On Sun, 03 Jun 2012 12:59:11 -0500, Swingman wrote:

On 6/3/2012 12:29 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Sun, 03 Jun 2012 09:44:47 -0500, wrote:

Got some scrap plywood?

Take an hour and make some of these:

https://picasaweb.google.com/1113554...18946109089298

The more I see those, the more I know I need them.g Do you use
stability gussets on both flanges, or just the bottom?

I know I probably preach about them too much, but if there is another
"assist" in the shop that can be made from scraps at little or no cost,
and be so damn versatile in so many situations, I'd like to know about
it. Shirt pockets pale by comparison, once you get the idea.

I generally put just one 45 degree brace on both the top and bottom,
small enough to do the job but not get in the way of clamping.

OK. Cool.


About the most important thing you can is to take the time to make sure
that they are the same height, whichever side is up. I generally make
them precisely 6" high in both directions by sizing the web, and the
dadoes in the flanges the web sits, in correctly .. the "flanges" are
simply cut to the precise dimension you want. If you use the same
reference edge when cutting the dadoes, it makes no difference is the
web is perfectly centered on the flanges.

Time to try out my HF dado blade on the Ryobi...


Oh, I finally got a chance to try out my Makita plunge saw while
making barn doors last week. I absolutely love it! Now I see why you
and Leon gush over the Festool plunges.

I bought some 1/2 & 1/4 x 4 x 8 prefinished plywood for drawers this
past week, naturally on the only day it poured rain so I couldn't cut it
off the back of the truck as I usually do.

Prefinished ply?
http://www.boulterplywood.com/prefinished_plywood.htm Ouch! $129 for
3/4" red oak, and $149 for cherry? Huh, their drawer sides aren't too
bad, though.


Instead of wrestling a 4x8 sheet into position to cut on the table saw
in the limited space, I used the "iBeams" above, set up on top of the
table saw and outfeed table, and the plunge saw to rough cut the plywood.

Fast Easy Safe ...

Yeah, it's with panels that I'm going to find even more love of the
Makita plunge. I had one slip with mine the other day, about 3/16" on
a 4' crosscut on 3/8" CC ply. I guess I'll need to carefully brush
off the anti-slip pads before each use, not just tap and blow and
brush with my hand. Methinks I'll also need to get used to adjusting
the play between the saw frame and guide with a lighter touch.

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Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds
are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her
tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the
existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of
the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.
-- Thomas Jefferson