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Setting Jig for Your Material and Bit

  1. Locate or cut a narrow offcut from the material that will eventually be glued into the dado you are routing.

  2. Loosen the two 5/16" - 18 By 1" Tall Five-Star Knobs (9) and the two 1/4"-20 Knurled Knobs (11) so you can slide the Jig Base away from the Perfect Fit Fence.

  3. Fit the offcut piece in the stepped area formed by the fence of the Jib Base and the Perfect Fit Fence. Make sure to place the offcut on the step that corresponds to the diameter of the router bit you are using.

  4. With the offcut on the correct step, squeeze and hold the fence of the Jig Base and the Perfect Fit Fence together along the length of the offcut. The two fences should capture the offcut without plan but not so tightly that the piece is difficult to remove.

  5. Maintaining that hold, tighten the Tall Five-Star Knobs to temporarily lock in the setting.

  6. Slide the two Knurled Knobs toward the fence of the Jig Base as far as they will go. Hold them there and tighten them with the included Hex Wrench to fully lock them in this position. This establishes the Jib's open position.

  7. Lossen the two Tall Five-Star Knobs and memove the offcut from the jig.

  8. Slide the Jig Base toward the Perfect Fit Fence as far as it will go. Make sure the fit is tight and them tighten the two Tall Five-Star Knobs. This is the Jigs Closed position. The jib is now set for the first cut.

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