Larry Jaques wrote:
On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:29:13 -0600, the infamous Morris Dovey
scrawled the following:
Ok - there's a (rough draft) web page at
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/Projects/LapJointJig/
I can't help feeling that people are looking (insisting?) on a lot more
complexity than there really is.
The whole point of the jig is spelled out in the paragraph just above
Fig. 7 - but please start at the top and work your way down to that point.
If anyone gets lost, please let me know _where_ the page stopped making
sense.
Better. Need more info. Consider 3-D drawings for clarity, eh?
Eh? It's a 2-D problem with a 2-D solution. :-P
Now reference the friggin' fence or crosscut sled, please. It's
supposed to be at the bottom of the pic, right? (Your whole op is
done in mid-air as shown.) Maybe some elevation pics would help, too.
There's a lot of stuff in my shop that's "up in the air". Why should
this be any different?
Sample piece: 1", 9", or 48' x ? Rereading it, is the sample piece
supposed to be the width of the final joint?
Yup (I think you're catching on!)
You say "Rotate the jig 180 degrees." Oh, so piece 'C' is the entire
jig? OK. Maybe show the jig at the top of the page and then describe
how it's made and how it's used?
Right under Figure 5 I wrote: "Block C is your new lap joint jig."
C'mon, Larry, that's like starting a joke with the punch line - but just
for you, I'll shoot a picture and put it at the top of the page.
Reference to normal blade crosscut height and stock height is
confusing.
I don't talk good, too. Suggested wording?
Also, WTF is a "lap joint" to you? http://fwd4.me/4WP
I like diggerop's definition.
Show sample output from this jig on the page, please.
sigh Ok - I'll shoot the jig and the output _together_ and put /that/
at the top of the page.
Wait, is the area between the pink kerf/blade and the red kerf/blade
supposed to be a half-lap cutout? We're looking down onto the
tablesaw top from above, right?
That's the viewpoint for all of the drawings, yes.
P.S: I'm a guy who, usually, can take one look at a complex exploded
drawing and know both what the item does and easily figure out how to
build one for myself. Spatial relationships are no problem for me. I
can't seem to do that/figure those from any of your drawings, Morris.
I can (sorta) grasp where you're coming from - but with /this/ gizmo
there's nothing complex to explode and the only dimension that has any
significance at all is the width of the kerf.
sigh
Yeah, me too. I've zapped the small drawings of both lap and box joint
jigs. My intent was to show how simple they can be, but instead only
added to the general confusion. My apologies to all.
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/