Wood Blokes love power tools... and in my quest to become a Wood Bloke I have sequestered a range ... one of my faves is the router. Cool name. It does a range of things depending on the bit you use... I am using a '3mm rollover' here to get a smooth look to my edges but keep the tough 'square' thing happening...
...making up your own 'jigs' to hold things, space things, do repititive tasks quickly etc is a source of quiet pride amongst woody people... to hold down the compound saw to the workbench I am using bolts with butterfly nuts and spring washers. By holding onto the butterfly nut with one hand I then use my little impact driver to buzz it up. There are four of these holding the saw so doing them by hand would take minutes... this way it takes seconds!!! cool hey?! Also note one of my two workpiece holding stands and spacer jig to clamp timber to when being sawn...!
Irwin clamps (the blue things!!)... the strong ones not the little ones... brilliant things ... total one handed operation... here I use the vice on the saw to hold downwards, an Irwin clamp to clamp towards the fence, and another to hold the piece to the workbench...
...making up your own 'jigs' to hold things, space things, do repititive tasks quickly etc is a source of quiet pride amongst woody people... to hold down the compound saw to the workbench I am using bolts with butterfly nuts and spring washers. By holding onto the butterfly nut with one hand I then use my little impact driver to buzz it up. There are four of these holding the saw so doing them by hand would take minutes... this way it takes seconds!!! cool hey?! Also note one of my two workpiece holding stands and spacer jig to clamp timber to when being sawn...!
Irwin clamps (the blue things!!)... the strong ones not the little ones... brilliant things ... total one handed operation... here I use the vice on the saw to hold downwards, an Irwin clamp to clamp towards the fence, and another to hold the piece to the workbench...
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