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Found a fun plan on lumberjocks.com and decided to go for it and modify it as I see it. So this is the result (2 for me and a gift for my dad). The question I have for you all is, since it is a shop jig, should I still finish it with something or leave the plain wood? I was thinking just paste wax melted in with a heat gun. Or just do nothing... I just have to decide before I attach the rubber grips to the bottoms.

What's your opinion?

Oh and for those wondering, it's a solid oak base with a solid walnut handle and a plywood stabilizer. It has some heft to it but nothing cumbersome. Also, yes I need the handle off the shopsmith pusher.

Nice looking jigs.

I would probably give it a coat of Boiled Linseed Oil or Danish Oil. That would bring out the beauty of the wood. I would leave the area where the rubber grips attach unfinished.

Agree,,, also wax on the bottoms , did you inlay any HDP or any thing in the bottom to help it slide?

Hobbyman2 wrote:Agree,,, also wax on the bottoms , did you inlay any HDP or any thing in the bottom to help it slide?

After the rubber grips are cemented to the base I will wax the support and edge that rides the fence. Those are the only 2 parts that come in contact with the tablesaw. The bottoms I don't want to slip.

Beave2012 wrote:

Hobbyman2 wrote:Agree,,, also wax on the bottoms , did you inlay any HDP or any thing in the bottom to help it slide?

After the rubber grips are cemented to the base I will wax the support and edge that rides the fence. Those are the only 2 parts that come in contact with the tablesaw. The bottoms I don't want to slip.

Hi Beave2012

What is your source for the rubber pads on the bottom?

Thanks
GeorgeM

Very nice job Beav ! I have the plastic ones and love them but yours are a lot nicer. I would danish oil them just for aesthetics.
Paul

GeorgeM wrote:

Beave2012 wrote:

Hobbyman2 wrote:Agree,,, also wax on the bottoms , did you inlay any HDP or any thing in the bottom to help it slide?

After the rubber grips are cemented to the base I will wax the support and edge that rides the fence. Those are the only 2 parts that come in contact with the tablesaw. The bottoms I don't want to slip.

Hi Beave2012

What is your source for the rubber pads on the bottom?

Thanks
GeorgeM

Just some standard no slip pads used for routing and in my case lining tool drawers. I'll use contact cement to latch them on.

GeorgeM wrote:

Beave2012 wrote:

Hobbyman2 wrote:Agree,,, also wax on the bottoms , did you inlay any HDP or any thing in the bottom to help it slide?

After the rubber grips are cemented to the base I will wax the support and edge that rides the fence. Those are the only 2 parts that come in contact with the tablesaw. The bottoms I don't want to slip.

Hi Beave2012

What is your source for the rubber pads on the bottom?

Thanks
GeorgeM

I have found that "some" mouse pads work great Here in Tucson, a short while ago, the Army Recruiting Office was giving these away. I was not a young recruit but I now have four of the pads left to use when I finally get to unpack.

Rubber cement both mating surfaces.

Thanks to Dusty and Beave for their advice.

GeorgeM

Great job! Wooden Grippers!

Put some kind of oil on them as some have suggested. You want the beauty of the wood to show!

JMHO