Porter-Cable OMNIJIG 5116 User manual

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Instruction
manual OMNIJIG®
Dovetail Machines
ACCESSORY TEMPLETS:
~For ':"Hand Dovetails
/f)!„'LS 16" (PINS) Templet
11016" (TAILS) Templet
"i IS 24" (PINS) Templet
.'Mb-) 24 1(TAILS) Templet
MODELS 120 16" Templet
:20 24" Templet
•< !2' lb" Templet
'121 2-i" Templet
ikuS :>12? 16" lemplet
71 22 24' Templet
For, Half-Blind
Dovetails
For '.'" Tapered
Sliding Dovetails
For Vand *"
Adjustable Through
Dovetails
MODEL 5116 16" OMNIJIG* includes
5117 Va" Half-Blind
Dovetail Templet
MODEL 71 16 24" OMNIJIG® includes
7117 1/
2"Half-Blind
Dovetail Templet
S3
For Box Joints
MODELS si 23 16' Templet
712.3 24" Templet
fo iearn more about Porter-Cable
visit our website at:
http://www.porter-cable.com
PROFESSIONAL POWER TOOLS
IMPORTANT
Please make certain that the person who is
to use this equipment carefully reads and
understands these instructions before
starting operations.
The Model and Serial No. plate is located on the main
housing of the tool. Record these numbers in the
spaces below and retain for future reference.
Model No.
Type.
Serial No.
Part No. 888381-794

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
WARNING: When using electric tools, basic safety precautions should always be followed to reduce fhe risk of fire,
electric shock and personal injury, including the following:
READ AND FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTIONS.
There are certain applications for which this tool was designed. Porter-Cable strongly recommends that this tool NOT
De modified and/or used for any application other than for which it was designed. If you have any questions relative to
us application DO NOT use the tool until you have written" Porter-Cable and we have advised you.
Technical Service Manager
Porter-Cable Corporation
4825 Highway 45 North, P. O. Box 2468
Jackson, TN 38302-2468
1.KEEP WORK AREA CLEAN. Cluttered areas and benches invite injuries.
2. AVOID DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENT. Don't expose power tools to rain. Don't use power tools in damp or wet
locations. Keep area well lit. Avoid chemical: or corrosive environment. Do not use tool in presence of flammable liquids
Or CJ3S6S.
3. GUARD AGAINST ELECTRIC SHOCK. Prevent body contact with grounded surfaces. For example: pipes,
radiators, ranges, refrigerator enclosures.
4. KEEP CHILDREN AWAY. Do not let visitors contact tool or extension cord. All visitors should be kept awav from
work area. '
5;$7PRE ,DLE T00LS-Wnen not in use, tools should be stored in dry, and high or locked-up place -out of reach
of children.
6. DON'T FORCE TOOL. It will do the job better and safer at the rate for which it was intended.
7. USE RIGHT TOOL. Don't force small tool or attachment to do the job of aheavy duty tool Don't use tool for
purpose not intended -for example -do not use acircular saw for cutting tree limbs or logs.
8. DRESS PROPERLY. Do not wear loose clothing or jewelry. Loose clothing, draw strings and jewelry can be caught
in moving parts. Rubber gloves and non-skid footwear are recommended when working outdoors Wear protective hair
covering to contain long hair.
9. USE SAFETY GLASSES. Wear safety glasses or goggles while operating power tools. Also face or dust mask if
operation creates dust. All persons in the area where power tools are being operated should also wear safety qlasses
and face or dust mask.
10. DON'T ABUSE CORD. Never carry tool by cord or yank it to disconnect from receptacle. Keep cord from heat, oil,
and sharp edges. Have damaged or worn power cord and strain reliever replaced immediatelv DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
REPAIR POWER CORD.
11. SECURE WORK. Use clamps or avise to hold work. It's safer than using your hand and it frees both hands to
operate tool.
12. DON'T OVERREACH. Keep proper footing and balance at all times.
13. MAINTAIN TOOLS WITH CARE. Keep tools sharp and clean for better and safer performance. Follow instructions
for lubricating and changing accessories. Inspect tool cords periodically and if damaged, have repaired by authorized
service facility. Inspect extension cords periodically and replace if damaged. Have all worn, broken or lost parts
replaced immediately. Keep handles dry, clean and free from oil and grease.
14. DISCONNECT TOOLS when not in use, before servicing, and when changing accessories such as blades, bits, cutters, etc.
15. REMOVE ADJUSTING KEYS AND WRENCHES. Form habit of checking to see that keys and adjusting wrenches
are removed from the tool before turning it on.
