earlier, Dale Leavens, wrote: >Dale, the main part of the screw, the part with the threads, is too >big. The slots are about 1.5 inches long and about .25 inches thick.
>Hi John, > >Is it just the head too large or the entire screw too large? > >If you need to enlarge the hole all the way through I recommend getting a >fine round file and a little patient stroking. > >You could do it with a drill but fudging a slot that way isn't generally too >satisfying and can crack some of the more brittle plastics. > >If it is the recess for the head you need to enlarge only to partial depth >then either a forstner bit with depth set and advance very slowly with a >drill press assuming you have access to one or you could depth set a >suitably sized cutter in a plunge router with everything very securely fixed >in place might do. > >Partial depth retro cutting can be difficult. > >Hope this helps. > >Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada ><mailto:DLeavens%40puc.net>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Skype DaleLeavens >Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "John Schwery" <<mailto:jschwery%40runbox.com>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <<mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 2:46 PM >Subject: [BlindHandyMan] slots too small in router base plate > > >i bought a universal circle/edge guide for my router. The guide has > > a base plate make of hard plastic. The screws that go through this > > plate into my router are slightly large for the slots in the plate, > > by perhaps 1/32 of an inch. 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