Makita 2705 Owners Manual - Page 17
How to perform rabbeting - dado insert
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To install the dadao head set, proceed as follows. 1. Remove the blade guard assembly. 2. Remove the standard table insert. 3. Place riving knife/spreader into the dado position. 4. Install the dado head set according to manufacturer's instructions. 5. Place the table insert for dado cutting into the table. When dadoing, use featherboards. The diagram shown illustrates dimensions for making a typical featherboard. It should be made from a straight piece of wood that is free of knots or cracks. 600 mm (24") 200 mm (8") 1 1. Kerf should be about 6 mm (1/4") apart 130 mm (5") 115 mm 19 mm (3/4") (4-1/2") 006180 Featherboards are used to keep the workpiece in contact with the rip fence and table as shown, and to stop kickbacks. 1 1. C clamps 2. Facing board 3. Push stick 2 4. Featherboard • NEVER attempt bevel cuts when dadoing. • NEVER dado if there is vibration (flutter) or a strange noise. • Feed work slowly, especially when cutting deep or wide grooves or dados. If a deep cut is needed, make several passes through the workpiece rather than one deep, wide cut. Fast or abrupt feeds can be dangerous. • Use a push stick. When the dado head is hidden from view while cutting, your hands should never be on top of the stock. • A very dangerous throwback can result if the wood becomes stuck and you try to remove it by pulling toward you. Always stop the tool and wait for dado head to come to a complete stop. Then simply withdraw the wood. • Use extra caution when the guard assembly is removed for any non-through sawing operation such as dadoing, rabbeting or re-sawing. Adjust the riving knife/spreader and replace the guard assembly and side guards. How to perform rabbeting 1. Rabbet 2 2. Second cut 1 3. First cut 3 006182 4 3 To install featherboards, proceed as follows: 6. Turn the tool off and unplug it. 7. Add 8" high flat facing board to the rip fence, the full length of the rip fence. 8. Mount featherboards to the rip fence and table as shown, so that the leading edges of the featherboards will support the workpiece until the cut is completed, and the workpiece has been pushed completely past the cutter with a push stick. 9. Make sure featherboards are securely attached. WARNING: • Do not use dado headsets wider than 21mm (13/16") or dados greater than 6" in outmost diameter. • After dadoing, ALWAYS properly adjust the riving knife/spreader and replace the blade guard assembly and side guards for through cuts. 006183 1. Remove blade guard assembly and properly adjust the riving knife/spreader to the riving knife poisiton. 2. Attach auxiliary fence to rip fence for cuts that run the length of the stock. Facing should be as high as the workpiece is wide. Adjust fence and blade to desired dimensions. 3. First cut: Hold board flat on table as in ordinary ripping. 4. Second cut: Set workpiece on its edge. (Use featherboards, push stick, push block and so on, using precautions, safety rules and guidelines for ripping or related work.) 5. For end-type rabbeting, if the workpiece is less than 10-1/2" wide, rest the wood flat on the table against the miter gauge (with wood facing). The rip fence should not be used. 6. When moving from a rabbet cut operation to a through cut operation adjust the riving knife/spreader to the spreader position and install the guard assembly and side guards. 17