16. AVOID UNINTENTIONAL STARTING. Do not carry aplugged-in tool with finger on switch. Be sure switch is off
when plugging in. Keep hands, body and clothing clear of blades, bits, cutters, etc. when plugging in the tool.
17. OUTDOOR USE EXTENSION CORDS. When tool is used outdoors, use only extension cords marked "Suitable
for use with outdoor appliances -store indoors when not in use."
18. STAY ALERT. Watch what you are doing. Use common sense. Do not operate tool when you are tired or while
under the influence of medication, alcohol or drugs.
19. CHECK DAMAGED PARTS. Before further use of the tool, aguard or other part that is damaged should be
carefully checked to determine that it will operate properly and perform its intended function. Check for alignment of
moving parts, binding of moving parts, breakage of parts, mounting, and any other conditions that may affect its
operation. Aguard or other part that is damaged should be properly repaired or replaced by an authorized service
center unless otherwise indicated elsewhere in this instruction manual. Have defective switches replaced by authorized
service center. Do not use tool if switch does not turn it on and off.
20. WEAR EAR PROTECTION to safeguard against possible hearing loss.
SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS

ADDITIONAL SAFETY RULES
1. SECURE WORK. Be sure OMNIJIG® and work is anchored securely to prevent movement.
2. BE SURE CORD SET IS FREE and will no hang up during routing operations.
KEEP HANDS CLEAR of cutter when motor is running to prevent personal injury.
MAINTAIN FIRM GRIP on router when starting motor to resist starting torque.
STAY ALERT and keep cutter free, clear of all foreign objects while motor is running.
BE SURE MOTOR HAS COMPLETELY STOPPED before removing router from OMNIJIG® and setting machine
down between operations.
7. NEVER REMOVE ROUTER MOTOR from router base while templet guide and dovetail bit are installed. Dovetail
bit may not fit through hole in templet guide.
8. TIGHTEN TEMPLET GUIDE LOCKNUT SECURELY.
9. READ AND FOLLOW ALL SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS in the instruction manual supplied with your router.
10. SOME WOOD CONTAINS PRESERVATIVES WHICH CAN BE TOXIC. Take extra care to prevent inhalation and
skin contact when working with these materials. Request, and follow, any safety information available from your
material supplier.
REPLACEMENT PARTS
When servicing use only identical replacement parts.
FOREWORD
Porter-Cable OMNIJIG® together with aPorter-Cable router, templet guides and router bits, can be used to produce
corner joints for drawers and boxes and sliding joints for shelves as illustrated below.
Half-Blind Dovetails
I
i
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Half-Blind Dovetails Vi>" Half-Blind Habbeted Dovetail
V4" Hand Dovetails Tapered Sliding Dovetails
Vfe" Box (Finger) Joint Adjustable Through Dovetails
Fig.1
The 5116 (16") OMNIJIG® can be used with stock up to 16" wide and 5
/i 6"to I" thick. The 7116 (24") OMNIJIG® can
be used with stock up to 24" wide and 5
/ie" to 1" thick.
3

PREPARING OMNIJIG®
The OMNIJIG® should be securely mounted to asturdy bench or stand to prevent movement during routing operation
Two clearance holes for 3
/8"dia. bolts are provided at each end of the base for this purpose.
Fig. 2illustrates the various parts of the OMNIJIG®.
The OMNIJIG® is completely assembled at the factory.
1.Base
2. Front Clamp
3. Top Clamp
4. Templet
5. Templet Brackets
6. Top Left Stop Bar
7. Front Left Stop Bar
8. Top Right Stop Bar
9. Front Right Stop Bar
10. Stop Bar Locking Screws (4)
11.Clamp Nuts (4)
12. Templet Securing Knobs (2)
13. Clamping Levers &Knobs
14. Spacers
15. Nuts
Fig. 2
ADJUSTING CLAMPS
Place boards to be dovetailed under clamps. Adjust clamps by turning clamp nuts, located under base, by hand to
loosen or tighten clamping action. NOTE: Pushing in on clamps allows clamp nuts to turn easily. Adjust clamp nuts at
both ends of clamp evenly to maintain uniform clamping pressure.
ADJUSTING TEMPLET LOCATION
Front to back positioning of the templets is accomplished by varying the number of spacers (Ref. #14, Fig. 2) between
the templet brackets and the rod nuts (Ref. #15, Fig. 2). The rod nuts can be turned to provide fine adjustment of
templet position.
