Woodstock D2796 manual Trouble Shooting, Tear-Out, Excessive FIT, Incomplete FIT

TROUBLE SHOOTING

TEAR-OUT

When cutting across the grain of the wood, tear-out or splintering may occur when the router bit exits the workpiece. To prevent tear-out, you may scribe a line on the side piece with a sharp knife or awl at the same distance down that router bit will cut. Tear-out can be eliminated or reduced by backing up the workpiece with a scrap piece or simply using extra care when operating the router.

EXCESSIVE FIT

If the pins on the side piece fit too deeply in the tails of the front or back piece, the cut is too deep. See Figure

22.

Cause: The distance between the edge of the side piece and fence is set too wide.

Remedy: Adjust the fence forward by the same amount that the pins are exposed. Refer to the procedure described above for fence adjustment. See Figure 23.

Figure 23. Adjust fence towards template.

INCOMPLETE FIT

An incomplete fit occurs when the side piece protrudes from the end of the front or back piece. See Figure 24.

Cause: The distance between the edge of the side piece and fence is set too narrow.

Remedy: Adjust the fence toward the back of the jig by the same amount that the tails protrude out. See Figure

25.

OPERATIONS

Figure 22 shows excessive fit.

Figure 24 shows incomplete fit.

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