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Jack Stein Jack Stein is offline
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Keith nuttle wrote:

But if one had scrap plywood about and a carriage bolt then one can
make one that is as good for pretty much nothing. Just stack ply to
the thickness you need, cut out a circle larger than the blade
diameter, glue the stack to a backer, saw the whole thing to whatever
shape you want, put a carriage bolt through the backer, bolt the
blades onto it, and optionally put a cover piece on.


Keith nuttle wrote:


I like all of the ideas, but was looking for something unique.


Adding to Johns comment, take a 1/2" Plywood and cut it 1-2" bigger than
your dado set, say 10"x10" Trace a circle in the middle the size of
your blades, tracing around the gullets of the blade so the saws will
snuggle in nicely. Next lay 3 chippers spread evenly over the 10x10 and
trace the chippers, some (most) of the tracing will overlap the circle.
Use a jig saw to cut out all the tracings so when finished the blades
and chippers will fit snuggly in there respective cut outs. Next, cut
out a 10x10 hunk of 1/4 Plywood for a backer and glue the two pieces
together.

Now lay in 3 chippers in the chipper slots, the middle chipper should be
the thin chipper, then put in one blade, then two chippers in the
outside chipper slots on top of the blade then the other blade on top of
those 2 chippers. This will keep the chippers from touching each other,

Cut another 10x10 1/4" ply for the lid, put a dowel pin in one corner
of the cover so it can rotate off the face and figure a way to lock it
in place, another pin perhaps.

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Jack
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