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Angle Plates for the Wood Shop
In Tool making I learned the value of using angle plates for accurate grinding of steel parts, so I made these two angle plates for my wood shop to maintain the accuracy when drilling or sawing on the band saw. They are both dead square with the base. The first one is used on the drill press for all kinds of parts- like even long legs- where I want a hole perpendicular to the surface. I have done 30" long parts on it and I could find no better way to hold them.
The second plate is for the band saw and it holds parts square with the table so the cut is the same on both end of a long piece. I use this for all my curved cuts on my utility boxes. Some times I clamp the piece to the angle plate and sometimes I just hold it there by hand to insure a straight cut..
These two angle plates get used all the time. They are made from high quality 3/4" Baltic birch plywood and are unfinished
Cheers, Jim
The second plate is for the band saw and it holds parts square with the table so the cut is the same on both end of a long piece. I use this for all my curved cuts on my utility boxes. Some times I clamp the piece to the angle plate and sometimes I just hold it there by hand to insure a straight cut..
These two angle plates get used all the time. They are made from high quality 3/4" Baltic birch plywood and are unfinished
Cheers, Jim
Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day
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Simply clever!
...woodicted
Transferred knowledge from one craft to another, Tool Making to woodworking, great idea.
When you use the resawing angle plate, I'm assuming you slide the entire assembly on the table, correct? If so, then you need to maintain the straight cut by eye, or do you put a straight edge clamped to the table?
Nice accessories for the wood shop, thanks for sharing.
When you use the resawing angle plate, I'm assuming you slide the entire assembly on the table, correct? If so, then you need to maintain the straight cut by eye, or do you put a straight edge clamped to the table?
Nice accessories for the wood shop, thanks for sharing.
I need to make one like your second-from-last photo for the DP.
Need to hold long parts off the edge of the table so the support is high, near the chuck.
Need to hold long parts off the edge of the table so the support is high, near the chuck.
Thanks Ivan, Tom and Bruce.
Hi Tom, yes I slide the plat along with the part on the table and cut to a line be it straight or curved...most of the time it is a curved line on a box that has to be the same on both sides. I have never tried to run it along a straight edge/ fence but I suppose you could do that.
Hi Bruce, you cold use the band saw angle plate for that to clamp it closer to the chuck.
Hi Tom, yes I slide the plat along with the part on the table and cut to a line be it straight or curved...most of the time it is a curved line on a box that has to be the same on both sides. I have never tried to run it along a straight edge/ fence but I suppose you could do that.
Hi Bruce, you cold use the band saw angle plate for that to clamp it closer to the chuck.
Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day
Thanks Jim.
I was thinking of just swiveling the DP table to the side so long stuff (say > 12") could be positioned off the side of the table, under the bit. I can then clamp the angle plate to the table and have the reference block off the side so the workpiece could be aligned and clamped.
I was thinking of just swiveling the DP table to the side so long stuff (say > 12") could be positioned off the side of the table, under the bit. I can then clamp the angle plate to the table and have the reference block off the side so the workpiece could be aligned and clamped.
Handy to have around. A "stander upper" is what I call it, I'll have to remember "Angle Plates", sounds more expensive. :-)
Thanks , George. The ones we used in the Tool Room were expensive- hardened tool steel and ground perfectly square.
Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day
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