Really cool jig. For your shim: if you cut dados the widths of the shim into the bottom board and increase the thickness of the shim by the depth of the dado, you can have a perfectly consistent thicknesses every time without having to fiddle with positioning.
Everything that is was an idea first. Nice. One thing I might suggest is to mount a 3/4" thick face plate (2" x 3" or so) to the end of the spacer stick. When you are happy with its location, drill a 1/4" hole through the face plate and base and glue a dowel to the face plate. This will locate it in the same position every time. A second or third hole can be added for different thicknesses of shingle.
I started down that path and opted to just draw a line on the edge of the board to position the spacer in the same location each pass. I was shooting for “as simple as possible” great thoughts, thanks. Chuck
Thanks for sharing your excellent ideas. I have a hydraulic mill, and the dog clamps would eventually crush the plywood edges. I'll use 2x material for the base, but will follow your design ideas. I also would like to be able to wedge in random widths... maybe some simple blocking would accomplish this. Actually, I find short logs difficult to stabilize on my mill. I think I'll put 4 of your modules on one base... maybe 8 ft long.
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Really cool jig. For your shim: if you cut dados the widths of the shim into the bottom board and increase the thickness of the shim by the depth of the dado, you can have a perfectly consistent thicknesses every time without having to fiddle with positioning.
Many thanks, great idea - I need to make one.
Have fun!
Everything that is was an idea first. Nice. One thing I might suggest is to mount a 3/4" thick face plate (2" x 3" or so) to the end of the spacer stick. When you are happy with its location, drill a 1/4" hole through the face plate and base and glue a dowel to the face plate. This will locate it in the same position every time. A second or third hole can be added for different thicknesses of shingle.
I started down that path and opted to just draw a line on the edge of the board to position the spacer in the same location each pass. I was shooting for “as simple as possible” great thoughts, thanks.
Chuck
Thanks for sharing your excellent ideas. I have a hydraulic mill, and the dog clamps would eventually crush the plywood edges. I'll use 2x material for the base, but will follow your design ideas. I also would like to be able to wedge in random widths... maybe some simple blocking would accomplish this.
Actually, I find short logs difficult to stabilize on my mill. I think I'll put 4 of your modules on one base... maybe 8 ft long.
@@ThicknThinLumberCompany multiple jigs in line works well, the key is making sure they all stay stable while cutting. Thanks for watching.
NICE.....what is the species of wood your using?
@@hpw59 these are pine. You can use anything you like, but treat as needed if using outdoor