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Working on a project the requires nice square ends on PVC pipe. Came up with this jig.

https://youtu.be/yfNmNg4DJBw
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jgrounds wrote:Working on a project the requires nice square ends on PVC pipe. Came up with this jig.

https://youtu.be/yfNmNg4DJBw
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfNmNg4DJBw[/youtube]
Is that a rotary tool?
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rpd wrote:
jgrounds wrote:Working on a project the requires nice square ends on PVC pipe. Came up with this jig.

https://youtu.be/yfNmNg4DJBw
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfNmNg4DJBw[/youtube]
Is that a rotary tool?
Trim router but a rotary tool would work too.
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I gotta ask .. why not use a 12" sanding disk and a miter gauge fence on your SS?
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BuckeyeDennis wrote:I gotta ask .. why not use a 12" sanding disk and a miter gauge fence on your SS?

Or a RAS.














Or a pvc pipe cutter.
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Or a large enough sliding miter saw. (12inch Dewalt)
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BuckeyeDennis wrote:I gotta ask .. why not use a 12" sanding disk and a miter gauge fence on your SS?
The safety grip has a capacity of 4 1/4 inches. The outside diameter of 4 inch PVC is 4 1/2 inches.

I do not have the luxury of owning any of the other machines mentioned but why bother, they would take all the fun out of making the jig :)
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jgrounds wrote:
BuckeyeDennis wrote:I gotta ask .. why not use a 12" sanding disk and a miter gauge fence on your SS?
The safety grip has a capacity of 4 1/4 inches. The outside diameter of 4 inch PVC is 4 1/2 inches.

I do not have the luxury of owning any of the other machines mentioned but why bother, they would take all the fun out of making the jig :)
Ahh.

I remove the clamp bar from the safety grip when using the miter gauge with tall items. And also when installing my rather tall shop-made miter extension, although I can put it back on after the extension is in place. Just one set screw to loosen, and the "Shopsmith tool kit" fits it. ;)
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jgrounds wrote:
BuckeyeDennis wrote:I gotta ask .. why not use a 12" sanding disk and a miter gauge fence on your SS?
The safety grip has a capacity of 4 1/4 inches. The outside diameter of 4 inch PVC is 4 1/2 inches.

I do not have the luxury of owning any of the other machines mentioned but why bother, they would take all the fun out of making the jig :)
It was fun that says it all!
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Yes, all alternative suggestions aside, it was informative to see original thinking and to have it shared!!!

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