sauter MFS-3202 User manual

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Multi-milling template
MFS-3202
Instruction manual

1. Introduction
Congratulations on the purchase of a sautershop MFS-3202 template. This product
enables you to produce absolutely precise hole lines in the System 32 format in the
simplest and quickest way, to set pilot holes for drawer extensions and to drill dowel
connections.
Especially in furniture construction, all parts can be developed using the System 32
template. You can make the required holes in seconds.
2. Preparations:
-First prepare a flat work surface with sufficient space (depending on the
size of the workpiece). Ideally, a workbench should be provided where
the workpieces can be clamped horizontally as well as vertically.
Required accessories:
-- hand-guided router fitted with 17mm copy ring
-- at least 2 screw clamps, one-hand clamps or similar clamping
tools
-- Drill or router bit with the required diameter
3. Application examples:
The sautershop MFS-3202 milling template is useful in a variety of applications.
These include:
- Hole lines for shelves
- Extension of existing hole lines
- Holes for hinges / door fittings
- Cross hole rows for drawer runners
- Dowel holes up to 14mm diameter
- Parallel hole rows
- etc.

4. Procedures:
4.1Production of hole lines for shelves:
Variable shelf placement is a standard in furniture construction. To make this
possible, rows of holes are made at defined distances from the front or rear
edge of the inside of the cabinet. .
Procedure:
1. Put the template against the long side and set the distance.
For cabinets where doors are mounted, insert the supplied bolts in the 37
mm mark. (When using standard door hinges!)
Fig. 1 :
The 37mm distance mark is
suitable for making hole lines for
mounting standard hinges.
The distance to the upper or lower edge of the workpiece is variable. Symmetrical
alignments are often chosen in furniture construction, in which the center of the
workpiece forms the axis of symmetry width-ways. See also fig.2
Fig. 2: For existing doors where the
holes for the concealed hinges are
already drilled, the distance between
the fittings is decisive. The hole lines
must be adjusted accordingly. The
sautershop MFS-3202 offers a simple
measuring stop for adjusting the
distance of the first hole to the edge
of the workpiece. With this, the exact
distance can be set easily and
accurately using a standard link
scale. This scale indicates the
distance from the workpiece edge to
the center of the first hole.

Abb. 3:
The measuring stop is designed in
such a way that when using standard
ruler, there is sufficient visibility of the
workpiece. This allows the distance
to be read off easily and precisely.
2. Once the starting position has been found, the template is fixed to the
workpiece with a clamp at each end. Please make sure that the template
does not slip and that the stop pins are in contact with the workpiece.
3. Insert an appropriate 3 or 5mm hole cutter into the router equipped with a
17mm copy ring. To avoid inaccuracies when working, the sautershop
template has virtually no play between the guide tines of the template and
the copy ring.
4. Before starting you should guide the machine with the copy ring through
the stencil with the power off for a test. It is possible that the guide has
some play depending on the copy ring used. However, this is
unproblematic due to the centering effect of the circular end stop of each
tine.
Fig 4:
5. Now you can start cutting the hole line.
To use the template, use a
17mm copy ring. Choose the
drill diameter according to your
application. 5mm is the standard
for fittings and shelf holders.
Recently 3 mm drill holes have
become increasingly popular,
which can also be produced with
this template.
When cutting make sure that the router is always positioned correctly before
cutting the hole. You have the possibility to drill 27 holes in a row until the
template must be moved.

4.2 Extension of existing hole lines:
1. With the sautershop MFS-3202 template, you have the possibility of easily
extending 5mm hole lines.
2. To do this, place the template on the hole line and position it with a 5mm
bolt hole over an existing hole in the existing hole line.
3. Insert the 5mm bolt into the 5mm hole to fix the position of the existing hole
line.
Fig. 5
4. When the hole is fixed, the parallel alignment must be carried out. If the
existing row of holes has been created with a standard spacing, the
corresponding spacer bolts can also be used here as described above. If
the spacing is not in an existing stop dimension, the alignment must be
carried out by hand and using a meter scale. For this purpose, the distance
is first taken at the fixed point and adjusted at a remote point on the
template.
5. As can be seen in the picture above, this can also be done in parallel
alignment. You have countless possibilities to align the template to existing
drill holes.
6. After correct adjustment, the stencil must be fixed again with two screw
clamps.
7. Finally, the hole line is cut.
Using the existing 5mm
bolts, existing rows of holes
can be used as a starting
point for extending holes.
This makes it very easy to
create endless rows
regardless of how long the
material is!

4.3Drilling holes for drawer runners:
Drawer pull-outs, regardless of whether they are telescopic slides with
partial or full extension technology, are manufactured and delivered with
standardised drill holes.
The 32mm system can be found in all current systems. It is advisable to
first create a row of holes parallel to the front of the body.
1. Creation of a row of holes parallel to the front of the body. Proceed as
described in point 4.1. Pay attention to the required distances of the first
or last hole to the bottom or top panel.
2. To cutthe cross rows, rotate the stencil by 90 degrees. Use the two outer
5mm bolts to fix the template in the existing hole line
Fig. 6
The 5mm bolts give the stencil a
firm hold on the workpiece.
Nevertheless, the stencil must
always be firmly fixed to the
workpiece by means of clamps.
One-hand clamps are easy to
use and speed up the work
many times over.
3. If it is not yet clear which hole positions of the telescopic slides you
are using, it is recommended to drill a continuous cross row.
4. Repeat the procedure for each pull-out position.

4.4Creating a corpus connection with simple wooden dowels
1. Clamp the workpiece vertically.
2. Attach the mitre fence to the hole line template..
(the fence is available as an optional accessory)
It is fastened by means of three M6 hexagonal bolts and wing nuts.
There are 6 selectable standard distances to suit common material
thicknesses.

3. Fix the template to the workpiece
The templateis fastened to the workpiece by means of two
clamps from below.
Before final fixation the template must be aligned. The attachment
points on the row of tines serve this purpose. First select the front
edge of the workpiece (visible edge) as the stop position. .

4. Drill the row of holes on the front side. (we recommend a distance of
64 mm, every second tine)
This process is repeated on all front sides of the construction
shelves.
It is important that the stop sides are always the same at the end
drillings. For the surface drillings you must then use the
corresponding opposite stop side. (e.g. if stop end face left = stop
face right)

5. Drill the dowel holes
The surface drillings are also carried out with the fence attached.
In this way, the edge distance of the drill holes remains
identical.