Had some old scraps of flat iron laying round the workshop so decided to make a tenon jig.
This is based slightly on the Jet tenon jig. But also on the Matthias Wandel variant.
Had to buy some linear ball bearings which were £16 each and that was the greatest expense on this little project.
Will do bevels up to about 25 degrees though haven't added an angle function yet.
The range of travel is 80mm and has positive stops for fast repeatability.
The measuring device is digital calipers and works well. Which just clamps on easily and zero in at any given point.
I made an attempt to make the slides with wood but racking was a problem. So it was back to the drawing board. And the linear bearings seemed the best option which are running on 12mm stainless steel bar.
Wasn't sure how the linear bearings would work but the table moves very precisely and even.
This is based slightly on the Jet tenon jig. But also on the Matthias Wandel variant.
Had to buy some linear ball bearings which were £16 each and that was the greatest expense on this little project.
Will do bevels up to about 25 degrees though haven't added an angle function yet.
The range of travel is 80mm and has positive stops for fast repeatability.
The measuring device is digital calipers and works well. Which just clamps on easily and zero in at any given point.
I made an attempt to make the slides with wood but racking was a problem. So it was back to the drawing board. And the linear bearings seemed the best option which are running on 12mm stainless steel bar.
Wasn't sure how the linear bearings would work but the table moves very precisely and even.
