This is her first tail piece. It looks centered. We won't know how it will fit until she changes the setup and cuts the pins.
Changing
from tails to pins is quite easy. She unloosens the two knobs that hold the template and
slides the template out.
She can then turn the template around so that the Rockler etched logo is
still up and the "Pins" title is towards her.
She tightens the template holding knobs making sure that the template is back against the stop and is slid left and against that bracket.
She can now insert the pin piece up until it is flush against the template and the left edge is aligned with the 7 X 10 board that she locked in place in the last step.
She
has installed the straight bit that came with the Rocker Through Dovetail kit. She uses
the same method of setting the router bit depth.
Beth is using two routers during this exercise, but one router can be used
with swapping of bits between cuts.
She makes the cut starting at the right side of one of the sockets. Her first cut is a very light right to left (arrow) "climb" cut just to take a small amount off the front edge. This will help to reduce tearout when she makes the actual cut.
With that done, she is psoitioned at the left side of the first guide and cuts in on that side until she is cutting the backer board. Then, she follows the finger forward on the right side.
With one pin cut, Beth can simply "ride" the finger around to the next pin space on the right and repeat the cutting action.
Beth has finished her cutting and has placed the router back on it base — out of harm's way. Before removing the board, she does a quick check to ensure that she has routed each of the pins.
The pins look good, but the only test that counts is the fitting with the tails.
