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Thread: Designing my own mortise Jig...
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30th January 2009, 12:27 AM #31Senior Member
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Rocker - I have built your jig and it's fantastic, I didn't have the time to make the micro adjustment or glue in some tape measures but I will definately have to at least fit the tape measures in very soon.
Here's the jig:
and here is my first set of M&T joints, it was a test run on scrap and good thing too because I set the tenons too close together:
I adjusted this on the actual job (the reason for the error is that I was going to make 3/8" slots but changed to 1/2" at the last minute and didn't adjust the fences):
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30th January 2009, 07:26 AM #32
Missionaryman,
Now that you have done the harder part of making my jig, I think you will find it well worthwhile to add the threaded-rod micro-adjustment and the measuring tapes for the stops, so as to turn it into a precision jig. As I said in a previous post, the dial gauge is not essential; you can achieve the same precision by measuring the distance between the fence block and the static block with a caliper. It would also pay you to glue a hardwood edging to the fence, since the MDF fence might become worn with use.
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30th January 2009, 10:21 AM #33Senior Member
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yes you're right I did have the intention of putting some hardwood edging on the fence which I shall do, I have to have a go at the micro adjustment but I cant tap that thread into the hardwood as I dont have any of the necessary gear, I'll see if there's another way I can do it.
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30th January 2009, 12:59 PM #34
If you don't have a drill press or tap for tapping the thread in the hardwood, you can probably get away with using a tee-nut, epoxied in place, instead.
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3rd July 2009, 01:38 AM #35Deceased
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I made a mortise jig almost as you described on the drawings and it works like a charm...
You can see the "how-to" here
https://www.woodworkforums.com/f44/rolling-mortise-jig-router-table-52213
And some actual work, here
https://www.woodworkforums.com/f44/rolling-mortise-jig-test-day-52979
Regards
niki
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7th July 2009, 12:18 PM #36Senior Member
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That's a great jig Niki - far better thought out & executed than mine was and of course the results are very good.
I saw a video somewhere on the net where for about $100 the guy attached a bosch cordless 10.8v screwdriver with some cogs he picked up from the scrapyard and made the lift motorised. I cant find it anywhere now though. you're basically 3/4 of the way there according to his design
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8th July 2009, 05:34 AM #37Deceased
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Oh yes, John Nixon..... you'll be surprised but he was a member here....
I remember that he was looking for a motor...
This guy is professional and too Hi-Tech for me...I'm a Lo-Tech guy...
Here is one of his posts with pics of his router lift..
https://www.woodworkforums.com/f20/motorized-router-lift-25783
Regards
niki
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