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V2"HALF-BLIND DOVETAILS
Half-blind dovetails are mainly used for attaching drawer fronts to sides. ——1
Vs" Half-Blind Dovetails
ACCESSORIES REQUIRED:
Fig. 3
PREPARING OMNIJIG®
1.Adjust top clamp to secure thickness of material to be used for the drawer front.
2. Adjust front clamp to secure thickness of material to be used for drawer sides.
3. Loosen all stop bars and slide out of the way. Note these will be relocated and tightened later
PREPARING ROUTER
1.CAUTION: DISCONNECT ROUTER FROM POWER SOURCE.
2. Insert templet guide, (A) Fig. 4, in hole (B), in router sub-base (C).
3. Install templet guide locknut (D) on templet guide and firmly tighten to lock templet guide in sub-base
4. Insert dovetail bit, (A) Fig. 5, through templet guide into router collet.
5. Adjust router so dovetail bit projection (B) from bottom of router sub-base (C), is 1%2".
The router is now ready to cut V2" dovetail joints.
Fig. 4Fi9- 5

IDENTIFYING DRAWER PARTS
It is recommended that scrap lumber be used when making your first dovetail cut so all adjustments and fits can be
checked to ensure asatisfactory joint. Once the OMNIJIG® and router have been set up to rout asatisfactory dovetail
joint, any number of joints can be made.
1.Arrange the drawer front and side pieces as shown in Fig. 6.
NOTE: Ends of front and side pieces must be cut square with the length of the pieces to produce good
dovetail joints.
2. Mark the "outside", "inside" and "ends" of each piece as shown.
~Right Side
/of Drawer
\\/ (Pin Board)
J^/
"Left Side
of Drawer
(Pin Board)
'il Front of
"\ Drawer
i/ (Tail Board)
Fig. 6
CLAMPING DRAWER PARTS
1.Temporarily clamp the left side of drawer (pin board) "inside out" under front clamp extending approximately W
above top surface of jig.
1
/rWT ±
JP-a1
Fig. 7
2. Place drawer front (tail board) "inside up" under top clamp and butt against left side of drawer.
3. Place Vz" Half-Blind Dovetail templet on top of drawer front and position so that there is about W(see Fig. 8),
from the back edge of the templet slots to the edge of the drawer front at both ends of the templet and tighten knobs
to secure templet in place.
Fig. 8
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4. Position drawer front so that the left edge is 3
/ie" (see Fig. 8), past the left edge of the first templet slot and clamp
board in place.
5. Slide top stop bar (see Fig. 8), to the right to contact drawer front and lock in place.
6. Loosen front clamp and raise left side of drawer so that it touches bottom of templet 7
/ie" (see Fig. 9), from left edge
of top board and clamp in place.
Fig. 9
7Slide front left stop bar to the right to contact side of drawer and lock in place.
ROUTING DOVETAILS
1.Be sure router motor is "off" and plug into power source.
2. Set router squarely on finger templet to the right of drawer pieces.
3. Make sure bit is clear of work and will not strike machine base.
4. Start the motor and make the first cut along the entire outside edge of the finger templet from right to left, in the
direction of the arrow (A) Fig. 10. This will prevent chipping of the edge of the drawer piece when the router is moved
in and out of the templet.
5. Now, carefully move the router from left to right around the templet outline, in and out of the slots as shown by
arrow (B) Fig. 10.
Fig. 10

6- Next, examine the drawer pieces to make sure they have been cleanly routed. See Fig. 1
7Remove drawer pieces and fit together, matching dovetail (A) with slot (B), Fig. 11
.
Fig. 11
CAUTION: DISCONNECT ROUTER FROM POWER SOURCE BEFORE MAKING
ADJUSTMENTS TO ROUTER.
If joint is loose, slightly increase depth of cut. If joint is tight, slightly decrease depth of cut. The bit is raised or
lowered by adjusting the router motor in the router base with the motor "off".
8. After obtaining asnug dovetail, assemble parts and check the relation of the end of the drawer front to the side of
the left side of the drawer. If the drawer front overhangs side of drawer, decrease Wdimension in step 3under
CLAMPING DRAWER PARTS. If side of drawer overhangs front, increase 19
/32 "dimension.
9. Fig. 12 shows both the left and right corner of adrawer fitted together after they were both routed from the left end
of the templet. Note the location of partial pins on drawer sides.
10. If for appearance reasons the partial pins are desired to be in the same location of both sides of the drawer as
shown in Fig. 13, then rout the right end of the drawer front and right side of the drawer on the right end of the templet.
