New Product - "LittleRat - A Great New Machine"

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   I screw in the 4 machine screws, and the baseplate is firmly attached to the base.

I add the backstop button. This will prevent the router from going too far back and cutting into the aluminum.

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Next, I attach the two strips that will hold the router sliding base and will help me make dovetail joints.

   Now I am going to mount the router to the LittleRat sub-base. I use the router's sub-base to locate where I should drill the holes. The directions indicate where the router's center point should be.

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   Being careful that I am drilling from the top, I position the holes to my marks.
   With those holes drilled, I turn the piece over and countersink deep just enough so that the screw heads will not show.

   I only drilled three holes. I thought that the fourth one might interfere with that side's slide. Only two or three are required.

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   I now slide the router and its base onto the LittleRat base and adjust the slides so that the router can be moved back and forth with the least amount of "play."

   In the last installation, I had to remove part of the Plunger mechanism. With the extra depth, I now have plenty of room and add the bar back to the Plunger.
   What I want is for it to be adjusted so that I can use one hand a simply squeeze the two bars to plunge the router. That will leave my other hand free to turn the crank or any of the other things that can be done.

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   This is my installed, ready-to-use, LittleRat work station. I can see that I need to fasten the power cord so that it can be out of the way, but I am ready to make my first joint.
   I would love to jump right to the dovetail section, but will temper my excitement and work through the manual on the "basic" router operations.

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