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11-14-2008, 08:12 AM
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| Registered User   Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Nantes, FRANCE west coast First Name: Jaypi Posts: 5  |
Hi all, I'm just retired and hope I can now enjoy woodworking ! Amitié | ||
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11-14-2008, 09:44 PM
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Welcome Amitie. Let us know what your interests are.
__________________ Pete I've cut it twice and it's still too short! But only at one end. | ||
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11-15-2008, 01:29 AM
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| Forum Contributor   Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: New Lebanon, Ohio "USA" First Name: Dave or "Doc" Posts: 8,778 |
Bonjour, and welcome to the forums Jaypi.
__________________ Dave the "Doctor" In woodworking there is no scrap, only firewood.   Please Please Please edit your profile with a name and location so we can better assist you and make for a friendlier forum.Thank you.  | ||
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11-17-2008, 04:48 AM
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| Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Nantes, FRANCE west coast First Name: Jaypi Posts: 5 |
Thanks Pete and Dave. Please excuse my poor English. I'm re-activating my workshop now I have more time. I'd like to make drawers and hesitate about different solutions (comb-jigs ? with what bits ? dovetails or flat "teeth" ?). I'd prefer diy devices, as much for money reasons as proudness (vanity ?) ... Amitié (= friendship in French)). Jaypi (my nickname) | ||
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11-18-2008, 12:19 PM
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| Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Nantes, FRANCE west coast First Name: Jaypi Posts: 5 |
Got it ! Here is my first finger joint : It's a scrap of 5 mm (a bit thinner than 3/16") plywood. The jig is a shameless copy : A rectangle of 5mm PW bears a 5mm*5mm pvc "rail" which whas glued PVC glue) to the right (hemm ?) distance. The rectangle is directly screwed on the wood router table. I suppose ol'timers smiling or even laughing, but ... I do love it. Its 10 mm brother is finished but glue is still wet ... Amitié. Jaypi. | ||
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11-18-2008, 03:38 PM
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| Registered User   Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Fort Worth,Texas USA First Name: George Posts: 2,443 |
Welcome to the Forums, Jaypi!! Glad you joined us. You did good on the finger joint jigs. I believe that if it works for me, I don't care who laughs. 
__________________ George For those who haven't already done so... PLEASE! PLEASE! Fill in your first name and location in your profile. | ||
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11-18-2008, 03:46 PM
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Bonjour Jaypi Felicitations sur les joints de doigts. Oui, il y a plusieurs qui parle français ici. S'il y a quelque choses que vous ne comprenez pas en anglais demandez le en français. Quelqu'un vous aidera. Allthunbs | ||
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11-18-2008, 03:57 PM
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the "flat teeth" are finger joints - les "dents plat" c'est <<joints de doigts.>> (je ne souveiens pas comment l'epeller!) read this... http://woodgears.ca/dovetail/index.html BTW (by the way) Bush Bee Tools will ship from Ottawa and they do have French speaking staff there. They also have a catalogue online if you want. http://busybeetools.ca Also, take a look at this article... http://mulberryhall.us/wood/jigsintro.html#dovetail It looks like fun to build. Hope this helps. Allthunbs Last edited by allthunbs; 11-18-2008 at 04:43 PM. | |||
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11-20-2008, 03:40 AM
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| Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Nantes, FRANCE west coast First Name: Jaypi Posts: 5 |
Bonjour George, bonjour Allthunbs, Thanks for interest and advices ! George, I did fill my details ! My true first name is Jean-Pierre, but for long years in radio ham (F5JPC), I have been JayPi ... Allthumbs, finger joint is "assemblage à queues droites" (dovetails are "queues d'arondes"). I will study your links, thank you. Alas, I glued the rail guides on the wrong side (left of the bit instead of right)! Alas, 5 mm PVC is 4.7 mm ! I understand why it was so tight ! Bye bye PVC, good morning square steel tubes, let's start again from zero : fortunately it won't be very hard , now I know it will work ... See you soon !
__________________  Amitié,Jaypi Doing and undoing, it's always working ... | ||
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11-24-2008, 01:31 AM
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| Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Nantes, FRANCE west coast First Name: Jaypi Posts: 5 |
Hi all, Those questions of thickness are of utmost importance ! French stores sell as so-called 5 mm PVC what is, in fact 3"/16 (4.76 mm !) : so if PVC is improper for my metric project (metric bits, metric wood), it must be useful for imperial ones ! I achieved correct adjustments for my 5 mm and 10 mm jigs, but not sure I realize the other sizes this way because I intend to start a new router table from scratch ... probably with screw adjusted fence ... A weakness of my present idea is that when exact sizes and space are set up, cutting a (n + 1)th mortise, you need to slide the Nth on the finger rail : as it is tightly adjusted, the sliding is very hard. Next time, I'll use sleds and the fingers fixed on the sleds ...
__________________ Amitié,Jaypi Doing and undoing, it's always working ... | ||
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