Adjust the right stop bars the same as those on the left (mirror image).
Partial Pin
(Tail Board)
Fig. 13
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1
/
4"HALF-BLIND DOVETAILS
Vi" Half-Bfind Dovetails are identical to WHalf-Blind Dovetails except they are obviously smaller.
Model 7120 (24")
Fig. 14
PREPARE OMNIJIG® THE SAME AS FOR Vi" HALF-BLIND DOVETAILS
Prepare router the same as for Vfe" half-blind dovetails except install 42054 templet guide, 43639 bit and adjust depth
of cut (B) Fig. 5, to
CLAMPING DRAWER PARTS AND ROUTING DOVETAILS
Follow the same instruction as specified for V2" half-blind dovetails except locate templet and fences as shown in Fig.
15.
_1„ s..i....
O'""o
Top
Stop Bar
Fig. 15
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1
/
2"AND 1
/4" HALF-BLIND RABBETED DOVETAILS
Arabbetted dovetail is when the front of drawer overlaps the sides of adrawer. Both Vfe" and Va" rabbeted dovetails may
be produced.
ACCESSORIES REQUIRED
The same accessories are required as those for V/ or Vhalf-blind dovetails,
depending on the size desired.
PREPARING OMNIJIG® AND ROUTER
The OMNIJIG® and Router are prepared the same as that for 1 />" and Whalf-
blind dovetails depending on size to be cut.
Fig. 16
PREPARING DRAWER FRONT
The drawer front should be %" longer and 3
A" wider than the drawer size required and have a%" x7
/k" deep rabbet cut
completely around the inside of the drawer front.
Fig. 17
CLAMPING DRAWER PARTS AND ROUTING DOVETAILS
Parts are clamped and routed much in the same manner as those for flush dovetails, except the location of the drawer
front on the OMNIJIG® must be adjusted to allow for the rabbet, and front and sides of drawer must be routed
separately.
CLAMPING DRAWER PARTS
1.Position drawer front "inside up" on top of jig maintaining dimensions to templet shown in Fig. 18.
Agauge block with a%" rabbet may be used to position drawer front as shown in Fig. 18A.
2. Locate drawer sides same as for flush dovetails.
ROUTING DOVETAILS
Dovetails are routed in the same manner as for flush dovetails except they are done individually.
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ft
,
r9
/ie" for V2" Dovetails
1%2" for Va" Dovetails
go
"for V2" Dovetails Both ends
for '/4' Dovetails of lemplet
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Fig. 18
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Fig. 18A

1/
2"HAND DOVETAILS (2" SPACING)
Spaced dovetails are used to produce widely spaced half-blind dovetails and exposed joinery in contemporary
woodwork as used in most dovetailing work prior to the use of multi-spindle dovetailing machines.
ACCESSORIES REQUIRED: Vi>" Hand Dovetails
VHand Dovetail Templets (2" Spacing)
5118 (16") PINS and
Models: 5119 (16") TAILS
Models: 7118 (24") PINS and
7119 (24") TAILS
V6" Dovetail Bit:
43640 High Speed Steel
or
43705 Carbide Tipped
42046 WTemplet Guide
42237 Lock Nut
Fig. 19
PREPARING OMNIJIG® AND ROUTER
The OMNIJIG® and Router are prepared the same as that for
to cut the pins and tails.
half-blind dovetails except separate templets are used
WIDTH OF MATERIAL
While 2" dovetails may be produced on any width of material from 21
/t" up to machine capacity (16" or 24"), there are
certain widths that are more ideal than others. These widths may be determined by the following formula:
2xNumber of Pins +Vfe =Ideal Width, Tolerance -+%"
For other widths, in order to have the dovetails centered, partial pins will be left on the pin board and must be cut off
before assembly, (see Fig. 21 B).
ROUTING TAIL BOARDS
1. Temporarily clamp pin board under front clamp extending approximately Wabove top surface of jig.
2. Place tail board "inside up" under top clamp and butt against pin board.
3. Place Tail Templet on top of tail board and position so that the distance from back edge of the templet slots equals
the thickness of the pin board plus W(see Fig. 20). This distance must be the same at both ends of the templet. Tighten
knobs to secure templet in place.
4. Center tail board with respect to the fingers so that dimensions, (A) Fig. 20, are equal and clamp board in place.
5. Slide top stop bar to the right to contact tail board and lock in place.
6. Loosen front clamp and remove pin board.
7. Rout tail board same as that for Whalf-blind dovetails. NOTE: When routing material that is other than "ideal
widths", do not cut the last partial dovetail. See Fig. 20.
