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13th April 2008, 07:17 PM #1
A mitre jig for the crosscut sled
This weekend’s little task was to make a jig to make mitre cuts using the WC 2000 (given that the “protractor” just doesn’t hack it in terms of accuracy).
My idea was to build something that could be added to the rear fence of the crosscut sled. The fence has T-track the full width so it is pretty easy to fix a jig to it.
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The jig itself consists of two hinged arms in blockboard. The inside faces of the arms each have a length of T-track inset.
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The adjusting mechanism consists of a hinge at each end which runs, and can be locked, in the T-track. The two hinges are joined by a standard 6mm turnbuckle - I welded the eyes of the turnbuckle to the hinges and also welded Ttrack bolts to the hinges for one of the guides to run in the T-track.
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The gross adjustments can be made by moving the hinge plated back and forward in the T-tracks and the turnbuckle can then be used for finer adjustment.
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Also the jig can move a bit from left to right and back – this means that in this case when the angle is increased or decreased, the jig can be moved back or forward on the track so that the piece being cut is supported right up to the blade, but no further.Cheers
Jeremy
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