Well - I gave up on the jointer that my son loaned me and just went to work
on things the old way. I used some scrap walnut that I had in the garage
forever, and proceeded to make every mistake in the book. As shown in the
pictures, it only has one coat of oil on it, and will receive a couple of
more. As well, I haven't cut down the stop screw that holds the guide in
place for the selected thickness of stock, yet. I will...

Not Leon or Karl quality work for sure, but this was an enjoyable project to
undertake. It felt good using my garage for something besides sheet metal
and paint work. It has been a loooooong time since I've used any of my
woodworking equipment for anything more than cutoffs or rough work.

But - it works, it's solid, and the pile of scrap walnut is a little bit
smaller.

Here's a link to pictures...

http://s1259.beta.photobucket.com/us...%20in%20Walnut

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-Mike-

On 2/11/2013 3:35 PM, Mike Marlow wrote:
Well - I gave up on the jointer that my son loaned me and just went to work
on things the old way. I used some scrap walnut that I had in the garage
forever, and proceeded to make every mistake in the book. As shown in the
pictures, it only has one coat of oil on it, and will receive a couple of
more. As well, I haven't cut down the stop screw that holds the guide in
place for the selected thickness of stock, yet. I will...

Not Leon or Karl quality work for sure, but this was an enjoyable project to
undertake. It felt good using my garage for something besides sheet metal
and paint work. It has been a loooooong time since I've used any of my
woodworking equipment for anything more than cutoffs or rough work.

But - it works, it's solid, and the pile of scrap walnut is a little bit
smaller.

Here's a link to pictures...

http://s1259.beta.photobucket.com/us...%20in%20Walnut



Man Mike, You should offer that up to Kreg as a special order
commemorative issue jig! The number 4 picture looks all kinds of wrong,
for some reason it looks like the blue insert and the walnut side is at
an angle. The other pictures look right. Optical illusion thing going
on there I am sure.

How do you plan to anchor it to the work surface?

Good job!

Leon wrote:


Man Mike, You should offer that up to Kreg as a special order
commemorative issue jig! The number 4 picture looks all kinds of
wrong, for some reason it looks like the blue insert and the walnut
side is at an angle. The other pictures look right. Optical
illusion thing going on there I am sure.

Yeah - must be. The insert fits into a routed dado, with a wrap around to
hold it from flopping forward - I guess just like the real Kreg jig does.
Must be a light thing going on.


How do you plan to anchor it to the work surface?

I have not drilled through holes to mount it to a larger board - may and may
not. One other thing that I had forgotten about is that I have to get the
right size washer to match up to one of my forsner bits, and then I'll let a
washer in and countersink the hole to accept a properly sized wood screw to
finish flush. Then - just clamp in down like the real Kreg does. I want to
use an oversize washer so if people who use it aren't real careful, they'll
have a big enough target to hit with a clamp face.


Good job!

Thank you, but either I remember my workmanship to have been better long
ago, or having been away from this kind of thing has taken a noticeable toll
on my skills. I'm fine with the wood having defects in it - it was not
selected stock. It was just some scrap that I had to fight my way around
the defects in to get useable pieces. I just didn't want to waste any of
it, so I used stock that maybe I shouldn't have. But - it's not a work of
art.


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-Mike-

Leon wrote:


Man Mike, You should offer that up to Kreg as a special order
commemorative issue jig! The number 4 picture looks all kinds of
wrong, for some reason it looks like the blue insert and the walnut
side is at an angle. The other pictures look right. Optical
illusion thing going on there I am sure.


I had to go back a couple of times to look at that picture to see what you
were seeing, and I finally did. I think that angled look is just because of
the way the back edge of the side is cut off in the picture. It certainly
does create the illusion that the front face is angled.

--

-Mike-

On 2/11/2013 4:14 PM, Mike Marlow wrote:
Leon wrote:


Man Mike, You should offer that up to Kreg as a special order
commemorative issue jig! The number 4 picture looks all kinds of
wrong, for some reason it looks like the blue insert and the walnut
side is at an angle. The other pictures look right. Optical
illusion thing going on there I am sure.

Yeah - must be. The insert fits into a routed dado, with a wrap around to
hold it from flopping forward - I guess just like the real Kreg jig does.
Must be a light thing going on.


How do you plan to anchor it to the work surface?

I have not drilled through holes to mount it to a larger board - may and may
not. One other thing that I had forgotten about is that I have to get the
right size washer to match up to one of my forsner bits, and then I'll let a
washer in and countersink the hole to accept a properly sized wood screw to
finish flush. Then - just clamp in down like the real Kreg does. I want to
use an oversize washer so if people who use it aren't real careful, they'll
have a big enough target to hit with a clamp face.


FWIW the Kreg base has 4 screw holes to attach it to a stationary
object. I use the Kreg washer head screws, 2 of them" to anchor it to
my work bench. I don't have it permanently attached to anything, I
screw it down each time I use it.

"Mike Marlow" wrote:
Well - I gave up on the jointer that my son loaned me and just went to work
on things the old way. I used some scrap walnut that I had in the garage
forever, and proceeded to make every mistake in the book. As shown in the
pictures, it only has one coat of oil on it, and will receive a couple of
more. As well, I haven't cut down the stop screw that holds the guide in
place for the selected thickness of stock, yet. I will...

Not Leon or Karl quality work for sure, but this was an enjoyable project to
undertake. It felt good using my garage for something besides sheet metal
and paint work. It has been a loooooong time since I've used any of my
woodworking equipment for anything more than cutoffs or rough work.

But - it works, it's solid, and the pile of scrap walnut is a little bit
smaller.

Here's a link to pictures...

http://s1259.beta.photobucket.com/us...%20in%20Walnut

Damn, Bubba, why dincha go ahead and use some curly maple/ebony trim while
you were at it?

Just kidding ... Looking good, and well done!

--
www.ewoodshop.com (Mobile)

Swingman wrote:
"Mike Marlow" wrote:
Well - I gave up on the jointer that my son loaned me and just went
to work on things the old way. I used some scrap walnut that I had
in the garage forever, and proceeded to make every mistake in the
book. As shown in the pictures, it only has one coat of oil on it,
and will receive a couple of more. As well, I haven't cut down the
stop screw that holds the guide in place for the selected thickness
of stock, yet. I will...

Not Leon or Karl quality work for sure, but this was an enjoyable
project to undertake. It felt good using my garage for something
besides sheet metal and paint work. It has been a loooooong time
since I've used any of my woodworking equipment for anything more
than cutoffs or rough work.

But - it works, it's solid, and the pile of scrap walnut is a little
bit smaller.

Here's a link to pictures...

http://s1259.beta.photobucket.com/us...%20in%20Walnut

Damn, Bubba, why dincha go ahead and use some curly maple/ebony trim
while you were at it?

'Cause I'm saving all my curly maple scraps to glue together to make a new
guitar! I only need about 20 more pounds of scrap...


Just kidding ... Looking good, and well done!

Thank you sir.

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-Mike-