Kent A Bathurst
05-18-2012, 10:59 AM
Looking back, this ranks as a "duh", but I never thought of them until this morning - McMaster-Carr. Big selection of styles, sizes, etc. Prices maybe half of what I had paid from a commonly-used WW store for my tee-track jigs.
The cheesy-standard-grade plastic Delta lock lever on my tenon jig failed [as those plastic spring-loaded 2-part lock levers always do, on every machine or tool that has them....DP quill lock comes to mind] Part costs about $12 + shipping from the usual replacement parts sources. And, that part is obsolete and has been replaced by a .....wait for it........threaded knob. Well golly-gee-willikers - wonder why they did that? ;)
Metric, of course. Yesterday got an Ace Hdwre wing nut to replace it. Should be OK, but wanted something easier on the fingers to tighten and loosen, so went rummaging around McMaster-Carr. Found the threaded knobs selection. Bingo....a threaded through-knob will be a perfect replacement, and has a wide enough base that I won't need the washer. And was less than half the $12 price.
PSA: Anyone with this tenoning jig - which also masquerades as all the other brands in that corporate family - the stud is M8 x 1.25 pitch.
The cheesy-standard-grade plastic Delta lock lever on my tenon jig failed [as those plastic spring-loaded 2-part lock levers always do, on every machine or tool that has them....DP quill lock comes to mind] Part costs about $12 + shipping from the usual replacement parts sources. And, that part is obsolete and has been replaced by a .....wait for it........threaded knob. Well golly-gee-willikers - wonder why they did that? ;)
Metric, of course. Yesterday got an Ace Hdwre wing nut to replace it. Should be OK, but wanted something easier on the fingers to tighten and loosen, so went rummaging around McMaster-Carr. Found the threaded knobs selection. Bingo....a threaded through-knob will be a perfect replacement, and has a wide enough base that I won't need the washer. And was less than half the $12 price.
PSA: Anyone with this tenoning jig - which also masquerades as all the other brands in that corporate family - the stud is M8 x 1.25 pitch.