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for your stock. Finally, without moving the sliding bar,
reposition the cursor to a “full” inch mark on the front
scale. ” In our case, we used 3”.

Now switch to a dovetail bit. We used a 5/16” bit,
but you can use any size bit that generally matches the
thickness of the stock being used. (Avoid using a large
bit on thin stock as it will produce “stubby” sockets and
pins.) Depth the bit against the test stock and set your
router’s depth stop according to the thickness of the
end piece. Plunge the bit, turn on the router and make a
socket cut on the test board’s centerline,

Turn the router off but leave the bit in front of the
stock. Turn the hand crank to move the stock to the right
of the bit until you have a visually appealing tail width
between the bit and the center socket. Check the scale
and fine-tune the placement to an even mark. In our case,
we moved the stock 5/8” (or 20/32) to 3 20/32”. Write
down this new setting and make a second socket cut.

Then turn the handle so the bit is positioned the
same distance on the opposite side of your centerline
mark. In our case, 3” - 5/8” (or 20/32”) = 2 12/32”.
Because we’re placing our sockets the same distance
on either side of the 3” centerline setting, our spacing
will be even.
3” = Centerline
3” + 5/8” = 3 @)/32” 3” - 5/8” = 2 !@/32”
3” + 10/8” = 4 */32” 3” - 10/8 = 1 @$/32”
3” + 15/8 = 4 @*/32” 3” - 15/8 = 1 $/32”

To repeat this 5/8” spacing we continue to move
an additional 5/8” inch away on either side of the cen-
terline, writing down the settings as we go. If your last
socket is too narrow (and the corresponding pins), turn
your test board end-for-end and make your socket spac-
ing slightly smaller (1/16” less), but continue to use
your previous centerline setting.

When you’re satisfied with the spacing of the sock-
ets, clamp the two side pieces together in the machine,
orienting as you did previously (“A” and “C” ends to-
gether and carets pointing toward the sliding bar). 5/8” 5/8” 5/8” 5/8” 5/8” 5/8”
4 @*/32”
3 @)/32” C L 2 !@/32” 1 $/32”
Since you have the settings written down, you can 4 */32” 1 @$/32”
start with the lowest and progress through to the highest. To 3”
avoid confusion, just recopy the settings and put them in the
proper order. The rest of the process is exactly the same as
the previous example for cutting sockets and pins.
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