John said:

On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 01:55:11 -0500, Greg wrote:

Well, I finally got around to upgrading and replacing various tablesaw
sleds and jigs to fit the new saw. And in addition to the mandatory
crosscut box, I designed an add-on for cutting small wedge segments
for turned vessels.
(snip)

Outstanding, simple idea, Greg - KISS is always the best policy, right
enough. My late Dad used to say an hour making a jig is never wasted.
I can never understand workshops that don't even have a crosscut box.
Thanks for the pictures - one picture worth 1000 words and all that...

I hope it's of some use to someone out there...

I had something similar of my own (probably still have if I can find
it - that kind of workshop) - made for my router table rather than the
saw. But rather than two 'feet' to align it with, I put in a couple
of brass woodscrews - half a turn either way trimmed up the angle.
Kept meaning to replace the woodscrews with threaded inserts, but of
course never ever got around to it.

As mentioned in the post, I considered using a setscrew for
fine-tuning, but it just wasn't worth the effort. I also considered
putting a wire strap hooked to the saw fence to eliminate the
possibility of chopping completely through the jig fence, but, again,
it wasn't worth the effort. You just have to remember NOT to shove it
completely through the saw.

That is one thing that struck me about the jigs I had seen on the
Internet - they all used narrow.stock for the jig 'fence' - and after
it gets chopped through a few time with a saw blade, they are weakened
and would be subject to flexing.

On the topic of jigs, can anyone point me towards plans for shop-made
hold-down toggle clamps - wooden ones would do? I've made and used
various screw-down devices, with wing-nuts, etc, but toggle clamps are
just that much more convenient for jigs. Larger ones are expensive
enough here in the UK to have me moving them from one jig to another -
bit of a nuisance.

Can't really help you there, but the metal hold-down clamps I used on
this were only $4 US each. Got them at Highland Hardware.
http://www.tools-for-woodworking.com...OD&ProdID=2788

They are Taiwanese in origin.
But now I notice the price has increased to $6 US each.


Greg G.