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MicroFence
ROUTER
EDGE GUIDE
>Thonks to its precision
odiustment mechonism
(lnset), the MicroFence
tokes the guesswork out
of routing perfectly-sized
dodo ioints, lt's shown
Above with o low-orofile
fence for routing dodoes
of exoct intervols.
Advonced Clqss: Inloys
Humor me for just a moment and think of your router
as a workhorse. In order to get anything out ofyour
workhorse, you're going to need a good bridle. So to
stretch this metaphor a little further, let me just say that
MicroFence makes one of the best router"bridles" going.
The Micrometer Edge Guide System (MicroFence
for short) is an incredibly precise, microadjustable router
fence that delivers repeatabiliry accuracy, and versatility
beyond conventional fences.
The version I evaluated is the MicroFence Total
Package. This package includes everything for precise
joint making and circle cutting in diameters from 6" to
24". It sells for about 9260, which is in the low end of
the $160 to $1,200 price range ofMicroFence packages.
The more inclusive packages contain accessories for
cutting ellipses, attachments that expand the circle-cutting
range from as small as 1" in diameter to as large as
48", and various other attachments too numerous to list
here. ffisit www.MicroFence.com to see the entire line.)
Straight Line Basics - One of the first places the
MicroFence proves its worth is in the relatively simple
operation of cutring rabbets and dadoes (Photos at W).At
some point, you ve probably noticed that a %"-thick sheet
When router work needs b be incredibly
precise, such os when routing grooves for
inloy work (Fig. IJ, the MicroFence's superfine
odiustment offers pinpoint occurocy.
The best occurocy is ochieved by using
o rouler bit thot's smoller thon he desired
width of the groove. After moking o first
poss with the undersized bit, use o diol
coliper to meosure the inside dimension of
the groove (Fig. 2). Then compore thot to
the width of the inloy moteriol (Fig. 3).
Subtrocl the width of the groove (.250 in
this exomple) from the width of the inloy
moteriol (.3301. The difference (.080) tells
you exoctly how for to odjusf the
MicroFence.
28 woRKlrENcH ft;uNr 2004