ASSEMBLING THE FEATHERBOARDS
(Figs. 18–20)
NOTE: The top/front side of each featherboard is
marked to indicate proper feed direction.
Fence Featherboard (Figs. 18 and 19)
1. Insert two 1/4-20 x 1
1
through the slotted holes in the featherboard (24).
See Fig. 18.
2. Slide a large washer (31) onto each carriage bolt and
thread a small clamping knob (22) three or four turns
onto each carriage bolt.
3. To install on the fence, slide a spacer (21) over the
head of each carriage bolt, aligning the tabs on the
spacer with the slot in the featherboard (Fig. 19).
Then slide the carriage bolt heads into the T-slot
on the top of the fence.
4. Secure the featherboard assembly by tightening the
knobs, making sure that the tabs on the spacer are
in the slot on the fence.
Tabletop Featherboard (Fig. 20)
NOTE: The featherboard slide plate assembly is
T-shaped for use in the miter channel and has round
indentations on the bottom for the carriage bolt heads.
1. Insert two 1/4-20 x 1
1
the holes in both the lower (25A) and upper (25B)
featherboard slide plate and the slotted holes in the
featherboard (24) as shown in Fig. 20.
2. Slide a large washer (31) onto each carriage bolt and
thread a small clamping knob (22) three or four turns
onto each carriage bolt.
3. To install the featherboard in the miter channel, insert
the featherboard slide plate into the miter channel.
Then slide the featherboard to the desired location
on the miter channel and tighten the clamping knobs.
Router Table Operation
" carriage bolts (40)
⁄
2
" carriage bolts (40) through
⁄
2
FIG. 18
40
21
24
FIG. 19
FIG. 20
25B
25A
24
31
22
22
31
24
40