William Young
Member
I got my centering jig yesterday and so far , I am not overly impressed with it. Some holes come out dead centre top and bottom while some are centre on the top and off quite a bit on the bottom. So I spent best part of an hour meticulously setting my 16 speed drill press 90 degrees to the table with my dial guage with magnetic base. So that is not the problem.
One thing I did find out though is that some of the blanks that I bought are not square, (one side a little wider than the other and also , some even vary in size a little from one end to the other.
So I am thinking that I should set either my table saw or bandsaw to the smallest part of one end of my smallest one and run them through once and then again with a quarter turn to make it perfectly square and uniform from one end to the other. Is this a common practice or did I just get some blanks that were off square.
Before I try shaving my bought blanks down to square, I will try making some out of some scrap wood that are perfectly square and try the jig again.
So far, the most impressive thing I have found about the jig is that it is a very safe way to hold them compared to other ways that I had tried so just for that one feature , I will probably keep it.
W.Y.
One thing I did find out though is that some of the blanks that I bought are not square, (one side a little wider than the other and also , some even vary in size a little from one end to the other.
So I am thinking that I should set either my table saw or bandsaw to the smallest part of one end of my smallest one and run them through once and then again with a quarter turn to make it perfectly square and uniform from one end to the other. Is this a common practice or did I just get some blanks that were off square.
Before I try shaving my bought blanks down to square, I will try making some out of some scrap wood that are perfectly square and try the jig again.
So far, the most impressive thing I have found about the jig is that it is a very safe way to hold them compared to other ways that I had tried so just for that one feature , I will probably keep it.
W.Y.