Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Planer thicknesser - planer fence (part 3)

From the last session we’ll start making the knobs for the threaded rod.

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Start making the clamp knobs.

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Drill out centres to 3/8 inch.


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Now to cut the threaded rod in half.


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Ozito multi purpose saw does away with hacksaw - swap to metal blade.

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I'll cut that later.

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We need to prepare and drill two dowels that will space the knobs away from the sides. This is my dowel jig for finding the centre and drilling the holes.

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Place dowel in hole and give it a gentle tap to get the centre.

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Like this…

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Now clamp the dowel in the clamp jig.

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Over to the drill press.

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Drilling out the second dowel.

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The spacer makes room to grip the knob.

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OK…now cut the rod in half with the multi purpose saw.


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Mix up epoxy and apply the tighten up the lower nut to pull the rods rods straight and square up everything - leave overnight to fry.


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