Thread: Leadscrew router Planing/Thicknessing jig

Originally Posted by scooter

Didn't yer see the other half it in the back of the shed, skew?

Paid full (staff) price for it too... Did score a $15 multifold ladder tho' a while back... ... another story.

Sprung! Thought better of me post and del'd it... but too late, eh? I was hoping to find the other half and negotiate a "used goods" deal... as I can see a similar setup growing into being in my shed too.

I already have a good thicknesser, but it can be a right chore with warped and cupped pieces. Lately, that seems to describe all the wood I find. [sigh]

Indoor timber is my dept at Cranbourne store, which includes the ladders...

Hmmm... mebbe you'll see me again sooner than you'd hope. Just as well for you I didn't know this 12 months ago... I've been buying a lot of stock from Crannie for use down at the Island (way too dear down there! :eek: ) and I'd have made your life a misery.

Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

Sprung! Thought better of me post and del'd it... but too late, eh? I was hoping to find the other half and negotiate a "used goods" deal... as I can see a similar setup growing into being in my shed too.

I already have a good thicknesser, but it can be a right chore with warped and cupped pieces. Lately, that seems to describe all the wood I find. [sigh]

Hmmm... mebbe you'll see me again sooner than you'd hope. Just as well for you I didn't know this 12 months ago... I've been buying a lot of stock from Crannie for use down at the Island (way too dear down there! :eek: ) and I'd have made your life a misery.

No worries, mate, come & say gday. As a Wesfarmers shareholder I like people buying stuff

I reckon my jig would tandem well with a thicknesser, as mentioned earlier in the thread it can be done on the router jig but truing up one face & running through the th. would be faster & simpler.

Yer can have the other half of the ladder for $30. Lemme know if interested.


Cheers..................Sean

Originally Posted by scooter

Ta Jake

Cliff, that's the profile. Here's a pic posted elsewhere on the forum


Cheers............Sean

That looks like my pic. The background is my office chair seat.

...snuck in when you weren't home, Baz




Bit of judicious cut & pasting, unattributed as I was being lazy


Cheers..............Sean

Brilliant Scooter.
I want one!

All the best
Wayne

Originally Posted by scooter

Gday all, & thanks again

Had a go at a rough sawn cypress board I had in the rack.

Was about 30 mm thick, 150mm wide & about 2ft 6" long, with a bit of a twist.

Planed one side with corners supported by wedges, then flipped over & thicknessed second side. Had to be very thorough about cleaning the sawdust off the bed before clamping down for the second side, any bits left under the workpiece would have affected the accuracy.

Measured the thickness on both edges of both ends with the digital verniers, there was a 0.2mm (fifth of a mm) difference in thicness between one edge & the other, not bad across 6" of board width I thought

Have found that the best finish comes from doing the final passes taking off about 5mm width of cut (still with the big tray cutter), and doing 2 passes - up & back, 1/2 turn, up & back, 1/2 turn, etc. First pass is like climb cutting, ie. the router pulls itself along, return pass is against the rotation but cleans up after the first. The depth of cut seems to make no difference (within reason ) to the finished surface quality, the final cut (shown below) on the cypress was about 2-3mm deep.

The clipped nails in the "dogs" are the go, they really hold the workpiece well.

Some more pics.


Cheers...............Sean

Cheers Wayne.................Sean

Nice grain!