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Photo 1- Cut the slots on the ends of the fence base
using a table saw cut off box as shown. | Cut slots on the ends of the base for the side clamps with a tablesaw
cutoff box as shown in photo 1. Cut up to a scribed line as shown, then
chop out the waste with a chisel. Next use a tenoning jig to cut open
mortises on the remaining ends, as is shown in the Benchtop Router Table
project on this site. Cut the tenons on the lock pieces to fit the open
mortises as in photo 2. Since these pieces are short, cut them out of long
stock and then cut to length after the tenons are done. Attach the lock
pieces to the base with screws rather than glue to allow for moisture
related movement in the base.
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Photo 2- Cut tenons for the lock pieces that hold the
side clamps within the slots on the fence base. For safety, make the
pieces from long stock as shown. Screw a support fence to your miter
gauge to hold the parts as they are cut. | Assemble the clamps as shown in the drawing. Bore for the T-nuts in the
top pieces, then glue and screw them to the long pieces. Place the clamp
in the base before gluing and screwing the bottom pieces in place. Epoxy
washers to the base beneath the bolt hole so the bolt bears on metal and
not wood.
Assemble the fence hinge by stacking the parts together one by one, and
place the hinge dowel within the parts as they are stacked to keep it all
aligned. The fence clamp is just like the hinge, except that it has a bolt
going through it rather than a dowel. Install a T-nut in the base for the
fence clamp bolt to secure to. Make the holes in the fence clamp pieces
through which the bolt passes 5/8" in diameter. |
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