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Circle cutting jig

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Circle cutting jig Circle cutting jig Circle cutting jig Click the pictures to enlarge them

I was inspired by the post yesterday talking about making our own jigs and fixtures. It brought to mind one of my first attempts. Just thought I would share it with anyone who is interested.

-- Brad,--"The way to eat an eliphant is one bite at a time"


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mot

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posted 407 days ago

What’s the minimum diameter you can cut with this? It looks like it would work great.

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Peter O

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posted 407 days ago

Very nice. I threw my trammel together pretty quickly – it doesn’t look nearly as nice as this!

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brad

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posted 407 days ago

Tom,
I made my mother in law a quilt rack (I’ll post pictures of it in my projects someday) It required a 12” diameter circle in each leg, and this was almost all i could do to make it work, so i guess the short answer is a 6” radius.

-- Brad,--"The way to eat an eliphant is one bite at a time"

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cckeele

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posted 407 days ago

Very well done. I bet you saved yourself plenty of money by making this one. Question though does it bind up at all when you run it at its full extension. Is there any vertical movement in it. Good Job

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brad

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posted 407 days ago

I must honestly say I’ve never used it at full extension . i made it this long in case i need it someday. as far as deflection goes, I figure it it does I’ll just use some double stick tape to put a piece of material midpoint.

-- Brad,--"The way to eat an eliphant is one bite at a time"

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TomFran

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posted 406 days ago

Great looking jig. Thanks for sharing your design with us!

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

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sandhill

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posted 401 days ago

I have been wanting to make one of thouse for my shop I like the design.

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teenagewoodworker

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posted 270 days ago

thats cool. the ones that i make aren’t nearly that good because i just make them quickly on the rare equations when i need a circle. i think i would try to make a nice one like that. great job.

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