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Tenon Master Refurb
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 2:09 pm
by JPG
Just acquired a badly weathered tenon master with the miter bar and knob and??? missing. Yes on e-bay!
Any one got a copy of the instructions that come with a new one?
A pix of the missing stuff would be helpful(I am not sure how the miter bar is adjusted in/out)[screw through miter bar and a plate secured by the knob??]. Is there something to keep the miter bar parallel to the work surface?(miter bar in a slot in the 'plate'?)
The weathered wooden trunion should be simple enough to duplicate. The carriage bolts etc. and de-staco clamp are salvageable. The casting is only somewhat corroded on the unpainted(milled) surface.
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 2:37 pm
by reible
A squint view of the parts list:
[ATTACH]13971[/ATTACH]
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 5:18 pm
by SDSSmith
JPG40504 wrote:Just acquired a badly weathered tenon master with the miter bar and knob and??? missing. Yes on e-bay!
Any one got a copy of the instructions that come with a new one?
A pix of the missing stuff would be helpful(I am not sure how the miter bar is adjusted in/out)[screw through miter bar and a plate secured by the knob??]. Is there something to keep the miter bar parallel to the work surface?(miter bar in a slot in the 'plate'?)
The weathered wooden trunion should be simple enough to duplicate. The carriage bolts etc. and de-staco clamp are salvageable. The casting is only somewhat corroded on the unpainted(milled) surface.
Does your 'new' jig look like
this?
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 5:32 pm
by SDSSmith
JPG40504 wrote:Just acquired a badly weathered tenon master with the miter bar and knob and??? missing. Yes on e-bay!
Any one got a copy of the instructions that come with a new one?
A pix of the missing stuff would be helpful(I am not sure how the miter bar is adjusted in/out)[screw through miter bar and a plate secured by the knob??]. Is there something to keep the miter bar parallel to the work surface?(miter bar in a slot in the 'plate'?)
The weathered wooden trunion should be simple enough to duplicate. The carriage bolts etc. and de-staco clamp are salvageable. The casting is only somewhat corroded on the unpainted(milled) surface.
Does you "new" jig look anything like this miscellaneous part?
[ATTACH]13972[/ATTACH]
Looks like a project piece. You could probably buy another one on Feebay for the price Shopsmith wants for the missing parts.
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 5:49 pm
by JPG
[quote="SDSSmith"]Does you "new" jig look anything like this miscellaneous part?
[ATTACH]13972[/ATTACH]
Looks like a project piece. You could probably buy another one on Feebay for the price Shopsmith wants for the missing parts.]
Yep! Not planning on ss as a parts source(for the reason just mentioned).
Parts Dimensions??
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:12 pm
by JPG
Miter Bar (9) length = 6"?
Base Plate = 3.245" x ? Square? Stud centered both ways? 1/4" thick?
It would appear the miter bar to workpiece face is fixed???
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:49 pm
by reible
Maybe this will help:
[ATTACH]13975[/ATTACH]
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 11:02 pm
by JPG
reible wrote:Maybe this will help:
[ATTACH]13975[/ATTACH]
Indeed it does!!!:)
Be it correct that the 4 corners do not touch the work table, but that the base plate rides on the table surface???(plate = 5/16", corners proud by 1/4")
It appears the long side of the base plate protrudes 1/2" out from the 'back' side.
Thank You Ed!!!
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 11:37 pm
by reible
You are correct, the corners do not touch by about 1/16". When you assemble the jig the short side of the plate is towards the miter slot. The large "+" adjustment gives you about 1-3/8" of movement (plate extending out the back side by 1-1/8" to hidden by a bit more 1/4").
Not sure how many versions of this have been made. The one I have is from I think 1991 or so.
Ed
JPG40504 wrote:Indeed it does!!!:)
Be it correct that the 4 corners do not touch the work table, but that the base plate rides on the table surface???(plate = 5/16", corners proud by 1/4")
It appears the long side of the base plate protrudes 1/2" out from the 'back' side.
Thank You Ed!!!
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 10:36 am
by JPG
reible wrote:You are correct, the corners do not touch by about 1/16". When you assemble the jig the short side of the plate is towards the miter slot. The large "+" adjustment gives you about 1-3/8" of movement (plate extending out the back side by 1-1/8" to hidden by a bit more 1/4").
Not sure how many versions of this have been made. The one I have is from I think 1991 or so.
Ed
That is a 'detail]used[/B] would be appreciated. My simplistic current understanding is limited to making grooves for splines in pix frames. I have not seen any information in ptwfe re how it is used(or a sawdust session).
I do hope there is much I have missed!
Since I need to fabricate the plate etc., a better understanding of its uses would help me to determine if any slight design modification(s) would 'help'.
Again Ed; Thank You - we seem to be the only participants!;)
Oh! Oh!
Ouch!!!! I just experienced a flash of
potential understanding!!! Is it possible the plate has a slot which holds the stud captive(under cut slot like a milling machine slot/t slot) that allows the plate to slide that 1 3/8"????
Pix of that side would be most illustrative!!!!