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Shopsmith 555970 manual Straight-Linerouting

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STRAIGHT-LINE ROUTING

555970

MARK V – MOUNTED OVERARM PIN ROUTER

Bit dia. minus Guide Pin dia. = rabbet width

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For example: A 3/4" diameter straight bit mi- nus a 1/4" diameter Guide Pin equals 1/2". 1/2" divided by 2 equals a 1/4 wide rabbet.

STRAIGHT-LINE ROUTING

To perform straight-line routing, you will need to use the two-piece aluminum Over- arm Router Fence that came with your ma- chine.

This fence can be used for decorative edg- ing of projects as well as for jointing the edges of workpieces for assembly, making grooves, dadoes, rabbets, stop cuts and other joints in straight workpieces.

The position of the fence is determined by its intended use. If your operation calls for removing the entire edge of a workpiece, it is important that the outfeed side of the Fence be moved forward to provide ad- equate support for the stock after its edge has been removed (See Fig. 27).

If you’re not going to be removing the en- tire edge of the workpiece, attach a one-piece shop-made face to the two-piece face; or ad- just both sides of your two-piece Fence so that they are exactly in-line, with no offset.

NOTE

Your Overarm Router Table contains eight #10-24 threaded holes in its surface to ac- commodate the included Router Fence. It also includes four #10-24 x 1" plastic Knobs, four plastic Spacer/Bushings and four #10 Washers for attaching the Fence to the Table.

Figure 27. When removing the entire edge

of a workpiece, the two halves of the

Fence must be offset (A). When removing only a portion of the edge, the two halves of the Fence must be perfectly aligned with one another (B).

CAUTION

If you’re using a Bit with a pilot, the pilot must be behind the plane of the Fence’s contact surface in order to prevent inter- ference with the leading edge of the workpiece.

Follow all “General guidelines for overarm routing” on page 18 in the front section of this Manual for installing and aligning your router Bit and Guard.

Turn on your router the motor and feed the workpiece from left to right, maintaining pressure against the Fence and Bit through- out the cut.

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Shopsmith 555970 manual Straight-Linerouting

Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS MARK V MOUNTED OVERARM PIN ROUTERINTRODUCTION WHAT IS PIN ROUTING?WHAT CAN I DO WITH THIS TOOL? SAFETY OVERARM ROUTER SPECIFICATIONSGUARDING FOR ROUTING EYE PROTECTIONHEARING PROTECTION DRESSSAWDUST AND CHIPS GENERAL SAFETY RULES FOR POWER TOOLSMOUNTING ROUTER BITS Remove adjusting keys and wrenches SAFETY RULES FOR THE SHOPSMITH OVERARM ROUTER CARE AND MAINTENANCE TYPES OF ROUTER BITSMARK V - MOUNTED OVERARM PIN ROUTER 555970TERMS TO KNOW OVERARM ROUTER ASSEMBLY TOOLS & SUPPLIES NEEDEDWHICH MOUNTING HOLES ? INSTALL THE DEPTH STOP RODBEFORE YOU BEGIN Figure 1. Normal Mounting PositionFigure 4. Install the router motor in the Overarm RE-INSTALLTHE MARK WORKTABLEINSTALL YOUR ROUTER MOTOR IN THE OVERARM Figure 2. Attaching the Overarm RouterModel Adequate Worktable Support is critical for the best resultsALIGNMENT AND ADJUSTMENT RE-POSITIONINGTHE DEPTH CONTROL HANDLEFigure 8. If required, use a 1/8 Allen wrench ADJUSTING THE BRASS GIBROUTER BIT TO GUIDE PIN ALIGNMENT to achieve proper Gib pressureUSING YOUR SHOPSMITH OVERARM PIN ROUTER SAFETY FIRSTOVERARM PIN ROUTING OPERATIONS Never rout without the Guard in place AN IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT ROUTER MOTOR SPEEDS ROUTER DUPLICATION USING SHOP-MADEFIXTURESTYPES OF FIXTURES Figure 11. A typical clamp-infixture and Figure 10. A typical screw-downfixturelower left - and the projects made with it the project made with itHOW TO MAKE SCREW-DOWNAND CLAMP-INFIXTURES AN OVERVIEW OF PIN ROUTING WITH FIXTURESWHY MAKE A GROOVED FIXTURE? until you’ve completed the first 1/8 deep pass HOW TO MAKE PROFILE FIXTURES HOW TO USE PIN ROUTING FIXTURES3A smaller plaque for tole painting or decoupage Routing over a pin with a clamp-infixture Figure 18. A typical clamp-infixtureFigure 20. Construction of a typical Routing against a pin using a profile fixtureFigure 19. Routing with a clamp-infixture profile fixtureFigure 21. A plaque with external Figure 22. Using a V-groovebit to cuta decorative surface feature in an decorative edging completed. We usedROUTING AGAINST A TABLE PIN when routing against a pin USING PILOTED BITS FOR DECORATIVE EDGINGFigure 23. Use the Pin Routing Table Insert External edges Internal edgesUSING NON-PILOTEDBITS FOR DECORATIVE EDGING MAKING RABBET CUTSSTRAIGHT-LINEROUTING CUTTING GROOVES AND DADOES Groovesby guiding it against the Overarm Router Fence DadoesFigure 31. Cutting a groove with the grain Figure 32. Cutting a dado acrossRepairing furniture and veneers Making stopped cuts using the FenceFigure 33. Making a stopped cut for amortise Figure 35. Rout a slot to remove the damaged area Figure 34. A damaged area on a cabinet doorFigure 36. Cut and sand a plug to fit CARING FOR YOUR SHOPSMITH OVERARM PIN ROUTER CLEANINGSTRUCTURAL JOINTS STORING YOUR OVERARM ROUTER RE-ALIGNINGAND RE-ADJUSTINGWAXING Do not wax or use solvents on plastic partsMAINTENANCE Solution TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDEProblem Possible CauseHow to Return Parts How to Order PartsCustomer Services All Rights Reserved 845556 Rev. A 6/05 2005 Shopsmith, IncDayton, OH