Yes, you just raise the blade enough to cut through your workpiece and slide the jig through the saw. You then have the exact place where the blade cuts. 2 by 4's are tall enough for 3/4 inch thick stock, but you will want taller rails for thicker wood. You want there to be enough of the rails left to keep the jig together and strong.
You can make it as long as you want. You could even make more than one for different lengths. The nice thing about this jig is that if you make it with the saw cut in the middle of it, it is balanced on both sides of the saw. This prevents it from tipping off one end when a long piece is placed on it. Good luck! ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert J. Moore To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 1:21 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Panel jig I get the picture. I like this idea and I think I will try to build me one. only question I have is once you build the sled there is no slot for the blade. So do you just run it through the saw and cut through the plywood and then move the sled forward enough to line the blade up with your board to be cut? Also I assume that you would just need to raise the blade enough to acount for the plywood on the bottom of the sled and the piece to be cut. Oh one more thing I think you said to make the trof about 12 inches from front to back and as wide as you want. for an 8 foot board do you think that about 3 feet would suffice? or would you go more or less? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/437 - Release Date: 9/4/2006 ---------- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/437 - Release Date: 9/4/2006 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
