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I just finished building the router pantograph designed by Matthias Wandel at Woodgears.ca. I purchased his plan with the intention of making use of the machine to be able to make signs to sell at craft fairs and the flea market. I was a little bit worried that I would have trouble with it because his drawings and plans are in metric. But I figured I’d pick up a metric tape measure and give it a try. You can see the result! It works very well, so well that I just bought another set of plans for his horizontal slot morti9cer and tenon jig. This man as far as I am concerned is a mechanical genius! He is able to make foolproof plans that I was able to build from and understand.
More pics here:


-- Ted, Browns Mills, NJ http://www.twhgrafx.com/blog/ Darn! I cut it 3 times and it's still too short! I get ideas for things that I can make to make things easier for me to make!
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fernandoindia
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#1 posted 779 days ago
Cool.
It´s an human brain steered CNC router, Lol
Great work you´ve done with Mathias plans. One year ago I purchased the horizontal mortiser plan. It is still in my todo list.
Congrats on your finishing it
-- Back home. Fernando
bvdon
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#2 posted 779 days ago
“This man as far as I am concerned is a mechanical genius!”
Ditto….
Great work following his plans.
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AttainableApex
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#3 posted 779 days ago
ya i want to build his finger joint jig so bad.
you know how many different setups for finger joint sizes i have. jesus.
-- Ben L
murch
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#4 posted 779 days ago
Ahh toys for the boys. I remember getting something like that for Christmas, years ago, when I was a kid.
It was the same basic idea, clamp at 1 end and holders for 2 pencils. You drew over a picture with one pencil and the other one copied it onto a sheet of paper.
Do we really ever grow up? lol
Strong looking project Tinnocker. Best of luck with the sign making.
-- A family man has photos in his wallet where his money used to be.
HawkDriver
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#5 posted 779 days ago
I just looked at his website. This thing just got moved to the top of my to-do list. How long did it take you to build?
-- Patrick, Helicopters don't fly. They beat the air into submission.
controlledturn
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#6 posted 779 days ago
Wow great to see you put this up! I just purchased the same plans this afternoon, so now if I can just get the dozen projects on the go finished I can get started on this one. ;)
Splinterman
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#7 posted 779 days ago
Great result…well done.
Jeffery Mullen
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#8 posted 779 days ago
Wow great job putting the jig together and making it work for you. I am making a sign for a customer, He wanted his business card blown up to a 12×12 ” size and painted and layered with glued on parts to the board to give the coffee sign a 3-D look to it . Any ways I am getting paid $ 50.00 for 8 hours of wood work and painting it. I don’t do signs much but when I do I make good side money from the jobs I take from people. best part about it no over head and mostly profit. I would Like to get a plan like yours down the road I believe I would use it. Dose the pattern cost allot ?? Later Lumber jock friend.
rivergirl
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#9 posted 779 days ago
Thomas Jefferson’s polygraph machine comes to mind. :)
-- Homer : "Oh, and how is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain."
jeepturner
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#10 posted 779 days ago
If you purchased the plans in Sketch Up then you can convert the plans to empirical using the options in Sketch Up. I will have to check those plans out, probably buy another one. :-)
-- Mel
MShort
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#11 posted 779 days ago
Great project. Thanks for posting the info.
-- Mike, Missouri --- “A positive life can not happen with a negative mind.” ---
gpastor
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#12 posted 779 days ago
Nice job, how long did it take you to build it? are you going to make the templets for the letters so it will be 3d.
I built his Pantorouter the plans made it so easy to build. Thanks for sharing
-- Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained by a righteous life. Proverbs 16:31
Napoleon
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#13 posted 779 days ago
You are right… that man is a genius,and you did a great job :)
-- Boatbuilder&blacksmith
Dennisgrosen
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#14 posted 779 days ago
great job with that pantograph :-)
hank´s for sharing it with us
take care
Dennis
Brit
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#15 posted 778 days ago
You did a fantastic job on that and the results speak for themselves.
-- Andy -- Old Chinese proverb say: If you think something can't be done, don't interrupt man who is doing it.
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