INCRA IBOX - Manual (Page 9)

INCRA IBOX OWNER’S MANUAL
©2012 by Taylor Design Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
4. set Depth of Cut
Set a piece of the wood prepared for your box on the
stock ledge and raise your cutter to a depth of cut
that will cut just slightly through your stock thickness,
Fig. 18. This will produce pins that will protrude only
slightly through the adjacent board when assembled.
These slight protrusions can later be sanded flush. For
a decorative look, the blade can be raised an additional
1/16” to 1/8” and the resulting “through” pins can be
hand chamfered with a sanding block.
5. Position and secure Blade Guard
Re-position the blade guard so that the view cutouts
on the front and rear guards align. Sandwich your test
cut board between the front blade guard and the fence
then tighten the black thumb nuts to secure the guard,
Fig. 19. The blade guard also functions as a vertical
stock support, so apply light pressure to hold the
blade guard against the stock as you tighten the thumb
nuts.
6. Make a test Cut
Stand your test cut piece on end on the blade side
stock ledge between the fence and the blade guard
and slide it up to contact the pin plates. Use a small
wooden handscrew clamp as shown to clamp your
board to the fence as shown, Fig. 20. Plug in your
table saw or router table then make a test cut. Turn
off the motor after completing the cut.
7. Adjust Pin Plates to Fit test Cut
Loosen the Phillips screws that secure the pin plate
side stock ledge and either one of the thumbnuts
that holds the blade guard. Loosen the positioning
lock knob located on the top of the IBOX fence and
rotate the red knob to open or close the pin plates
until the test cut just made fits over the fingers on
the pin plates (Both pins should be inside the test
cut). You should feel a little friction when you raise
or lower the board but you don’t want it loose. You
can view the pin plates as they are adjusted through
the view cutout in the top of the blade guard, or you
can simply slide the blade guard to the stock ledge on
either side of the blade as shown, Fig. 21. tighten
the positioning lock knob and the fasteners
that secure the pin plate side stock ledge.
If moved, re-position the blade guard and
re-tighten the thumbnuts. This pin plate
adjustment automatically sets the required distance
between the pins and the blade, so no further
adjustments are required. Now let’s make our box!
Fig. 19 Position and secure Blade Guard
Deep notch in guard
should be aligned with
blade
Fig. 21 Adjust Pin Plates to Fit test Cut
4) Reset blade
guard and tighten
all fasteners
Board for test cut sandwiched
between fence and blade guard
2) Loosen locking knob
1) Loosen blade guard
and pin plate side stock
ledge fasteners
3) Turn red knob until
pin plates fit inside
test cut
Fig. 18 set Depth of Cut
Raise cutter to slightly
above stock thickness
Fig. 20 Make test Cut
Slide stock to contact pin
plates, tighten handscrew
clamp and make test cut
Place box side
on stock ledge
adjacent to blade
Blade side
stock ledge
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View cutouts on front and rear
guards aligned