53).'4(%2/54%2
)-0/24!.4 "EFORE USING YOUR ROUTER CONSIDER THE KIND AND TOTAL AMOUNT OF
MATERIALTOBEREMOVED$EPENDINGONTHEMATERIALITMAYBENECESSARYTOMAKE
MORETHANONECUTTOAVOIDOVERLOADINGTHEMOTOR"EFOREBEGINNINGTHECUTON
THE ACTUAL WORKPIECE IT IS ADVISABLE TO MAKE A SAMPLE CUT ON A PIECE OF SCRAP
LUMBER 4HIS WILL SHOW EXACTLY HOW THE CUT WILL LOOK AS WELL AS ENABLE YOU TO
CHECKDIMENSIONS
!LWAYS BE SURE THE WORK IS RIGIDLY CLAMPED OR OTHERWISE
SECUREDBEFOREMAKINGACUT
)-0/24!.4 "EFORE USING YOUR ROUTER CONSIDER THE KIND AND TOTAL AMOUNT OF
MATERIALTOBEREMOVED$EPENDINGONTHEMATERIALITMAYBENECESSARYTOMAKE
MORETHANONECUTTOAVOIDOVERLOADINGTHEMOTOR"EFOREBEGINNINGTHECUTON
THE ACTUAL WORKPIECE IT IS ADVISABLE TO MAKE A SAMPLE CUT ON A PIECE OF SCRAP
LUMBER 4HIS WILL SHOW EXACTLY HOW THE CUT WILL LOOK AS WELL AS ENABLE YOU TO
CHECKDIMENSIONS
!LWAYSBESURETHEWORKISRIGIDLYCLAMPEDOROTHERWISESECUREDBEFOREMAKINGA
CUT
'ENERALLYSPEAKINGWHENWORKINGONABENCHTHEWORKPIECESHOULDBEHELDON
THEBENCHBYWOODCLAMPS7HENROUTINGEDGESTHEROUTERSHOULDBEHELDFIRMLY
DOWNANDAGAINSTTHEWORKBYBOTHHANDLES
3INCE THE CUTTER ROTATES CLOCKWISE WHEN VIEWING ROUTER FROM TOP THE ROUTER
SHOULDBEMOVEDFROMLEFTTORIGHTASYOUSTANDFACINGTHEWORKSEE&IG 7HEN
WORKING ON THE INSIDE OF A TEMPLET MOVE ROUTER IN CLOCKWISE DIRECTION 7HEN
WORKINGONTHEOUTSIDEOFATEMPLETMOVEROUTERINACOUNTERCLOCKWISEDIRECTION
! V O I D h # L I M B
# U T T I N G v C U T T I N G
IN DIRECTION OPPOSITE THAT SHOWN IN
&IG h#LIMB#UTTINGv INCREASES THE
CHANCEFORLOSSOFCONTROLRESULTINGIN
POSSIBLEPERSONALINJURY7HENh#LIMB
#UTTINGvISREQUIREDBACKINGAROUNDA
CORNER EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION TO
MAINTAINCONTROLOFROUTER
4HESPEEDANDDEPTHOFCUTWILLDEPEND
LARGELY ON THE TYPE OF MATERIAL BEING
WOREEPTHECUTTINGPRESSURECONSTANTBUTDONOTCROWDTHEROUTERSO
THE MOTOR SPEED SLOWS EXCESSIVELY )T MAY BE NECESSARY ON EXCEPTIONALLY HARD
WOODSORPROBLEMMATERIALSTOMAKEMORETHANONEPASSATVARIOUSSETTINGSTO
GETTHEDESIREDDEPTHOFCUT
7HENMAKINGCUTSONALLFOUREDGESOFTHEWORKPIECEITISADVISABLETOHAVETHE
FIRSTCUTONTHEENDOFTHEPIECEACROSSTHEGRAIN4HUSIFCHIPPINGOFWOODOCCURS
ATTHEENDOFACUTITWILLBEREMOVEDWHENMAKINGTHENEXTCUTPARALLELWITHTHE
GRAIN
4(%%$'%'5)$%
!NEDGEGUIDEISAVAILABLEASANACCESSORYTOAIDINROUTINGOPERATIONSSUCHAS
STRAIGHTEDGEPLANINGPARALLELGROOVINGDADOORSLOTTINGOPERATIONS
4OASSEMBLEINSERTGUIDERODS! INHOLESINBASE&IGANDSECUREWITHSCREWS
" 4HE GUIDE # IS ADJUSTED ON THE RODS AND SECURED IN DESIRED POSITION WITH
THUMBSCREWS$
&IG
