Derek Cohen
03-01-2020, 8:33 AM
As some know, my table saw is a Hammer K3 with a 49" slider. This has a crosscut fence at the foot of the slider, and no outrigger down the other end. Inspired by the Fritz and Frans jig, I built a fence at the end of the slider to emulate the outrigger, which forms the basis of the way the F&F is used traditionally ...
https://i.postimg.cc/DfH68GHg/2a.jpg
I must admit that I have had mixed feelings about my experience of the F&F to date. It is an effort to set up the end section. It should not be so. And if I want to use the full length of the slider, the crosscut fence needs to be removed.
It occurred to me that I have been doing this all wrong. This is not how my K3 works. This K3 is centred on the crosscut fence, while those with longer sliders centre on a crosscut fence at the other end. So I decided to turn the F&F around.
A few weeks ago I posted adding a UHMW zero clearance section to the end of the crosscut fence ....
https://i.postimg.cc/0NywP8Cb/FF1a.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/0yfwT6DT/FF2a.jpg
Today I made the sliding end ...
https://i.postimg.cc/rpZtpvhg/FF3a.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/63744YgK/FF4a.jpg
The black UHMW block under the Incra hold down is just a spacer.
The rear handle twists to tighten and lock it down (after it is pushed into the workpiece), creating a solid stop/crosscut fence.
The track comes from Felder ...
https://i.postimg.cc/RCHnMpwQ/FF5a.jpg
The Incra holddown further stabilises a workpiece ...
https://i.postimg.cc/cHVgRfGn/FF6a.jpg
Everything is now happening at the foot of the slider ...
https://i.postimg.cc/jdYnC6XV/FF7a.jpg
The little spacer is for narrow boards ...
https://i.postimg.cc/cCwKX6d5/FF8a.jpg
Minus the Incra ...
https://i.postimg.cc/gkyXhwSx/FF9a.jpg
So far this is just experimental. I will post my experiences later on. For those with similar sliders to mine, this is a quicker and easier F&F jig than the traditional one.
Regards from Perth
Derek
https://i.postimg.cc/DfH68GHg/2a.jpg
I must admit that I have had mixed feelings about my experience of the F&F to date. It is an effort to set up the end section. It should not be so. And if I want to use the full length of the slider, the crosscut fence needs to be removed.
It occurred to me that I have been doing this all wrong. This is not how my K3 works. This K3 is centred on the crosscut fence, while those with longer sliders centre on a crosscut fence at the other end. So I decided to turn the F&F around.
A few weeks ago I posted adding a UHMW zero clearance section to the end of the crosscut fence ....
https://i.postimg.cc/0NywP8Cb/FF1a.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/0yfwT6DT/FF2a.jpg
Today I made the sliding end ...
https://i.postimg.cc/rpZtpvhg/FF3a.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/63744YgK/FF4a.jpg
The black UHMW block under the Incra hold down is just a spacer.
The rear handle twists to tighten and lock it down (after it is pushed into the workpiece), creating a solid stop/crosscut fence.
The track comes from Felder ...
https://i.postimg.cc/RCHnMpwQ/FF5a.jpg
The Incra holddown further stabilises a workpiece ...
https://i.postimg.cc/cHVgRfGn/FF6a.jpg
Everything is now happening at the foot of the slider ...
https://i.postimg.cc/jdYnC6XV/FF7a.jpg
The little spacer is for narrow boards ...
https://i.postimg.cc/cCwKX6d5/FF8a.jpg
Minus the Incra ...
https://i.postimg.cc/gkyXhwSx/FF9a.jpg
So far this is just experimental. I will post my experiences later on. For those with similar sliders to mine, this is a quicker and easier F&F jig than the traditional one.
Regards from Perth
Derek