Porter-Cable 5043 - Manual (Page 11)

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APPLICATION: GROOVE GUIDE
The Magic Guide can be used as a Groove Guide to make grooves, slots,
dadoes, ploughs, gains, etc. Grooves are evenly spaced (see Fig. 12).
Practical applications might include grooves for shelving, slots for
records, sliding doors, mirrors or windows.
Make sure router is disconnected from power
supply while making adjustments and installing or removing bits
and cutters.
Adjustments:
1. If you have been using the Magic Guide as an Edge Guide, Edge
Plane or Radius Guide, remove the base plate (see plate at right of
Fig. 1) by removing the wing nut, flat washer and screw that attach it
to the top plate.
2. Attach groove guide bar (see bar at right of Fig. 1) to bottom front of
top plate with small flat head screw. When the bar is properly
positioned bosses on it will drop into locating holes in the plate (see
Figs. 13 and 14). For wider spaced grooves, the bar may be attached
to the other end of the plate (in last hole): in this position the locating
bosses will rest against the angled rear edges of the base plate.
3. Select and install the bit or cutter in your router.
4. Adjustments for distance between grooves are made the same as
outlined in steps 6 through 9 under ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE
EDGE GUIDE (see page 4).
Making the Cut: The first groove is made with the Edge Guide or the
Groove Bar used to locate the groove the desired distance from the edge
of the work. If the first groove is too far from the edge to use either of the
above, securely clamp a straight edge to the work and guide the router
base along it.
Limits: Grooves 1 /
2
" and wider can be made. Also, grooves a fraction of
an inch apart and up to over 11 inches apart can be made absolutely
parallel with ease.