New life for PSI corner cutting jig

[Rockytime]

I purchased the PSI corner cutting jig thinking it would come in handy. No so. The blanks are not securely held and I suspected that they could loose during cutting. I reworked the unit as follows. Originally the steel rods were securely mounted in each of the two plastic ends. I cut one of the rods and drilled the end pieces so that the shortened rod would slide freely as shown in the first photo. Photos two and three show how the blanks were originally clamped. Only the corners were clamped. After trimming one corner the blank must be removed, rotated, aligned and clamped. Photos four and five demonstrate the modification. The shortened rod is placed through the blank and clamped. After sawing one corner the blank is loosened, rotated and clamped again. Less of the corner is removed, yet it is adequate. I do not sand the blanks as I do not have dust removal in my small shop. My TS, BS and disc sander are outside my shop in the main part of the garage. I had been removing the corners by hand on my BS. This will be an improvement.

 

[stonepecker]

THAT looks like a better setup.

Good job.

 

[wyone]

Looks like you need to get a patent.

 

[shastastan]

"Necessity is the mother of invention. " Rotating it on a rod makes a lot more sense. Thanks for sharing your idea. I may do the same thing to mine.

Just an aside...I got my dust collector from Rockler. It hangs on the wall and I have it set up with a remote. I added ports to all of my machines. I do have to attach it to each one, but I'm limited on space and had to sell my large Jet canister DC. I never did have the space to build a shed outside for a dc with permanent ducting.

Stan

 

[kruzzer]

Nice mod Les.

 

[Rockytime]

I just made another modification to my corner cutter. I have the HF little 9" band saw and the cutter is just to large for the table and I do not use my little table saw unless necessary. So I shortened the cutter about half size making it more useable on my band saw. It now works perfect.

 

[shastastan]

Another practical modification, Rocky.

I had a little Delta band saw, but was not turning pens at the time, so I gave it to a friend. The blade on my mini max is too big to cut the corners off of pen blanks so I'll just keep using the lathe from start to finish.