CAUTION: Hold router firmly as you'll be cutting some material without the templet guide contacting
atemplet edge.
1

Templet
NOT CUT DOVETAIL
IDEAL WIDTH MATERIAL OTHER WIDTH MATERIAL
Fig. 20
8. To rout opposite end of tail board, loosen clamp and rotate tail board keeping "inside up", and locate again stop bar.
9. Position edge of tail board as previously done, clamp securely and rout.
ROUTING PIN BOARDS
1.Remove tail templet from OMNIJIG®.
2. Place ascrap piece of material that is the same thickness and approximately 1"wider than the tail board under
top clamp and locate front edge as though it was the tail board. This will serve as aback up board when cutting the
pins and reduce tear-out when routing.
3. Place Pin Templet on top of scrap piece, position so that front edge will overlap the pin board evenly for the full
length and secure in position.
4. Insert pin board under front clamp "inside out", butt against bottom of pin templet and center so that dimensions
(B), Fig. 21 Aor 21 B, are equal. Clamp securely in place.
5. Slide front left stop bar to the right to contact pin board and lock in place.
6. Rout pins.
NOTE: When routing material that is other than "ideal widths", partial pins will remain on left and right
ends of the pin board. See Fig. 21 B. These may be removed by moving the pin board to the right so
pins may be routed off, or they may be cut off with ahand saw or jig saw.
7. To rout opposite end of pin board, loosen clamp, rotate pin board, (keeping inside out) and locate against front left
stop bar, bottom of pin templet and route as above.
Pin Templet
IDEAL WIDTH MATERIAL OTHER WIDTH MATERIAL
Fig. 21A Fig. 21
B

NOTES:
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ADJUSTABLE THROUGH DOVETAILS
The through dovetail duplicates the hand cut version found on some antique furniture and boxes.
ACCESSORIES REQUIRED
Adjustable Through
Dovetail Templets
Model 5122 (16";
or
Model 7122 (24")
Adjustable Through Dovetails
3
/4" Dovetails
For Use with Stock Up to 13
/ie" Thick
'A' Dovetail Bit:
|43775 Carbide Tipped,
'/«" Shank
43774 Carbide Tipped,
14" Shank
s
/ie" Straight Bit:
43303 High Speed Steel
or
43300 Carbide Tipped
42046 Templet Guide
42237 Lock Nut
Fig. 22
VDovetails
For Use with Vi>" Thick Stock
CD
VDovetail Bit:
43640 High Speed Steel
43705 Carbide Tipped
VStraight Bit:
With H" O.D. Bearing
43328 Carbide Tipped
42046 VTemplet Guide
42237 Lock Nut
PREPARING OMNIJIG® FOR TAIL BOARD
1.Adjust top clamp bar to secure material that is at least 1A" thicker than boards to be dovetailed. This is required
so that cutters do not contact jig base as all boards to be dovetailed are located behind the front clamp.
2. Position thick and thin spacers on templet bracket rods as shown in Fig. 23, and adjust bracket and rod nuts Vie"
to Wout from front face of jig.
Fig. 23
3, Loosen front left stop bar and locate as shown in Fig. 24, for cutting female dovetails first (tails).
4. Adjust front clamp bar to secure material for tail board that is to be dovetailed.
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Fig. 24
CUTTING TAIL BOARD (Female Dovetail)
1.Place ascrap1piece of wood that is at least Wthicker and at least as wide as the boards to be dovetailed on top
of the jig under the top clamp.
2. Place Through Dovetail Templet on top of scrap piece of wood (step 1) locating brackets in space shown in
Fig. 23, and tighten knobs.
NOTE: Templet should seat on scrap piece of wood. If scrap is not very wide, slide it to the left and
right underneath the templet to make sure the templet is the same height along its entire length.
1t'f/'*/7"Ttf f '7/ / /
/SCRAP MATERIAL AT LEAST
VTHICKER THAN BOARDS
TO BE DOVETAILED 1
2
(2i 7Z 72to
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21 10 19
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Fig. 25
3. Place tail board (with outside facing jig) under front clamp, against left stop, and up against underside of templet.
Clamp in place.
Scrap
Material
Fig. 26
4. Loosen locking screws on templet forks and slide into desired location. Tighten locking screws securely. If T
shaped plastic caps on locking screws protrude above templet, they may be pried off and repositioned to eliminate
interference with router base.
