I used wood blocks like Lucky's picture for years, just got tired of fumbling with placement and finding material the same thickness to use as the jack side. A little bit of work with scraps laying around and I had the clamps I¡¯m using now, which work very well for repetitive work.
Brian Lamb
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On Mar 28, 2024, at 10:32?AM, David P. Best <dbestworkshop@...> wrote:
Give me couple of days to get back to my shop, I will photograph what I have made. ?But the short answer is that I sized the width to match the pressure foot diameter on my AirTight clamp. ?Any short length material should be held trapped between the two components of a Fritz & Franz jig. ?
I¡¯m not sure I understand your question about ¡°upside down¡±. ?Both ¡°legs¡± point down, one on the surface of the sliding table, the other on top of the part being clamped down. ?
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And you don¡¯t have to go crazy with this thing. ?What David Luckensmeyer illustrated in his excellent Australian Wood Review article on Using a SlidingTable Saw is every bit as good (shown below), as is Brian Lamb¡¯s suggestion and the others that have been posted here.
<ShotiMac_2159.jpeg>On Mar 28, 2024, at 9:23?AM, Jeff <jeff.lund.ca@...> wrote:
Hi David -
Two quick questions.? How wide would you make the clamping bridge and what orientation would you bring it in - upside down with the legs sticking up on on its side?
Jeff
