shop notes thin strip ripper

I get shop notes too and saw that jig in there. I guess I’ll have to make me one too. Nice job. If I would have made one I wouldn’t have lost the tip of my finger….

-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -

On what issue # did appear?

Nice work by the way!!

-- The things I make may be for others, but how I make them is for me.

Nice jig, gotta make me one. I do love the chartreuse cabinet knobs! Gives it higher cool factor.

-- Karen - a little bit of stupid goes a long way

I will have to look and get the issue number for you. I really like the green knobs. I made it in only a few hours.

-- I was going for that distressed look

Love this, I was thinking about picking one up from Rockler. Now hmmmm… making one.

-- Have thy tools ready. God will find thee work.

good looking tool
well done
I like that you don´t have
to start a machine to make
thind strips
and now for my dum question how does it work

Dennis a newbee

It is a jig for your tablesaw, the jig mounts in the miter slot to the left of your saw blade, and back towards the forward/infeed side of the blade. you zero the jig on the blade tooth. Next set it for how thick or thin you want the strip. take your peice of wood and put it up against the bearing on the jig, then adjust the saw fence to the egde of the wood. All you have to do is turn on the saw and rip the strip, trun the saw off, place the peice of wood up against the bearing readadjust the saw fence, turn on the saw and rip the next strip. What you are doing is cutting the thin strip away from the fence instead of the other way around. Its much safer and you can repeat the cut over and over with ease. Itried to describe it as best I could, I hope I did ok.

-- I was going for that distressed look

Looks good!
I have one of these on my list of “things to do.”

-- Rick, Pa. Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

thank´s for the explanation I thought it was a handtool and just cuoldn´t see it for me

Dennis

its pretty handy

-- I was going for that distressed look

I have made this jig too but I don’t like the contuous adjustment of the table saw fence .. instead steve Maskery of workshop essentials came up with another thin strip ripping jig that seems better IMO where the saw fence needs no further adjustments.

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