OPERATION

POSITION THE FENCE OR MITER GAUGE

For any router operation, you will use either the fence or the miter gauge to help guide your work through the cutter.

￿To position the fence: Loosen the fence lock knobs by turning them counterclockwise. Loosen the fence lock knobs just enough so that the fence moves freely. Position the fence the proper distance from the cutter based on the amount of material you plan to remove. Tighten the fence lock knobs.

￿To position the miter gauge: Loosen the miter gauge knob, rotate the miter gauge to the desired angle and retighten the knob.

ADJUST THE STEP RISERS

￿The step risers, located on the outfeed side of the fence, enable you to support your workpiece as it exits the cut- ter. The step risers will provide support for routing opera- tions that remove up to 1/8 in. of material. The step risers are adjustable in 1/32 in. increments.

￿To adjust the step risers loosen the two knob bolts on the rear of the fence and push the riser forward and toward the throat. See Figure 12.

￿Retighten knob bolts.

PERFORMING A ROUTING OPERATION

￿For the proper use of your Ryobi R161 router on your RT100 router table, carefully read the entire Operator’s Manual included with your Ryobi R161 router.

Fig. 11

WARNING:

Do not use cutters with undersized shanks. Undersized shanks will not tighten properly and could be thrown from the tool, causing injury.

Fig. 12

WARNING:

Direction of feed for workpiece is always against the sharp edges of the cutter. Failure to feed workpiece against sharp edges of cutter can result in serious personal injury.

PREPARING FOR OPERATION

￿Adjust the guard/dust cover so that it will not come in con- tact with the workpiece or cutter during a cutting operation.

￿Direction of feed of the workpiece is from right to left or with the cutter located in the fence opening. See Figure 13.

￿Direction of feed must always be so that the workpiece is being fed against the sharp edges of the rotating cutter.

￿The workpiece must always be tight against the fence assembly, unless a ball-bearing piloted cutter is being used. The infeed fence should be adjusted to support the uncut workpiece while the outfeed fence should be ad- justed properly to support the workpiece after the cut passes the router cutter, compensating for the removed stock.

DIRECTION OF FEED IS FROM RIGHT TO LEFT

AGAINST THE SHARP EDGES OF THE ROTATING CUTTER.

Fig. 13

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Ryobi RT100 warranty Position the Fence or Miter Gauge, Adjust the Step Risers, Performing a Routing Operation

RT100 specifications

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