NOTE: For your first dovetailing sample we suggest you use %" thick material, 71/t>" wide, 12" long.
Although the template forks may be located at any spacing, 3
/i6" and 2" are used for this example.
Locate first templet fork 3
/ie" from edge of board and locate other forks 2" center to center.

go
00
TTI I'l
n
Fig. 27
CAUTION: If forks are located 3" or more apart, be very careful when routing as there may not be
enough support for the router base, depending on the size of the router base.
NOTE: if your spacing
is such that you have
extra guide forks "in
the way", simply
loosen the screw on
one of the brackets
and slide it and the
"surplus" forks off, then
reattach the bracket. WIDE SPACING
Fig. 28
5. Assemble templet guide to router base and insert either the !£" or 3
A" dovetail bit through guide and into router
chuck, tighten securely.
6. Adjust depth of cut such that the dovetail cutter extends plus the thickness of the pin board from the router base.
NOTE: Wmay be added to depth of cut for sanding flush later.
Thickness
of Pin Board
plus V."
Fig. 29
7. Slide scrap piece of wood (step 1above) against tail board, to prevent tear-out when routing and clamp in place
8. Carefully rout tails by using the guide slots in each fork.
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Fig. 30
9. Remove the board from jig.
10. When making abox, rotate tail board as shown and rout tails on other end repeating preceding directions.
Two tail boards required per box.
Fig. 31
PREPARING OMNIJIG® FOR PIN BOARD
1. Reposition dovetail templet by locating brackets between the thin spacer and first black spacer.
2. Loosen left stop and slide stop bar to right so it extends 1/£>" and lock in place.
(3) Black Spacers Front Surface
of OMNIJIG®
Bracket
Rod Nuts
.
Thin Spacer-
Long Spacer -
Knobs
Locate through dovetail brackets here
for cutting MALE dovetails first (PINS)
Fig. 32
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1\
Frnnt 1pft iPi >\V. Lett Stop
Stop Bar v^T"^
J|o \
Fig. 33
3. Adjust front clamp bar to secure material for pin board if pin board is different thickness than tail board.
CUTTING PIN BOARD (Male Dovetail)
1.Place Through Dovetail Templet on top of same piece of scrap material used for tail board, making sure it is the
same height along its entire length and tighten knobs.
2. Place pin board (with outside facing clamp bar) under front clamp bar, against left stop bar and up against
underside of templet. Clamp in place.
NOTE: Do not change location of templet forks from that used for tail board.
3. Remove 3
A" dovetail bit from router and insert 5
/ie" dia. straight bit, or (if making Vfe" through dovetails) remove Vfe"
dovetail bit and template guide from router; install 9
/ie" dia. straight bit with ball bearing guide.
4. Adjust depth of cut so that it equals plus the thickness of the.tail board.
5. Slide scrap piece of wood (step 1above) against pin board to prevent tear-out when routing and clamp in place.
(Place uncut end of scrap piece against pin board).
6. Carefully rout pins by using space between forks.
Fig. 34
7. Remove pin board from jig.
8When making abox, rotate pin board as shown and rout pins on other end by repeating preceding directions
Two pin boards required per box.
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Fig. 35
INSPECTING FIT OF PIN AND TAIL BOARDS
1.If fit is too tight, turn bracket rod nuts clockwise (towards templet) to make pins smaller.
2. If fit is loose, turn bracket rod nuts counterclockwise (towards clamp) to make pins larger.
3. Cut new pin boards until desired fit is obtained.
Fig. 36
NOTES:
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1
/2" BOX (FINGER) JOINTS
As the name implies, box joints are used at the corners of boxes to be glued together eliminating the use of nails or
screws.
Vf>" Box (Finger) Joint
ACCESSORIES REQUIRED'
Fig. 37
PREPARING OMNIJIG®
1.Adjust top clamp to secure material that is at least VV thicker than boards to be joined. This is required so that
router bit does not contact jig base as all boards to be joined are located behind the front clamp.
2. Adjust front clamp to secure material that is to be joined. NOTE: Any material up to 13
/ie" thick can be joined
together with box joints.
3. Loosen left stop bar and slide to left. NOTE: This will be relocated later.
Fig. 38
CUTTING BOX JOINTS
1.Place apiece of scrap material that is at least Wthicker and at least as wide as the boards to be joined on top of
jig under clamp.
2. Place Box Templet on top of scrap and position so that there is about %" (Fig. 39) from back of templet slot to front
face of jig at both ends of templet and tighten knobs to secure templet in place.
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