Simple Fence for ripping small strips
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Matthew Schenker
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JJ,
As mhch mentioned, you can use Picasa to resize photos.
Another option is Irfanview, also free and very easy to use. If you just want to open photos and resize them, Irfanview might be your answer! To download Irfanview, CLICK HERE.
By the way, thank you for resizing! I appreciate when members try to keep their photos as small as possible, to save space on our server. That's a hint to everyone, by the way.
Matthew
As mhch mentioned, you can use Picasa to resize photos.
Another option is Irfanview, also free and very easy to use. If you just want to open photos and resize them, Irfanview might be your answer! To download Irfanview, CLICK HERE.
By the way, thank you for resizing! I appreciate when members try to keep their photos as small as possible, to save space on our server. That's a hint to everyone, by the way.
Matthew
I would like to thank dan for resizing these pictures it was a trmendous help. 
ok here goes- In the first picture you can see the three kreg tracks installed on the mft. If i had it to do over I would probably only put in two;
the second pictuure is with the fence on the table ;
the last is the top of the fence with the clamp and stop block. Also on the fence I drilled three holes by each clamp so that I can change the anchor point and make the rip capacity bigger or smaller, but to be honest I have not needed to do that.
hope this makes things a little clearer
JJ
ok here goes- In the first picture you can see the three kreg tracks installed on the mft. If i had it to do over I would probably only put in two;
the second pictuure is with the fence on the table ;
the last is the top of the fence with the clamp and stop block. Also on the fence I drilled three holes by each clamp so that I can change the anchor point and make the rip capacity bigger or smaller, but to be honest I have not needed to do that.
hope this makes things a little clearer
JJ
Dave Ronyak
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JJ,
Thanks for adding the photos. I also compliment you on your earlier written description which gave me the same mental picture as your recent photos.
What is your procedure for ensuring the rip fence is set parallel to the guide rail and at the exact distance you want the width of the ripped strips to be?
Why is your end stop pointed - to keep sawdust from building up?
Dave R.
Thanks for adding the photos. I also compliment you on your earlier written description which gave me the same mental picture as your recent photos.
What is your procedure for ensuring the rip fence is set parallel to the guide rail and at the exact distance you want the width of the ripped strips to be?
Why is your end stop pointed - to keep sawdust from building up?
Dave R.
Dave Ronyak said:
dave,
I usually set the fence differently but i think this would work better. First off, I keep the angle guide and bar away from the rail so that I can lay the rail flat on the mft top. Slide a thin ruler under the rail until the desired width of the cut piece plus the kerf of the saw is showing on the right of the zero clearance black strip on the rail and slide the fence up to it. I do this at the farthest part of the fence and at the closest. This should give good results.
As far as the stop being angled, I do this so that I don't have to keep different thicknesses of stops around. Essentially you can put the point of the stop block on the right edge of the rip piece and then the saw will clear the stop piece. I found that if you leave the stop piece square and thicker than the rip piece the saw will get stuck on it (I have the ts 75 and it slightly overhangs the rail). If you think about were the material is removed on the stop piece you can always clear the piece usually even with a chip guard on the right of the saw. I usually just cut it at 45 degrees.
I hope this helps,
JJ
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Simple, elegant -- I like.
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