Ladies and Gentleman - it's rolling (TS Tenoning jig)

[niki]

Good day

I had it long time in my head and today I did it (after drilling 400mm walls for vents installation).

For the center part I used two 1-9/16" counter top boards (chipboard covered with Formica) and for the sides 18mm plywood covered with Formica (everything from left-overs).

As Vertical rollers I used iron rollers (just found them in the drawer) but if you are planning to roll it on the table, use the plastic ones.

If you are going to make it, may I advise that, first, cut only ONE center part (this 1-9/16" chipboard).
I cut it to 1/8" wider than required and then, trimmed it, 1/32" at a time, till I got the Horizontal rollers almost fit without turning the "Bolts".
Then, without changing the rip fence position cut the second 1-9/16" board to get 100% fit with the first one.

The travel, is limited by your fence length (maybe I'll make longer fence).

It's rolling nicely without any side play and the test results (on the pics) were excellent...now I have to find some project...

And the rest is on the pictures

Regards
niki

[ragswl4]

Nice Job

That is really neat. I can see a lot of thought and work went into the design and building of that jig. It seems to me that there may be other uses for the rolling design such as a box joint jig attachment. Thanks for sharing.

[ryan.s]

Thanks for sharing Niki, very cool idea with the rollers.

[cabinetman]

Niki

As the saying goes - "You're on a roll". Seems like that would be smoother than the tenon jig that rides in a miter slot. Good planning.

[crokett]

Great idea. I built a spline jig for my picture frames that I thought was clever, but it is not nearly as well-engineered as that.

[niki]

Thank you so much for the kind words

Ragswl4
And...if we tilt the blade...maybe for....Raised Panel?

Cabinetman
Does it mean that at last I'm going to get some money from you

Regards
niki

[cabinetman]

Niki

I will remember you in my will. It will read: To Niki who never thought I would remember him - hi Niki.

[Garasaki]

That's really cool. I bet it slides a lot more freely then my tenoning jig!

Another thing that slipped into this article (look closely, you might have missed it!), that I will definately be storing for future reference, is the use of foam bottom pushblocks as handles. Those things are cheap, and I bet I could find a lot of them used for literally a dime a dozen, and they would make perfect, sturdy handles for all the jigs I make that now are quite awkward to push. You are one clever sonofagun niki!

[niki]

Cabinetman
I knew that I'll not get a penny from you...

Garasaki
Yes, I'm using them a lot and you can see them in my posts but, instead of "chasing" you to the posts, here are a few pics

niki

[footprintsinconc]

niki,

nice setup. the wheel idea is definately neat! it looks like your favorite accessories are wheels and sand paper . and as always, great tutorial!

regards,

[ragswl4]

Niki,

It that a Harbor Freight Vacuum I see in the background. Geesh, is Harbor Freight in Poland too? My next stop will be to buy a bunch of those push blocks, nice idea.

[niki]

Thank you

Omar
You "Booked" me, yep, sanding paper and wheels...

Ragswl4
No, it's not HF, they have to meet a few conditions before they come to Europe, first it the Voltage and than the price (it will cost here at least double than in USA or CA).

It's my good old and faithful "R2D2"

niki

[cobob]

As if the jig wasn't impressive enough ... it looks like your 'triangle square' & 'screw clamps' are also home made ... daedal in every respect

[SARGE..g-47]

Afternoon niki...

Even though I prefer to tenon on the BS these days.. very nice outfit as already stated by others.. an is obvious for that matter.

So... instead of praise the jig.. I will just ask a simple question and hope that quite an number of manufacturers catch this (which is not likely.. but wishful thinking)

My question is:

Why were you sitting on the side-lines when the majority of tool manufacturers wrote their manuals for the tool?

On second.. thought, perhaps a better question for them instead of you!

Well done...

[docrowan]

Niki,

One day when I have more time, I need to chase down all the threads you've started to learn all the cool jigs you've put together.

Great work, and one that I'll almost certainly copy one day.

When's your new book, "101 Woodworking Tips and Jigs from Poland" coming out?

Chris.