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From watching Norm or The Wood Whisperer or many of the other TV wood butchers route perfect mortises with nothing more than an edge guide, I know that nothing more is really necessary. For them! I need all the help that I can get to make mortises that are straight and correctly sized. After completing a Moxon bench for my bench, it came to me that by adding a bit of tee track and a piece of HDPE to the Moxon bench I could make something that would make it harder for me to make mistakes. The tee track is used to secure the stops that limit the travel of the router along the length of the mortise. The HDPE prevents the edge guide from backing away from the fence. These elements may not prevent screw-ups, but they should make it harder.

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It is useful, tks for sharing. You can use the same T-track to index the router.
 

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That certainly does the trick. Very ingenious.
 

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Now that's just plain cool….thanks for sharing
 

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Thanks for sharing!!
 

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Now that is thinking.
Very Clever
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Thanks, I am going to have to steal tha idea.
 

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smart thinkin' Lincoln

effective solution…. yet much simpler than most of the elaborate contraptions out there.
 

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Do You have other vices on Your bench? The Moxon is a very nice vice! Am I correct in thinking that You have built the Moxon to stand on Your bench? It looks very clever way to accomplish a lot of different task, and special cuts. Good idea, Keep them Coming!
 

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Martino- I've had the Router Wizard for quite a while, but not used it a lot. One of the problems was the operator. If you plunge the bit is at the wrong time, it will push away from the fence (like any edge guide) and you get a wavy slot. Other than that, it is really a devise that allows a lot of precision on many different kinds of cuts. I think that with this setup I will use it a lot more.

Olddutchman- My new bench is a roubo with both a leg vise and a wagon vise. It was my present to myself for getting old. :) Yes, the Moxon is a unit that I clamp to the top of the roubo. The main bench is 34" tall. which is just right for hand planing. For sawing dove tails etc. I find that adding ~7-8" in height makes the work much more comfortable.
 
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