Poor Guy Parallel Guide System by Thebesciak ;)

[Thebesciak]

Today, I had to much of spare time  [eek] (I hope my wife will not see that)  [cool]
I was looking around to get "any" Parallel guide system and I could't decide which one to pick, festool, seneca, .... DIY?

After reading many reviews - decided to go DIY,
whole material cost me no more than $35 so I decided to get a shot  [blink]

My system is based on Empire aluminum straight edge ruler some 1/8" thick aluminum stock and some hardware.
What I noticed that 5/16" bolts fit a track slot very well.

- Festool Track is wide about 7 1/4" so my guide starts exactly from 7 1/4" size.
- Fine tuning (till 1/32") is made by cutting locking block (last three photos).... - future adjust may not be needed, front of the lock is very well fit and rear block is solid also, - but who knows )

just please take a look ....
Greetz

 

[Steve-Rice]

Great job!  I like it.  When I finish my current furniture projects, I might give that a shot.

Thanks.

 

[fshanno]

How did you quality test the Empire rules when you bought them?

 

[Thebesciak]

I picked 2 from 8 from local HD...

I did a lot of tests yesterday and I am pretty happy with the results...

Also I did another guide for smaller cuts... stop block with subtracted blade thickness

I need to get another 2 knobs.

How did you quality test the Empire rules when you bought them?