collinb Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Went to an estate sale on Sat. Got some goodies and some stuff I don't need, as things always go. The first jig I cannot figure out. The block on the front is roughly 1 width of the kerf away and the marks on top are 1 kerf away to the other side, with the top movable. It has two plastic 3/4" guides on the bottom. I'm keeping it around just in case ... The two fences were in the same stack. After work today I got my saw out to check blade alignment (fortunately OK) and then align the protractor fence. I can see why they frustrate people. Took a while to get it right on and "right on" does not exactly match the scale. Oh well. Right is right. Worse case I can pull the face off it for some other application. Haven't had time to work with the fence with alignment holes, though I might assume it to be more precise. Got that nice router table fence in the stack. I have a suitable bit which I'm going to try to use as a jointer for small stuff (<2") on the router table. This could prove useful. And that roller which was called for as table saw outfeed. It's vintage. The estate had a great deal of stuff from pre-WWII and there were buyers there with money to spend. Nobody wanted this so it went cheap. The style is certainly pre-war. Just needs a taller center post to be useful and that won't cost much at all. Oh, and I also ended up with one more of my favorite accessory -- a B&D workmate, and old type 2. So handy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 That first one is a box joint jig. Tiny little box joints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collinb Posted April 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Cool. Tx. I realize that my term "1 kerf" is completely inaccurate and imprecise. There are better expressions, of course. Like "blade cut width" or similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 Eric has it right, but it's called a finger joint jig.... You may have to rework it though, your saw is not the same as the saw it was made for, and the blade thicknesses may well be different. But it looks as though it's well made! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 That first one is a box joint jig. Tiny little box joints. Agree it is a box joint jig, but why in the world would anyone put the handle (attached by a metal screw, no less) DIRECTLY in line with the blade???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 That's the first thing I thought when I see it. To make uniform cuts, you need to go all the way to the highest point of the blade. That screw looks right in the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 I have jigs that I made and have no idea what they were used for. One man's jig is another man's trash or treasure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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