Thread: T-slot aluminium extrusion

Capral may have something along those lines.

6 John Vella Drive, Paget (Mackay), QLD 4740
Tel 61 7 4952 5611 Fax 61 7 4952 6955

14 Leda Drive, Burleigh (Gold Coast), QLD 4220
Tel 61 7 5535 8222 Fax 61 7 5576 5997

67 Parramatta Road, Slacks Creek, QLD 4127
Tel 61 7 3209 1222 Fax 61 7 3208 8729

2 Endeavour Drive, Kunda Park (Maroochydore), QLD 4556
Tel 61 7 5445 3022 Fax 61 7 5445 5264

61-65 Keane Street, Currajong (Townsville), QLD 4812
Tel 61 7 4775 2755 Fax 61 7 4779 0547

52 Zillmere Road, Zillmere, QLD 4034
Tel 61 7 3265 5355 Fax 61 7 3865 1383

Gordon.

Zymurgy,

I tried Capral at Kunda Park today without success.

Rocker

Rocker,

did you have a look at their sail track ?

Rocker,

I use the sailtrack from Capral and these are the specifications I measured for Woodchuck Canuck last week.

Outside width 22mm
Outside depth 9mm
Inside width 17mm
Inside depth 3mm
Opening gap 7.5mm
Thickness 2.5mm

The track is not predrilled, I use a small bit to drill through and then a larger bit to countersink the opening and use chipboard screws size #4 * 5/8" to attach the track.

The opening is perfect for 1/4" cupbolt bolts as the square section of the bolt is 6mm and the thickness of the head is 3mm. Most of the time they fit perfectly but sometimes a bit of judicious grinding with the bench grinder is necessary.

The cost of a 4 meter lenght is $ 10.95.

Hope this helps.


Peter.

I have used the same stuff Peter. From memory I think Alcoa produce it.

Zathras and sturdee,
Thanks; sounds as though the sail track is the go. But I am puzzled that Capral did not recognise this, I showed them a picture from the Lee Valley catalogue, and they said they had nothing like it. However I shall now have a look in a chandler's place for sail track.

Rocker,

They probably did not recognise it because the sailtrack is slightly rounded and the T-track from Lee Valley has square edges.

Peter.

Sturdee,

I mangaged to get sail-track from Capral, and find it is ideal for jigs that need T-slot tracks. Here is a picture of the sail-track with a stop from FasTTrak (US$20)

http://www.woodworkingfasttrak.com/

on an auxiliary fence on my SCMS.

Rocker

That track looks the same as the T-track from Capral.

Peter.

There was a thread on T track/ sal track source in Oz a while ago. The names Capral & Alcoa rings a bell

Sturdee,

I obviously didn't make myself clear. The sail-track WAS from Capral; the stop was from FasTTrak. I probably needed an extra comma.

Rocker

Please excuse my complete ignorance, but could I get a clearer description, (picture) of sail track, I think this is wot I'm after for an idea, ( funny wot some people need for this, most use their brain!) but don't know the name or nuffin'

Thanks
Outback.

Outback,

For details of the sailtrack see my post this thread of the 27/1/04 and for a picture see my post on my Bevel routing guide http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...&threadid=7210 .
The alum brackets in that post are made from that sailtrack.


Peter.

Sturdee, great utilisation of sail track - very impressive.

Outback, check out the dodgy close up below, you should at least be able to see the rounded ends from this shot: