Leigh D1600, User Manual

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C U T T E R S E L E C T I O N
User Guide
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Appendix II
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B
Cutter Selection for Half-Blind Dovetails
Both parts of a half-blind dovetail are cut with
the same dovetail cutter. The dovetail cutter’s
working depth of cut
B must be less than the
pinboard thickness
➀
for flush drawers by
at least
1
⁄
8
"[2mm], and slightly less than the
rabbet depth
➁
for rabbeted drawer fronts.
Minimum pin board (drawer front) thickness
is
1 ⁄
2
"[12mm].
Drawer side thickness ➂ does not affect cut-
ter selection.
Note:
B
is the nominal working depth for
half-blind dovetails, not the maximum depth.
B must not be varied, except for minor adjust-
ments for joint fit. See page 53.
Measure the drawer front thickness (minimum
1
⁄
2
"[12mm]) ➀ or rabbet depth (minimum
7
⁄
16
"[11,1mm])
➁
and select the cutter with
the appropriate depth of cut
B
from one of the
five cutters on the following pages.
Guidebush
All half-blind dovetails on the D1600 are routed
with a
7
⁄
16
" OD guidebush. See page 102.
Shank Selection
Note: If your router has an 8mm or larger collet,
we highly recommend you use our 8mm shank
cutters instead of
1
⁄
4
"[6,35mm] shanks. For
a 1 ⁄
2
"[12,7mm] collet you will require our
1
⁄
2
"[12,7mm] to 8mm collet reducer No. 172-8.
Note: This is a collet reducer
➃
, not a collet
➄
.
It does not replace the collet, it slides directly
into your
1 ⁄
2
" collet.
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5
Half-Blind Dovetails
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