Leigh D1600, User Manual

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8-22 Finished Joint Tightness
The tightness of the finished joint is determined in the
d
TD PINS mode. The farther out toward
the operator the finger assembly is set, the larger the pins will be ➀ . Moving the finger assembly
in will make the pins smaller
➁
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8-23 How the TD PIN Scales Work
The dimensions on the TD Pin scale
➀
indi-
cate the major width of the pin to be routed ➁ .
This matches the size of dovetail cutter just
used to rout the tails
➂ . The increment lines
on the scale
➃
have two important functions.
First, the lines are spaced so that moving the
finger assembly by one increment changes the
joint glue-line gap by just 0.005"[0,125mm].
Even better, a one quarter division movement
changes the fit by 0.00125"[0,03mm], a tiny
one and a quarter thousandth of an inch!
Second, once you achieve the desired joint
fit, simply record the setting using the illustra-
tions at the end of this chapter.
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