plate with small flat head screw. When the bar is properly positioned bosses on it will drop into locating holes in the plate (see Figs. 13 and 14). For wider spaced grooves, the bar may be attached to the other end of the plate (in last hole): in this position the locating bosses will rest against the angled rear edges of the base plate.
3.Select and install the bit or cutter in your router.
4.Adjustments for distance between grooves are made the same as outlined in steps 6 through 9 under ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE EDGE GUIDE (see page 4).
Making the Cut: The first groove is made with the Edge Guide or the Groove Bar used to locate the groove the desired distance from the edge of the work. If the first groove is too far from the edge to use either of the above, securely clamp a straight edge to the work and guide the router base along it.
Limits: Grooves 1/2" and wider can be made. Also, grooves a fraction of an inch apart and up to over 11 inches apart can be made absolutely parallel with ease.
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