Devildawg91 said:
Eric,
First off another great video, as always..
I'm a newbie trying to build these, so please let the bashing be easy... the question I have is setting the lr32 up for the front row of hole at 37mm wasn't bad but with the panels being 1000mm vice tru32. How do you get the second row at 196mm easily on a 400mm width panel. I drew a line and tried to get it that way, we'll see if that worked when I put them together. Any help would be appreciated, with the width of the rail I couldn't see an easy way to align it with the lr32 stops..
I gotta say I'm envious of your [eek] festool collection, Are you a carpenter/furniture maker by trade?
Thank for all your great in depth videos, I've watched them all.
Jason,
I'm going to assume that you are using the Pro 100 Series 350mm (14") full extension drawer slides, the same slides I used in the video, because depending on the slide you're using, the measurements could be different.
With the panel being 1000mm, a NON True32 number, you must pick the top or bottom edge to reference your end stops/guide rail stops. 16 up and out. To keep things easy for me, I always reference off the bottom of the cabinet when my side panels are not a True32 number. I like to use a piece of blue tape on the side panels to represent the TOP of the cabinet. This is a good visual aid for me, and helps remind me which end needs the end stop/guide rail stop to make contact with. This will ensure the holes will line up from side to side of the cabinet.
The first row of holes is aways centered 37mm from the front edge of the cabinet. Finding the back row of holes is easy.
Take the drawer slide you will be using. For this project the Pro 100 350mm slide. And you're going to use a 6.3 X 13mm Euro screw. So you need to find the center of the rear hole location that takes the Euro screw on the drawer slide. Measure from the center of the front hole location that takes a Euro screw to the center rear hole location that takes a Euro screw. That measurement is 224mm.
Remember, you're always finding the center of the hole locations.
So adding 224mm and 37mm gives us 261mm. 261mm is the center of the rear hole. Pull your tape off the front edge of the cabinet and make a pencil mark, use a good square and make a line about 100mm long or so. This line is going to help you center the router and set the edge stops/stop rods.
Set up the LR32 guide rail with the splinter guard facing towards the back of the cabinet. Have the end stop/guide rail stop up against the bottom of the side panel. Place the OF1010/OF1400 on to the rail,
plunge the router down and using the tip of the 5mm bit, line up the center of the bit with the pencil line you made at 261mm.
Then take a edge stop/stop rods and place it on the guide rail, that solid part of the rail, NOT the slotted part. And slide the pin over until it hits the front edge of the cabinet. Lock the knob down. Repeat this for the other edge stop/stop rod. You may want to make a mark at 261mm on the top of the cabinet. Once you set the edge stops/stop rods, having a 261mm line on the top and bottom of the panel you can slide the router up to the top and plunge the router down and check to make sure the bit is centered on the pencil line. This will tell you that your row of holes will run parallel with the front of the cabinets.
I can't give you a number to set the edge stop at because the pin is set beyond the scale on the edge stop/stop rods.
Whenever I'm using the LR32, I set the guide rail up so that the splinter guard is always facing the direction of the holes I want to drill out. So when I'm drilling the front row of holes at 37mm, the splinter guard faces the front. And when I'm drilling the holes for the back row of holes, the splinter guard faces the back of the cabinet. Since I pulled my center measurement off the front of the cabinet, I set the edge stops/ stop rods pins off the front of the cabinet.
Hope this helps you out.
Take care,
Eric
P.s. I'm just a hobbyist. [wink]
