New fret slotting rig

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New fret slotting rig

Post by demonx » Fri Aug 16, 2013 3:27 pm

I have retired my old sliding mitre saw style slotting setup and I put together this fret slotting rig today.

The sliding mitre saw has done well by me, but it had a little bit of flex which I wasnt entirely happy about.

I Started off with this second hand radial arm saw:

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Removed the old chipboard bench and threw on some stuff I had left over from building my kitchen.

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I then added my stewmac slotting jig which I've hacked away at a fair bit to create clearance.

I also added some runners, so that when the template is at is ends, its always flat.

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Re: New fret slotting rig

Post by woodrat » Sun Aug 25, 2013 7:47 am

Nice One Allan! :D
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Re: New fret slotting rig

Post by kiwigeo » Thu Sep 12, 2013 5:59 pm

I would have kept the wheelbarrow... :)
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Re: New fret slotting rig

Post by demonx » Thu Sep 12, 2013 7:42 pm

kiwigeo wrote:I would have kept the wheelbarrow... :)
That wheel barrow regularly carts wood dust to the chookyard. 1 bag if not quite full is 1 barrow load. Very handy

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Re: New fret slotting rig

Post by simso » Sat Sep 28, 2013 10:52 am

Looks good, bit of a waste destroying that stewmac fret slotting jig but, there almost 200usd
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Re: New fret slotting rig

Post by demonx » Tue Oct 01, 2013 7:26 am

This was one of the older design stew mac mitre boxes. They don't sell this type anymore as the brass blocks sucked. I didn't feel bad cutting it up.

The older ones were half the price also and it'd paid for itself long ago.

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