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an adjustable FenceThe last piece of the router table to make is the fence. You can see how it goes together in Figure 4. It's an L-shaped assembly consisting of a face and base. Four braces on the back square it up and provide an attachment point for a dust port. Fence Details. Before you glue everything together, there are few things to take care of. The first is a pair of centered notches to allow for the router bit. Second, near each end of both the base and face is a slot (Figures 4a and 4b). The slots in the base allow you to adjust the position of the fence. And those in the face allow you to attach an auxiliary fence that you can use for jointing (box below). Finally, a pair of To handle the widest range of tasks, workpiece, you can slide the router threaded inserts in the face allow you have several options for posi- plate out to position the bit. And you to attach a bit guard. tiorting the bit. The fence works finally, for routing even farther from Using the Fence. Now you're great for routing with profile bits, the edge, remove the fence and use ready to put the multi-tool to use. For cuts away from the edge of a the back of the table instead. A HOLE ANGLED 1CT TO V. . PR0V1DE HOSE CLE ARANCE tt& x 1" Fh WOODSCREWS DUST PORT x 3 - Vi Ply.) BASE x 14 -Vi Ply.) FACE V4--20 X r KNOB FACE [3 x 14 -V2 Ply.) BASE .032" x 1" -12" brass strip NOTE: for SOURCES OF BRASS. TURN TO PAGE 51 Jointing Fence Normally, I use a jointer to put a clean edge on a work-piece. But that just isn't safe to do with small parts. However, you can use the multi-tool (photo at right). The key is the long jointing fence you see below. It attaches to the main fence with studded knobs and washers. Brass strips in two different thicknesses provide a smooth surface for the workpiece and allow you to take thin cuts to get a perfectly square edge. ENPyiEW r Tppviw 32 ShopNotes No. 90 workpiece BRASS strips OF BIT FLUSH WITH SIDE OF FENCE GAP FENCE BRASS STRIP |
