Leigh D1600, User Manual

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Remove the pin board and test the joint for fit.
If the joint is loose, as shown here, you need
to
lower the cutter by the same amount as the
gap at the bottom of the pins ➀ (when the
pins are pulled against the socket sides ➁ ). If
the joint is too tight, raise the cutter slightly.
Test again. You cannot rout the same board
twice with a dovetail cutter, so use two fresh
board ends for each test.
90o
1
2
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Keep the test tail board that fits well, and
mark it with the number of the cutter you
used to rout it. For quick set-up next time,
clamp this tail board in the jig as a
depth-of-
cut gauge
➀
to show how far to lower the
cutter. Better yet, measure the cutter projec-
tion from the end of the guidebush
➁
or
guidebush flange ➂ and record this for fast
set-ups in future.
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
104
3
2
1
0
.10
.20
.30
.40
.50
.60
.70
.80
.90
1/
64
"
.0
1"
60
0
4
8
12
16
20
24
28
32
36
40 44
48
52
56
1
3
2
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When you have the proper tightness of
fit, check the flushness. The tails should
be under flush to the pins by
no more than
1 ⁄
64
"[0,3mm] to allow for cleanup (exaggerated
here). Any concentricity errors in the collet
and guidebush on different routers will affect
this tolerance.
1/64[0,3mm]
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