Axcaliber DTJ24, User Manual

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6. Setting the Dovetail Cutter
Fit the bearing guided cutter securely into the router
collet and then set the cutter depth, preferably using a
fine height adjuster, until the bottom face of the cutter
protrudes below the router base by 18mm (see Fig 7).
Allowing for the 8mm thickness of the template this
will give a nominal dovetail depth of between 9 and
10mm. The fitting of a packaging piece between the
timber and the template should not be necessary
provided that the cutter is set deep enough and the router is held firmly on the template during cutting
(see following comment).
The cutting depth is critical to the final fit of the joint,
with as little as 0.5mm change in depth making all the
difference. A number of trial cuts will probably be
necessary, with adjustments to the cutter depth being
made to achieve the best fit.
Fig 7
18mm