Wolfcraft 6156, 6155 manual Push Shoe Clamp Plate, Jointing, Fence Insert

Using the Fence and Push Shoe for End Cutting

This operation is done WARNING without the safety shield

in place. Use extreme caution. Do not allow any body part to contact the router bit at any time. Doing so could lead to serious personal injury.

Unplug router while WARNING making adjustments.

Routing to make tongue and groove joints, tenons, and sliding dovetails requires that the workpiece edges and ends be true and smooth, with all sides at 90° angles to one another. Use scrap wood to test adjustments before making final cuts.

PUSH SHOE

CLAMP PLATE

1.Place correct insert into hole in table. See Figure 35.

2.Lock the jointing fence in the fully retracted position.

3.At the end of the board where the cut will occur, use a soft pencil to mark line #1. This indicates the depth of the cut (how much wood to be removed). Then mark another line #2, indicating the height of the tenon. See Figure 32, page 32.

4.Place your board so that it is snug against the push shoe and clamp plate, with its side against the face of the fence. Lines #1 and #2 should be near the bit; the end of the workpiece should be on the edge of the insert hole.

5.Making sure the clamp plate continues to hold the workpiece. Tighten the wing nut on the clamp rod.

JOINTING

CAUTION

Do not overtighten wing nut. Overtightening may

FENCE

INSERT

	ULL	ON
P		OFF
PUSH
RES		ET

Figure 35

cause binding in the push shoe's motion, which in turn may produce "steps" or other variations in the tenon.

NOTE: For deep work, make successive cuts until you reach the correct depth. To avoid overloading router, remove waste material as you go.

6.Move fence and board, and adjust the router, so the board contacts the outer edge of the router bit at line #1 and the cutting edge of the bit contacts line #2. Clamp down fence and secure router.

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