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Amazing! loved this video. You gave me some nice ideas. My plan is to add a grid of 20mm drills and I was a little afraid of all grid accuracy in every spot, but if the grid is not as accurate but the fence and rail are perfect 90 degree square it is more than enough! I don't think that in my small shop I'll have good access to a rear lock screw, so I'm thinking how to make the lock from the front. I think that I have a solid idea that I'll need to experiment with. I also think that once the fence is square I would add a "u" shape trap to make sure it remains square. for me this is the main jig, all efforts on it the make it dead accurate. All in all - really loved your video
Hey Mr. Jimmy Jonathon Katz-Moses has a patent pending jig that does the same thing. I salute you for coming up with this homemade devise that does the very same thing and its cheap to make!!! My compliments to you for making this device with everyday supplies and it is I believe to be every bit as accurate. Keep the projects coming, your site is not only a benefit to us hobbyist and woodworkers but encouraging us to use our gray matter to invent or inspire fellow practioners.
The Kreg jig drives the drill bit in at approximately 15 degrees I am told. Castles jig drives the drill bit in at 3 degrees I believe. Almost perpendicular as you have mentioned. A much better design that almost guarantees no shift in stock when screwing boards together!
Great project! Nicely done. I feel like both your snd KM tool is making the alignment to kerf easier. However, if you raise the blade and use that accurate square against the blade as a reference, should be just as accurate to get the back fence square :) Like I said, I like the effort you put in and it is a great outcome.
Amazing. Simple and affordable design. I will be building a similiar fence but feom 80x40 Aluminium Extrusion. Sgould have seen yout video earlier. Great work
I am currently looking to build my own hinge, since i have a mft table but no table saw. I still struggle to make square repeatable cuts. Your video gave me great inspiration. Thank you. Also i saw you have both the track and the table saw. Something i am debating avout for a long while. Do you use both frequently?
I use a table saw much more often than a track saw. In my opinion a table saw is the most important tool in a shop as it cuts accurately and efficiently. You can build numerous jigs for a table saw to achieve all kinds of cuts whereas the use of a track saw is somehow limited to breaking up large sheet goods and producing tear out free cut on veneered plywood.
It's crazy how you go from a hand held pocket hole jig for I think about $40 to an expensive machine that costs a ridiculous amount of money to make something so simple. You sir, have cracked the code and made it affordable to the common man, thank you 😁
