LR32: Jigs, clamps and other ideas.

[Brice Burrell]

  OK everyone, some of you Domino "have nots" are probably tired of hearing about how great it is, some here is something else to read. 

Some of you may have read the LR32 How-To, http://festoolownersgroup.com/index.php?topic=514.0 Now that everyone has a better understanding of how to use the LR32 the way Festool intended, here are some modified uses.
This is my Jig, after reading Mirko's thread http://festoolownersgroup.com/index.php?topic=452.msg3918;topicseen#msg3918 a light bulb went off in my head and my jig was born, so thanks Mirko.

  The slowest part of using the LR32 is putting on the side stops placing the rail, clamping, then removing the side stops. I wanted a jig to speed all of this up. The next picture shows that I routed for the endstops to fit into the ends on the Jig.

I have this jig set for 37mm, to drill for hinge bases and shelf pins.

Here you can see I routed a cove in the edge to allow the piece to be pulled out easier.

  To use the jig, First clamp it down(the jig), then put the work piece in, index the TOP against the endstop.

This picture is taken from below the rail, shows the piece is "indexed". Now clamp the work piece with a clamping element. Drill the holes. Turn the work piece end for end and index it on the other endstop, drill. The greatest thing about this jig is how fast you can clamp the work down, here is a short video,
I made this jig in about 20 minits from scrap.

Next time: Multiples of 32mm.

 

[Les]

Brice,

Very nice and innovative. Thanks for sharing. 8) Another time saver.

 

[sroxberg]

Brice,

Very nice, it looks like it would work great. The LR32 is on my list of things to buy so this information will help.

 

[John Stevens]

Brice, that's great--a fast and secure way to clamp pieces that aren't multiples of 32mm!  Thanks much, can't wait to give it a try soon.

Regards,

John

 

[Mirko]

Hi Brice,
Good to see the progress your making with the jigs.

Mirko

 

[sroxberg]

Brice, that's great--a fast and secure way to clamp pieces that aren't multiples of 32mm!  Thanks much, can't wait to give it a try soon.

Regards,

John

John,

The "aren't multiples of 32mm" statement confuses me can you or someone explain what I'm missing? Why wouldn't it work with multiples of 32mm?

 

[John Stevens]

The "aren't multiples of 32mm" statement confuses me can you or someone explain what I'm missing?

My message could be read more than one way.  What I meant was that Brice's method was a great way of clamping a piece regardless of whether its length is a multiple of 32mm.  Sorry for the confusion.

Regards,

John

 

[Les]

  OK everyone, some of you Domino "have nots" are probably tired of hearing about how great it is, some here is something else to read. 

Some of you may have read the LR32 How-To, http://festoolownersgroup.com/index.php?topic=514.0 Now that everyone has a better understanding of how to use the LR32 the way Festool intended, here are some modified uses.
This is my Jig, after reading Mirko's thread http://festoolownersgroup.com/index.php?topic=452.msg3918;topicseen#msg3918 a light bulb went off in my head and my jig was born, so thanks Mirko.

  The slowest part of using the LR32 is putting on the side stops placing the rail, clamping, then removing the side stops. I wanted a jig to speed all of this up. The next picture shows that I routed for the endstops to fit into the ends on the Jig.

I have this jig set for 37mm, to drill for hinge bases and shelf pins.

Here you can see I routed a cove in the edge to allow the piece to be pulled out easier.

  To use the jig, First clamp it down(the jig), then put the work piece in, index the TOP against the endstop.

This picture is taken from below the rail, shows the piece is "indexed". Now clamp the work piece with a clamping element. Drill the holes. Turn the work piece end for end and index it on the other endstop, drill. The greatest thing about this jig is how fast you can clamp the work down, here is a short video,
I made this jig in about 20 minits from scrap.

Next time: Multiples of 32mm.

Brice,

Did I miss the Multiples of 32mm? ???

 

[Bob Marino]

Brice,

Very good!!

Bob

 

[Brice Burrell]

Brice,

Very good!!

Bob

Thanks Bob, I hope to have some time to finish this thread, maybe tommarrow.

 

[gkeas]

Thanks Bob, I hope to have some time to finish this thread, maybe tommarrow.

Bump. 

Is it tomorrow yet?

 

[Brice Burrell]

Thanks Bob, I hope to have some time to finish this thread, maybe tommarrow.

Bump. 

Is it tomorrow yet?

  Oh crap, I knew I forgot something! Back in April I shot a ton of pictures for this thread, some really great pics too. But, it seems I have lost them. I have too many irons in the fire to re shoot them now. I keep telling myself when work slows down a little I'll get back to some of this stuff, well you guessed it, work hasn't slowed. If I have some time today or tomorrow, I will try to post just so of the ideas I have for the rest of this thread.