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    Default Finger joint sled

    Here's the almost finished finger joint sled I have been making. It's out by the tiniest amount, so will get some feeler gauges today to adjust, the fingers are not quit snug enough. I still have to assemble the adjusters. Test piece pictured also.

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    Made with reclaimed parts and off cuts, and even scribble on the timber from my daughter. The 4head spiral cutter however cost less than $10 from China.
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    Good to see you are not letting your thumb hold you up
    I made a sled a while ago and use the spiral bit I got from aldav and get a nice clean cut. I made mine to have interchangable face plates so I could cut different width fingers but now I have it dialed in for the 1/4" I don't really want to change it. Maybe I will one day. I put screw adjusters at each end so I could adjust the faceplate with them which makes dialing it in pretty easy so I'm sure when the right job comes along I will change to a different size.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Treecycle View Post
    Good to see you are not letting your thumb hold you up
    I made a sled a while ago and use the spiral bit I got from aldav and get a nice clean cut. I made mine to have interchangable face plates so I could cut different width fingers but now I have it dialed in for the 1/4" I don't really want to change it. Maybe I will one day. I put screw adjusters at each end so I could adjust the faceplate with them which makes dialing it in pretty easy so I'm sure when the right job comes along I will change to a different size.
    Yeah, it's painful but agreed, I'm getting on. I'm happy with the 1/4" at the moment, but I just have to check the cutter is totally perpendicular to the board as it seems slightly off but nothing that can't be adjusted. I have to put the adjuster posts up yet. And just bought a set of feeler gauges to micro adjust

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    A block of timber, a clamp and a set of feeler gauges later and adjusted by 1/4mm or 0.010" and she's apples.

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    Am happy about the result.

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