jig parts

[siliconbauhaus]

Apart from buying the T nuts from T Nuts.com are there any other places (ie borg etc) where you can get parts for making jigs?

I want to make a stop for my smt fence and have a go at the rip fence by Rod K. I bought some toilet bolts and they will fit the narrow slots of the rails with a bit of file work but I cant figure out what to use in the wide slots.

I'm not adverse to buying the T nuts but I was hoping to knock something out today rather than wait for them.

[LCHIEN]

Apart from buying the T nuts from T Nuts.com are there any other places (ie borg etc) where you can get parts for making jigs?

I want to make a stop for my smt fence and have a go at the rip fence by Rod K. I bought some toilet bolts and they will fit the narrow slots of the rails with a bit of file work but I cant figure out what to use in the wide slots.

I'm not adverse to buying the T nuts but I was hoping to knock something out today rather than wait for them.

Knock some out yourself:
You can go buy some flat aluminum strips, maybe 1/8" thick, 1 to 1.5 inches wide.
Make rectangular pieces using the as purchased width and cut to length as measured from the inside width of the T-slot.
Round off the corners and edges with a file/sandpaper, drill and tap a hole in the middle for a bolt or even glue in a short piece of threaded rod.
The aluminum is a bit soft on the threads compared to steel but easier to work with and will last a long time if you use reasonable force on your knobs.

[siliconbauhaus]

That's an idea.....have to go get a tap or 2.

[JimD]

My accessory table is attached the way Loring describes. Some of the flat stock I threaded is aluminum and some is steel. If you are not familar with taps, aluminum would be best, at least to start. The steel sold in Home Depot is soft, however, and not hard to thread.

For some applications, I have also tapped threads in flat stock and then brazed all thread to it to make a stud I can put a knob on.

For the fence slot facing the blade, I filed down thin 1/4 inch nuts.

Jim

[siliconbauhaus]

I haven't used a tap since metal work at school but I don't think it'll be a problem.

I don't have any welding/brazing gear but I was wondering if silver soldering would be sufficient?

[dkhoward]

I have used elevator bolts on my BT for years. You can get them at lowe's in various lengths. A little judicious work on a grinder will cut a flat spot on one side of the big flat heads of the bolts which makes them fit perfectly in the wide slots on the saw. If you are careful with the grinding, they will not o nly fit, but they wont spin either which makes putting knobs on the much easier.

[LCHIEN]

I haven't used a tap since metal work at school but I don't think it'll be a problem.

I don't have any welding/brazing gear but I was wondering if silver soldering would be sufficient?

I think if you use a drop of the red loctite thread locking stuff on a short piece of allthread then it won't be going anywhere anytime soon.

[LinuxRandal]

I have used the red threadlocker, and I have also used superglue. The threadlocker seems to come apart easier, but the superglue tends to gravitate toward your fingers. DAMHIK

[siliconbauhaus]

Are elevator bolts in the special drawers area of the hardware section? I''ve never heard of them before.

I was referring to silver soldering to attach a piece of all thread to flat stock instead of brazing as Jim D mentioned