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With its 2-to-1 movement and 2-in-1 templates, the PantoRouter™ makes faster, better-fitting mortises and ten-
ons than any other method. The templates are the key, capturing the guide bearing in their center slot to make
the mortise, and then guiding the guide bearing around the outside for foolproof tenons too. A tapered perime-
ter guide surface allows incredibly fine adjustments to tenon fit, for perfect results right off the machine.
The standard package includes an array of templates for various joint sizes and orientations, the Pro-Pack and
All-In Packages have even more, and all are available à la carte from our online store.
The genius of the system doesn’t stop at the templates. Setting up the template holder, fences and depth stop is
just as fast and easy. And once they are set, you can make stacks of joints in minutes, dead-accurate and dust-free
thanks to our patent dust-collection attachment.
Follow the process shown here, and you’ll make better joints than ever before, in a fraction of the time.
Matching mortise and tenons in minutes
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Choose your template.
The thickness of your mortise is
determined by the size of the router bit used to cut them.
By changing the bit and guide bearing, you can make the
corresponding tenon, so all that matters here is length
(the 2-to-1 pantograph ratio means joints are always half
the length of a given template). All templates have tabs
on the back that keep them aligned with the template
holder, and small nuts that slide into T-slots. The tem-
plates marked B-V and D-V have tabs on the back that
are perpendicular to the templae so they hold the tem-
plate in a vertical position.
Setup steps
Center the template side to side.
Insert a 6mm round
guide bearing shaft through the template and through the
center hole in the template holder. That’s all there is to it!
Your template is now centered.
Note: Older template holders don’t have the centering
hole so the following procedure is used to center the
template:
Insert the pointed centering jig in the router chuck. Then
insert the 6mm round guide bearing shaft into the hole
in the center of the template and move the template side
to side until the point of the centering jig is aligned with
the table’s centerline. Lock the template in that position
and it’s centered too. Older templates require the tapered
shaft for centering since their center hole is a bit smaller
than newer versions.
