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Tracy will cut the tails in
both sides clamped together. She orients the boards so that the inside is facing her. To
do this, she has somersaulted the right hand board. Once you get to understand the
markings, all this becomes much clearer.
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She clamps the boards so
that the inside surfaces are toward her and the tops are even with the fixture.
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She has
cranked the boards so that they are directly under the bit. She now wants to depth the
dovetail bit. She starts by lowering the router until the dovetail bit just contacts the
tops of the sides (inset.) She locks the router height at this point.
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She places a
piece of the same stock in the depth stop and adjusts and locks the depth stop to this
thickness.
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She is
now ready to start the cuts. She pushes the router back, plunges and locks it and then
turns the crank until the Large Cursor is at the first line (arrow). She turns the router
on and pulls it towards her until it is cleanly through both pieces, then pushes it back
so that she can move the wood to the next position. [Note: her hand is on the plunge bar
only for the sake of this picture. For these cuts, she uses both router handles just as
she would use normally.]
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She has rotated the two
sides and has now cut both ends. She inspects the cuts and puts these aside so she can
start the matching pins for the ends.
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Tracy has unplugged the
router and removed the dovetail bit. She has selected the 10mm straight bit to cut the
pins.
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With the straight bit
installed, she removes the red screws and turns the slides around so that the angled side
is next to the router plate.
Tracy is holding the clear plastic "Little Cursor."
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The LittleRat tutorial
shows a bit more detail. It also gives great step-by-step instructions on how to adjust
the slide. Basically, you line the clear plastic with the midpoint of the slide and then
move the slide until the cursor is over the scale for the straight bit.
I know this isn't clear enough, but I leave that for the on-line tutorial.
Once this slide is set, Tracy locks the slide by tightening the red turnscrews.
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Both slides need to be set
in the same way. Tracy and I found that it is easier to set one slide exactly per the
instructions and then set the other slide using the adjustable square, having measured the
first slide. We have a good reason for doing this — that in a minute.
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