jacko9 said:This all sounds like a whole lot of work just to avoid using a table saw which is (in my opinion) safer for ripping thin strips and a whole lot quicker.
Jack
Corwin said:Well, if you go to my thread at talkFestool you can get a sneak peek. You may even notice the inspiration I got from you. [tongue] [big grin] Enjoy. And you know I'm just pulling your chain, don't you? [cool]
Or, I could just post a sneak peek here:
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Tinker said:@ Corwin,
I seem to missing the point of my inspiration for your rather ingenious, yet very simple method. Perhaps it is the “simple” part where I have come in.
All kidding aside, you seem to have all bases covered, especially the missile protection. That stop method is basically the same method I am using at the end of my cuts when the off cut is very thin.
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Tinker said:@ Corwin,
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I like your idea of hinging the rail to a rabbeted piece of plywood that is lying loose against blocking (I am sure the blocking IS clamped down. I think that either the backside of the sheet with the piano hinge, or the front side of the backing should have some amount of bevel so the plywood does not shift forward as it rises to self adjust for the height of the guage blocking underneath the rail. Is the edge the piano hinge attached to beveled as well?
I am wondering why the space under he rail. I will just have to wait [popcorn]
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Peter Halle said:Corwin,
Sp g;lad to see you back posting! No matter what some posters say, I say after watching your video a couple of times: [thumbs up] [thumbs up] [thumbs up]
Peter
Holmz said:The Bosch rails have a clamp about 10-mm back from the splinter guard. I think is where a rail connector is at in your sketch.
So one can clamp pieces as narrow as about 10-mm, although I only have done ones around 1" wide.
The sketch above looks complicated.
Corwin said:... I have cut 50 or so strips in about an hour's time - keep in mind that I'm disabled and not as young as I once was, so you most likely will be much faster [wink].
I think I might be slower [unsure]. It is clearly fast when you have multiple parts.
Do you think there is any way to compete with that with a rail that requires clamping in place for each cut? NO
I just don't see that Bosch rail being all that great. But, that's just my opinion based from my experience. Your experience may vary.
Holmz said:...
I am not sure I will need to cut a lot of parts, but you jig is making me wonder how to apply it.
The more I look at it the more it's good.
Corwin said:Is my animated video not clear enough? I'm sorry. Sometimes it is difficult knowing how much I need to explain something to others, as I already understand, and maybe too often think that someone else is able to follow along. So, that may be my inability to communicate well enough. But, if you say it looks better with each look, by all means print up a copy to look at some more. Ha, ha, ha, now I'm just kidding. Anyway, I do hope you will understand once I present the final version that will continue on to show how to make the hinged version, how it operates and then add accessories; the 'Tinker' backstop [blink] and an example of how you could add scales to replace the use of spacers that are used in the earlier examples.
No one jig or method of operation is likely to suit all users. Some people have different needs, or conditions in which they work, or a variety of other reasons and considerations. So, I do take no offense if someone doesn't like my methods. That's fine with me. But it does bother me to learn that I cannot express myself in a way in which others can readily understand. This is then my failure. And here I thought this animation would be clear. Hmmm. I'll have to work on this. [sad]