Rolling Mortise jig for router table

[Nissim Avrahami]

Good day

That's the latest version of the jig.

The setting might look very long (on the pics) but actually it's very short.

The "Fence stops" are set only one time.

The "Roller unit stops", two times (one for left and one for right) but it takes seconds.

On the test, I cranked the router up in increments of 1/8" but I felt that I could lift more for each pass (it was too easy for the router)

Regards
niki


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[Grady Cowardin]

Very cool, that roller unit is well thought out! I especially like the side-play adjustment.

[Nissim Avrahami]

Thank you Grady

I'm using the same method of the rollers adjustment also on the Tenon jig and the Crosscut sled the ride is smooth and I never have a "side play".

niki

[Rich Engelhardt]

Hello Niki,
Yes - I agree the "roller trick" solved a real problem I have with making a crosscut sled.

P.S.
Hope you don't mind me quoting you in my sig. I saw that on one of your posts and had a chace to put that advice to good use over the past weekend.

[Nissim Avrahami]

Thank you Rich

When I saw it, I started to laugh...If I did not know that we are talking about the triangle.......actually, in both cases we are talking about the "Triangle"... :):):);)

niki

[Zahid Naqvi]

Nissim, once again a very elaborate jig and well explained. You have got to be the most detail oriented jig maker I have ever known, and you certainly have a knack for multimedia tutoring.

[Grady Cowardin]

Thank you Grady

I'm using the same method of the rollers adjustment also on the Tenon jig and the Crosscut sled the ride is smooth and I never have a "side play".

niki

Do you have any pics of your crosscut sled? I need to make one to improve the quality of my cuts. Got a new router table top coming in the mail :D That should also keep me busy!

Edit: Nevermind Niki, I found the pics, very neat as well and that side play adjustment along with the tongue and groove style guiding sounds rock solid. Kudos.

[Nissim Avrahami]

Thank you so mush

Zahid
I WANT people to understand the way that I did it...
Some secret from my "black past"... long time ago, for 3 years, I was ground instructor for Aircraft mechanics, electrician (the mechanical side), pilots and flight engineers...maybe something remained...

Grady
I'm going to post a step-by-step of the crosscut sled for the TS.

niki

[Zach Logan]

That is very cool.

Something that I'm not picking up however is what the microadjuster clamped to the table does. Is that to square the track the jig rolls on?

[Nissim Avrahami]

Thank you Zach (in Hebrew Zach = Pure).

The micro-adjuster is for very fine adjustment of the fence-bit distance.
I made it with short bolt so it's compact...if I need more travel, I just push a piece of wood between the bolt and the fence.

To see the method please have a look at this post
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=61241

niki