Early version of a raised panel jig
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 12:28 am
OK I couldn't find the "clamping" part of this jig but once again it is one I made way back in 1976 as part of my learning about my new shopsmith. While I had been using table saws for a while already I want to see just how things would go with my new toy. What better way then to make some jigs for it.
While the title calls it a raised panel jig it has a lot of other uses as well. Maybe you can already picture them? How about if you wanted to make some glass stops out of some smaller wood, say 1/4" thick and 1/4" wide.
You could clamp this say an 8" piece to the fence upright (grain running the proper way) and adjust for a cut that left you with the 1/4" material between the fence and the blade. Now you could set the blade to say cut 2" deep and make your first cut. Now flip the work piece end for end and do it again. and now rotate the board and make two simular cuts leaving say about an inch of material down the center of the work piece uncut. Gee that's easy to do and safe.
Or how about some tenons? I'm sure by now you can start picturing a lot of other things one might do. If not wait until spring and ask me then.
Since one of the critical parts of mine is missing lets look at this first:
http://www.shopsmith.com/academy/tblsaw ... 4-23LG.jpg
This very close to what I have. Here are a few pictures:
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[ATTACH]7652[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH]7653[/ATTACH]
In the first picture you can see general shape of the jig. This one designed for the old 500 would need extensive reworking to be used on one of the newer machines so a rebuild would be in order... you might find it quite different because of the t-slots on a 520...
The second picture shows a wood clamp but that would not be my first or second choice of clamping methods but could work.
In the third shot you can see the row of holes that lets you locate the bolts near the workpiece to clamp it better. This is great for taller pieces but for shorter items it might require a wider clamp board... you can't tell very well since that piece is missing.
So I've spent my evening doing posts here except for a supper break and watching an hour of TV. Now this is about it for now unless you have some questions.
Ed
While the title calls it a raised panel jig it has a lot of other uses as well. Maybe you can already picture them? How about if you wanted to make some glass stops out of some smaller wood, say 1/4" thick and 1/4" wide.
You could clamp this say an 8" piece to the fence upright (grain running the proper way) and adjust for a cut that left you with the 1/4" material between the fence and the blade. Now you could set the blade to say cut 2" deep and make your first cut. Now flip the work piece end for end and do it again. and now rotate the board and make two simular cuts leaving say about an inch of material down the center of the work piece uncut. Gee that's easy to do and safe.
Or how about some tenons? I'm sure by now you can start picturing a lot of other things one might do. If not wait until spring and ask me then.
Since one of the critical parts of mine is missing lets look at this first:
http://www.shopsmith.com/academy/tblsaw ... 4-23LG.jpg
This very close to what I have. Here are a few pictures:
[ATTACH]7651[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH]7652[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH]7653[/ATTACH]
In the first picture you can see general shape of the jig. This one designed for the old 500 would need extensive reworking to be used on one of the newer machines so a rebuild would be in order... you might find it quite different because of the t-slots on a 520...
The second picture shows a wood clamp but that would not be my first or second choice of clamping methods but could work.
In the third shot you can see the row of holes that lets you locate the bolts near the workpiece to clamp it better. This is great for taller pieces but for shorter items it might require a wider clamp board... you can't tell very well since that piece is missing.
So I've spent my evening doing posts here except for a supper break and watching an hour of TV. Now this is about it for now unless you have some questions.
Ed