On Mar 28, 2024, at 12:22?PM, Bill Belanger <bllblngr@...> wrote:

Brian, I think the best part of your design is that it registerers the hold down so you get the most purchase on the wood without hitting blade… Repeatedly?

Bill Belanger

On Mar 28, 2024, at 10:51, Brian Lamb <blamb11@...> wrote:

?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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www.lambtoolworks.com

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.

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David Best
DBestWorkshop@...

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