555970

MARK V – MOUNTED OVERARM PIN ROUTER

Bit dia. minus Guide Pin dia. = rabbet width

2

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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555970 specifications

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