home made cross cut stop
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2017 2:20 pm
Just a simple afternoon project
I saw the SS "Cross Cutter" 556466 ($39.95) recently e-mailed to me. I already had some sliding T-nuts, so thought I would make a similar one. Earlier I had made a simple cross cutting stop - just a small block of oak w' a T-nut, so having another one with more adjustment looked like a good idea. Hardware cost, other than the T-nut, was about $5, including several sizes of bolts. I used steel (not brass) threaded inserts in the oak block. The thread is 1/4" dia - 20 threads / inch, so it is coarser than the SS version, mostly because I couldn't find fine thread inserts in the local hardware stores. However 1/8 turn = .00625", which is comparable to the 1/128 = .0078125" for a quarter turn of the SS version. The bolts are flat head furniture fasteners that are tightened with the SS allen wrench and a wrench for the nut. They are available at most hardware stores. You could use any type of bolt of course. The wood is two pieces of 3/4 oak, screwed together. This allows clearance for the bolts to be screwed farther into the block for more adjustment, without changing to a different size bolt.
Between the two stops, there is around 3" of adjustment (more if you use longer bolts), with 4 different surface locations (2 bolt heads, 2 block wood surfaces).
I saw the SS "Cross Cutter" 556466 ($39.95) recently e-mailed to me. I already had some sliding T-nuts, so thought I would make a similar one. Earlier I had made a simple cross cutting stop - just a small block of oak w' a T-nut, so having another one with more adjustment looked like a good idea. Hardware cost, other than the T-nut, was about $5, including several sizes of bolts. I used steel (not brass) threaded inserts in the oak block. The thread is 1/4" dia - 20 threads / inch, so it is coarser than the SS version, mostly because I couldn't find fine thread inserts in the local hardware stores. However 1/8 turn = .00625", which is comparable to the 1/128 = .0078125" for a quarter turn of the SS version. The bolts are flat head furniture fasteners that are tightened with the SS allen wrench and a wrench for the nut. They are available at most hardware stores. You could use any type of bolt of course. The wood is two pieces of 3/4 oak, screwed together. This allows clearance for the bolts to be screwed farther into the block for more adjustment, without changing to a different size bolt.
Between the two stops, there is around 3" of adjustment (more if you use longer bolts), with 4 different surface locations (2 bolt heads, 2 block wood surfaces).