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I was organizing my new workshop when I came across this jig that I had built a couple of years ago. It was too long, the tapering side bowed in when I used it and it would tip toward the blade during cuts, especially if the jig was riding over the miter slot.
I put the cleaning and organizing on hold for a little while and made some modifications. First, I cut almost 12” from the length. That made it much more manageable.
To solve the bowing tendency, I added a piece of aluminum channel I had kicking around. The channel is made for thinner stock so I cut a rabbet on both sides to accommodate. That worked great! No more bowing.
To cure the tipping tendency, I made a fence rider. The jig is very stable now and tapering is a snap.
A piece of angle would work just as well, but I used what I had and am very pleased with the results. I gave it a coat of my usual treatment for shop projects….Thompson’s Water Seal – Honey Gold.
-- How valuable is time to a person who spends his disparaging the beliefs of others? --David Berthelette www.pilotwoodworks.com
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Joe Lyddon
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#1 posted 133 days ago
COOL jig… New twist to an Old one…
Enter Aluminum T-track (with slight modification… LOL )
NICE!
Thank you!
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DaveTPilot
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#2 posted 132 days ago
LOL…thanks Joe! I really like the aluminum stock you can get a Lowe’s and HD. It is readily available, light weight, inexpensive, easy to machine and has countless shop applications.
I thought of scrapping this altogether and building a tapering sled. I like the way those hold the work piece for you but this was quick and easy for the limited amount of tappering that I do. Also, I like the way the work piece sits flat on the table, making full use of my zero clearance insert.
The “fence rider” solves the problem these jigs have of wandering or slipping toward the blade. A little trick I forgot to mention is that if you raise the blade a little higher than you normally would, using extra care not to remove any body parts…the downward force of the blade reduces the lifting tendency. It also gives a slightly smoother cut on the top of the piece. I plan to add some type of hold-down. Knocking some ideas around in my head.
-- How valuable is time to a person who spends his disparaging the beliefs of others? --David Berthelette www.pilotwoodworks.com
Ken90712
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#3 posted 132 days ago
Well done Dave, Always fun to find something inthe shop and Improve it as well. Nice work and should serve you well for a long time.
-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"
Tokolosi
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#4 posted 132 days ago
Nice jig.
That always happens to me too btw., I start cleaning my shop and then I find something. an unfinished project, cool looking off-cut or a tool that needs servicing. And then I get side tracked…
I really need to clean my shop.
-- “There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.” ~ JRR Tolkien
Amoc
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#5 posted 132 days ago
Nice, I will add that to my “When I have the time to-do list”.
-- Ken from Ft Hood, TX
Roger
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#6 posted 130 days ago
Nice one Dave
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