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While making the Vintage Sleighs I needed a way to hold small pieces and to cut them safely.

So I made this jig.


Put a runner for the slot on the bottom.


Put the fence on at 90 deg. and use a block of wood clamped at the back to control the depth of cut.


In use cutting some frame blocks for the sleigh. The slots would be a 14 deg dado. I used the bandsaw and chisel.



It's made with Baltic birch ply. 1/2" thick.

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Great idea Karson. Must make one.
 

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Nice. I always like simple jigs like this.
 

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Thanks for the idea, Karson. Off to the shop!

Lew
 

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Nice, I was really wishing for something like this last time I was cutting table legs. I couldn't wrap my head around the drift problem with different blades though. That and I didn't want to stop work to do a jig. I like the idea though.
 

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Drift would be a problem. But I've only noticed it when doing long cuttings. I.e. resawing

My use for this table is small croscuts because I don't have a miter gauge and the slot is metric and a 3/4" guide rod won't fit.
 

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Another good one, Karson.
 

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This is a nice post, Karson. I saw the reference in your sleigh project and was wondering if you were going to post something on this.
 

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Favorited this one ….I'm sure I'll need something like this in the future…Thank you for sharing your great ideas with us : )
 

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Good job Karson.
 

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Thanks for the post Karson. This will help when having my youngsters working the bandsaw. I bought a 10" 1950's Homecraft brand new in the box last year for my boys.(Chuckle) I think I will incorporate some kind of handle they can grip while pushing. They love to help me but they don't realize the fear they strike in their father's heart. I try not to let on but I'm sure they get the message about the consequences. At 9 and 6 their ambition and excitement far out weighs any common sense. Thanks again for the post.
 

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I've not made any changes to this yet, but the new plans will have a piece that goes down at the back by me so the it will hit the table surface and not go any deeper. In this post I used a clamp and a block of wood. It's such a hassle to do that and I've actually cut all the way through the fence.

This was not what I had envisioned when I made it. it might be something as simple as a dowel that is drilled through the table surface and hits the front of the band saw table. I also want to make it wider to go all the way to the post so I have a longer clamping position for bigger pieces.
 
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