Bosch Power Tools RA1171 manual Assembling the Featherboards Figs, Fence Featherboard Figs

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ASSEMBLING THE FEATHERBOARDS (Figs. 18–20)

NOTE: The top/front side of each featherboard is marked to indicate proper feed direction.

Fence Featherboard (Figs. 18 and 19)

1.Insert two 1/4-20 x 11⁄2″ carriage bolts (40) through the slotted holes in the featherboard (24). See Fig. 18.

2.Slide a large washer (31) onto each carriage bolt and thread a small clamping knob (22) three or four turns onto each carriage bolt.

3.To install on the fence, slide a spacer (21) over the head of each carriage bolt, aligning the tabs on the spacer with the slot in the featherboard (Fig. 19).

Then slide the carriage bolt heads into the T-slot on the top of the fence.

4.Secure the featherboard assembly by tightening the knobs, making sure that the tabs on the spacer are in the slot on the fence.

Tabletop Featherboard (Fig. 20)

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 11⁄2″ carriage bolts (40) through the holes in both the lower (25A) and upper (25B) featherboard slide plate and the slotted holes in the featherboard (24) as shown in Fig. 20.

2.Slide a large washer (31) onto each carriage bolt and thread a small clamping knob (22) three or four turns onto each carriage bolt.

3.To install the featherboard in the miter channel, insert the featherboard slide plate into the miter channel. Then slide the featherboard to the desired location on the miter channel and tighten the clamping knobs.

FIG. 18

40

21

24

FIG. 19

FIG. 20

31

22

22

31

24

25B

25A

40

24