You keep a light hand pressure on the cross slide wheel so the pattern follower rides the pattern . Much like the light hydraulic pressure works on a powered tracer. With the right feel you can keep the tolerance down to a few thousandths. Its harder to explain then use.
My guess here would be that the cut is from left to right moving away from the chuck. It is easier to keep constant pressure on the Cross slide moving down the slope.
For the Newbie. the reason for the Down Slope direction is that the cross slide is moving in not out. You can't manually hold the correct tension against the pattern moving the cross slide out.
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