OFFSET-FRONT DRAWER
,_ WARNING: Unplug router from power supply
while assembling parts or making adjustments.
Failure to do so could result in accidental starting
of the router causing damage to the work surface
or possible serious personal injury.
An Offset-Front drawer, often called flush-Offset, is used
when the drawer front is the same height as the drawer
sides, but the drawer front is 1/8 in. longer than the width
of the drawer. Therefore, the drawer sides are recessed
1/16 in. into each side of the drawer front. See Figure 2.
Set-Up
The Set-Up for an Offset-Front drawer is done exactly the
same as a set-up for a flush front drawer or box, page 9,
with one exception. The exception being where the angle
brackets of the comb-shaped template are located on the
dovetail base. See Figure 8. The angle brackets of the
comb-shaped template go between spacers (G) and (H).
See Figure 24.
NOTE: This set-up is used for the drawer front only. The
drawer back is cut the same as a flush front drawer as
described on pages 9 and 10.
• Attach guide bushing with 7/16 in. pilot diameter to
router base (5/16 in. pilot diameter for 1/4 in. joints).
Insert the dovetail cutter bit through the guide bush-
ing and into chuck collet at least 3/4 in., then tighten
securely. See "Installing template guide bushing and
cutter", Page 7.
• Adjust the base on the router until the cutter extends
17/32 in. beyond the router subbase for 1/2 in. joints.
Adjust 7/16 in. beyond the router subbase for 1/4 in.
joints. See Figure 19.
17/32 in. FOR 7/16 in. FOR
1/2 in. JOINTS 1/4 in. JOINTS
DOVETAIL
CUTTER
SUBBASE
• Loosen the stop screws on your dovetail base and
place the 3 way stop on top and the 2 way stop on
the side in their proper position. See Figures 8 and 20.
Retighten stop screws securely.
3 WAYSTOP
STOP
Fig. 20
Mark the boards for the drawer or box on the inside with
identifying letters near the bottom edge. See Figure 21.
NOTE: The reverse side of the board will be the out-
side of the finished drawer or box. The outside of the
boards are always clamped towards the dovetail base
and all pieces are routed in an "inside-out" position.
The boards are then reversed to assemble.
NOTE: The material for front (B) and back (D) should
be the same size and should be cut to fit the open-
ing neatly. The side pieces (A and C) should also be
the same size. See the chart on page 8 for computing
proper sizes and recommended material thicknesses.
_ BACK(D)_
SIDE(A) "_/'_ _" _m---I
///_BOTTOM
_f GROOVE
FLUSHFRONT(B)
SIDE(C)
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Fig. 21
Fig. 19
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