Project Information
If you look at my projects, you'll see most of my work lately has been on boxes. After building about 60 of my version of Andy's palm box, I am now working on mitered boxes in various styles. I already posted my new miter sled, now I just finished my sled for the splines. It is very similar to several I found here on Ljs.
I did throw in a bit of Purple Heart (for you a1jim) for the runners and the stop.
The rest is Baltic Birch plywood and some Ash scraps I had. Those of you familiar with my jigs know I tend to over-do everything. (Yeah, I know, that's an understatement) However, I did force myself to use a nail gun on part of this. Maybe there is hope for me after all! Many of my fancy jigs were built a couple of years ago, and the focus was only on building a jig for fun. Now it seems like the jigs I am building are needed now, so I don't go to extemes as much, yet I still want a nice look. Over the years, I have learned that it doesn't take much longer to build a jig out of baltic birch and hardwood that will last, than to use BC plywood, MDF, and scrap framing lumber--and yes, believe it or not, I used to do that all the time!
I think the build is pretty srtaight forward, but if you have any questions, feel free to ask.
By the way, I show a stop block clamped to the fence. That is simply to keep me from going to far with the cut, and cutting through the back piece of the sled-for safety. I also I don't have to worry about whether I have finished the cut since you can't actually see it. That is the only reason for the table saw fence being there.
Thanks for looking
Kent
I did throw in a bit of Purple Heart (for you a1jim) for the runners and the stop.
The rest is Baltic Birch plywood and some Ash scraps I had. Those of you familiar with my jigs know I tend to over-do everything. (Yeah, I know, that's an understatement) However, I did force myself to use a nail gun on part of this. Maybe there is hope for me after all! Many of my fancy jigs were built a couple of years ago, and the focus was only on building a jig for fun. Now it seems like the jigs I am building are needed now, so I don't go to extemes as much, yet I still want a nice look. Over the years, I have learned that it doesn't take much longer to build a jig out of baltic birch and hardwood that will last, than to use BC plywood, MDF, and scrap framing lumber--and yes, believe it or not, I used to do that all the time!
I think the build is pretty srtaight forward, but if you have any questions, feel free to ask.
By the way, I show a stop block clamped to the fence. That is simply to keep me from going to far with the cut, and cutting through the back piece of the sled-for safety. I also I don't have to worry about whether I have finished the cut since you can't actually see it. That is the only reason for the table saw fence being there.
Thanks for looking
Kent