Thread: Mitre Fence for Slider

Awesome build mate! Would definitely love a good look at this at the GTG.

That is brilliant Derek!
Thanks for the post and all the pictures. It has inspired me for the Holzprofi I have...I'm drooling over your Felder.

By the way, have you come across the 'Fritz and Franz' jig for the slider? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0PyFjtSHrE

Very good Derek, I see you found a use for those measuring tapes.

That wasn't one of the ones you lost was it Chris

Very nice Derek.
Your making me look bad...lol
You make suggestions on how to make one and then you go and do it!....

My vigor to make one has been renewed....

Steve

Have you used it in anger yet Derek?
Interested to hear how it went.

Hi Steve

Not yet. I've been too involved with building stools. I shall be building some picture frames at some stage, and will let you know how it goes.

Regards from Perth

Derek

Looking at this again Derek why do you think you need the corner bracket with the wing nuts, to me it is surplus to requirements.

Hi Chris

It makes it easier to set up for a perfect 90 degrees by locking the fences together at their adjoining corner ...



The structural integrity comes from the clamps to the sides.

Regards from Perth

Derek

To me the four brackets would be man enough as there is no real force trying to separate the ends where you put the small sub corner piece for want of a better word. If the right angle brackets were to be put closer to the intersection the angle bracket is not needed.

Chris, the assembly must be absolutely spot on 90 degrees, otherwise the complementary angles do not add up to 90 degrees. I just found it easier to add the corner bracket as it created an extra set of hands when fitting the wooden corner block. If that is out a smidgeon, then precision is lost. I'm sure that someone else could assemble the fences with more dexterity than I have. Try it without - as I mentioned earlier, the brackets are not structural.

Regards from Perth

Derek

I wasn't trying to be critical just to understand your thinking on having them there. Did you just accept the 90 degrees cuts from the slider for the base or did you have to massage that with a hand plane? As you rightly point out the 90 degree angle is everything in the jig and just measuring it with a good square might not be as accurate as it could be. I would not be prepared to say my saw fence is set accurately enough to get the result I would want to see for those cuts but for all other purposes it would be spot on.

Hi Chris

I didn't take it as a criticism. No problem.

Regards the 90 degrees .... I set up the crosscut fence pretty precisely to saw the wooden section. I checked the result a few times. A foundation of accuracy is important .. but not enough.

The aluminium sides were added, and removed, several times as parts were made, fitted, re-fitted ... The wooden corner is deliberately a smidgeon undersize. It it was a smidgeon oversize, it would throw off the squareness. This was why it was so important to ensure that the two sides met exactly at the apex of the corner: a smidgeon past the corner, and the fence would nudge the corner piece too far.

The fences were finally added. The outer clamp has an enlarged bolt hole (the bolts are captured in M6 aluminium threads inserts). The enlarged hole offers a slight adjustability. Building this in is essential. All was absolutely spot-on when tightened down.

I did a few test runs. Amazingly it was dead on accurate from the outset.

Regards from Perth

Derek

Hi Derek, I have admired the quality of your work and ingenuity from afar (opposite side of oz) and this is another great job.
You alluded to details of the build being available, I would be grateful for these, either via a post, or PM