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    Cope-Cutting Sled: Router-Table

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    Cope-Cutting Sled: Router-Table

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    CUTTING

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    Cope-Cutting Sled: Router-Table

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    ROUTER-TABLE

    COPE-
    CUTTING SLED
    Rout rail ends safely and precisely
    with this easy-to-make accessory.

    DP-00707 ©Copyright Meredith Corporation 2009


    A
    rock-solid
    support
    system
    helps you rout rail ¾" dowel 4¾" long
    ends that tightly fit
    mating stiles. The 7⁄64" pilot hole
    large base, dado, 1" deep, centered in bottom
    and hold-downs ¼" round-overs
    designed into this ¾"
    sled accomplish 1"
    just that, while the 7½"
    Sacrificial
    handle and dowel backer strip
    keep your hands ¾"
    safely away from No round-over
    the spinning bit. Toggle
    This sled shines clamp
    at production-
    oriented work— 1"
    1"
    cutting lots of rails 3¼"
    on a regular basis, BASE
    4"
    for example. Better
    yet, make both 3"
    for a perfect rout- 17"
    ing team.
    Build this sled by 4" dado #8 x 2" F.H.
    ¾" deep 1½" ¾" wood screw
    cutting the parts to 2" ¼"
    the sizes noted on
    the drawing. Make
    7 ½" 5⁄32" shank hole, countersunk
    several extra on bottom face
    sacrificial backer
    ¾" counterbore ½" deep with a
    strips. The backers 5⁄32" shank hole, centered inside and #8 x ¾" F.H. wood screw
    create zero-clear- countersunk on bottom face
    #8 x 1½" F.H. wood screw
    ance supports for
    cleaner cuts and
    can be easily
    replaced after
    becoming too
    chewed up.
    Glue two pieces of ½×7½×17" To cope the end of a rail using into the bit. Just after completing
    plywood together face-to-face for the sled, raise the bit ¼" higher the cut in the rail end where
    the base. Cut a ¾"-deep dado 4" than if you were cutting the rail shown in the photo, slide the
    wide in the 1"-thick base. Create directly on the router tabletop to sled and test piece backward.
    the handle and rout ¾" round- accommodate the height of the Doing this prevents destruction
    overs along the handle edges sled base. Use the toggle clamps of the sled’s trailing inside edge.
    except for the bottom. Screw to secure a scrap piece of stock Check the fit of the joint against
    the handle, dowel, and toggle the same thickness as your rails your previously routed stiles,
    clamps to the base, making sure firmly against the router-table and adjust the height of the
    the screwheads are countersunk fence and backer strip with the bit as necessary before cutting
    so they won’t rub against the toggle clamps. Turn on the router your rails.
    router top. and ease the sled and workpiece Project Design: Rod Cox, St. Paul, Iowa

    DP-00707

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