Thread: Aluminium angle at Bunny's or M10?

Originally Posted by Lignin

Sorry for trying to be of help,Woodie.Won't make the same mistake again!!!

Lighten up Lignin Woody was only joking

Originally Posted by Lignin

Sorry for trying to be of help,Woodie.Won't make the same mistake again!!!

Come on Lig; I was trying to be funny and super-sarcastic! Hence the tongue-out and smile.

Originally Posted by snowyskiesau

I was at Bunnings today and the local store has a aluminium angle up to 40x40, 5mm thick.
Didn't have a protractor on me to measure the angle

Thanks. TBO spotted some 50 x 50 x 3 at Bunny's too.

Give your local Capral Aluminium outlet a ring. They will have a far greater range of sections than Bunnings and usually, they will be cheaper.

Ruddy

I must have been having a bad day.I've lightened up
BTW, Woodie, if you'd like a bit of my "Score", let me know.I've got plenty.

Originally Posted by Ruddy

Give your local Capral Aluminium outlet a ring. They will have a far greater range of sections than Bunnings and usually, they will be cheaper.

Ruddy

Capral are very good for range and $/m and I have bought a lot of stuff from them, but you often have to buy a 6m length so unless you have a use for the other 5 m ...........

Originally Posted by Lignin

I must have been having a bad day.I've lightened up
BTW, Woodie, if you'd like a bit of my "Score", let me know.I've got plenty.

No worries. As it turns out, I think I may have sorted out the issue. I'll post pictures when I've finished the fence.

I got two lengths (1200 and 800) of 100x100x5 aluminium angle from the local coolroom manufacturer. $85...

Perfect for the router table.

I settled on the 50 x 50 x 3 angle as it was the easiest for TBO to pick up.

I made up the fence and attached it to two UHMW sliders which slide nicely in the T-tracks. Two bolts keep it in line while two cam clamps tighten it in position.

The track along the top of the fence carries two flip-down stops and can also be used to carry a toggle clamp.

Looks really good WW.

Just an observation, when I made mine I had to relieve the back of the angle [to fit around the riser post] to give me extra room for a wider workpiece as well as relieving the centre of the vertical rise so that the chuck would not interfere with the fence when drilling something narrow or thin.

I can't seem to just add a pix from a previous thread of what i mean but have added a link to that thread which will show what I mean - esp post 2

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ad.php?t=38731

Hope it helps,
Bob

That's a nice fence there Bob and thanks for the tips. I beleive there will be a day when I need to set the fence back further than I can at present. When that day comes, I will releive the aluminium angle to fit around the column.

I've already drilled a small piece of aluminium and I simply set a piece of scrap MDF in front of the fence as a sub fence to gain clearance for the chuck. I don't really want to breach the track along the top of my fence.

Not a problem.

I would be reluctant to cut into the top track as well if I was using the same as yours.

Regards,
Bob