Parallel flattening with the router cart locked by clamping lever

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Insert the T-slot nut with M8 internal thread into the groove of the cross-frame profile. Insert the clamping lever M8 x 50mm into the hole of the middle hole above the cutter carriage wheels (above the groove of the profile of the cross frame) and screw it into the nut in the groove of the profile. Set the router carriage to the desired position and tighten the clamping lever. Push the cross frame in the longitudinal axis, direct the cutter into the workpiece, and guide the cross frame until the router carriage leaves the surface of the workpiece. To change the position of the router carriage in the transverse direction, loosen the clamping lever by 1/4 to 3/4 of a turn. When the clamping lever is ideally released, the carriage moves smoothly in the transverse direction without jamming. Move the cutter carriage to a distance equal to the diameter of the milling tool, tighten the locking lever, and continue milling the workpiece.

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If necessary, you can use the clamping levers on both sides of the cutter carriage. You can mill in both directions or only in the direction against the milling tool, depending on which method suits you with regard to the specific workpiece (type of wood, epoxy, etc.) If the router carriage is located above the workpiece, never change the direction of movement directly by 180°, but always first change the direction of movement by only 90° to the previous movement to change the inclination of the sealing brushes. You can then change the movement to the one you originally intended. The sealing brushes are hard and a sudden change of direction directly by 180° can lift the whole cart! When the router carriage is locked with a locking lever or locking jig, the router carriage must always first leave the workpiece surface before changing direction by 180°.

Parallel flattening with the router cart locked by clamping lever