| Project by FreddyS | posted 01-10-2011 04:52 AM | 8377 views | 29 times favorited | 13 comments |  |
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And now, a kerfmaker!
The “themed” pics should give a hint about who I got the inspiration from… give up?
mafe of course, and his kerfmaker
I really like the look of it (and all of mafe’s tools) so I felt I had to try to build one, went with whatever parts I had available so no money was spent to build it.
Woood is some leftover tzalam hardwood, from a gift box I made earlier.
A couple of M6 socket cap hex screws from a broken office chair, the head is grooved so I can tighten the screws by hand a couple of times, but I have to use the hex key sometimes because of the next items.
A couple of this weird (for me) screw nuts, with what looks and works pretty much as a lock on, metallic, this nuts came from a motorcycle windshield and hold the screws tight, after a couple of setups I can’t tighten the screws by hand any more hehe.
A scrap piece of 3mm aluminum plate, leftover from some of my electronic projects panels, just had to cut it to match height :)
And that’s it, a couple of hours at the computer to size the design according to the parts I had and at the table saw, at the ruter and at the drill press and it was done…
Actually it took me like a day because just when I was about to do the last couple of router cuts, power went down and I had to wait til today to continue.
Thanks for watching!
-- Learning one thing at a time
13 comments so far
lew
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#1 posted 01-10-2011 04:56 AM
Sweet!!
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Ken90712
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#2 posted 01-10-2011 06:38 AM
Well done, I need one of these.
-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"
mafe
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#3 posted 01-10-2011 09:36 AM
Really cool! I love those hexbolts, gives it a cool touch together with the alu.
So well done, I almost feel like making another!
Thank you for the words, that was kind of you.
I’ll soon post some gauges so I can keep you buisy, but for now you can go with the tennonmaker first.
Best thoughts,
Mads
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#4 posted 01-10-2011 04:16 PM
I must display my ignorance. What is the bolt in the end of the bottom piece used for? Looks like a well made and useful little tool.
-- "Man's ingenuity has outrun his intelligence" (Joseph Wood Krutch)
CaptainAhab
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#5 posted 01-10-2011 04:22 PM
These damn kefmakers!! Somebody make us stop!
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SgtSnafu
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#6 posted 01-10-2011 04:34 PM
Nicely done
Thanks for sharing
-- Scotty - aka... SgtSnafu - Randleman NC
ratchet
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#7 posted 01-10-2011 05:48 PM
Well done. Sweet looking tool.
What does the bolt tighten to?
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#8 posted 01-10-2011 06:17 PM
Very nice
-- Terry Roswell, L.A. (Lower Alabama) "Life is what happens to you when you are making other plans."
FreddyS
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#9 posted 01-10-2011 07:01 PM
Thanks everyone!
mafe: sure, keep’em coming :)
BTKS: that bolt is used to adjust for the table saw blade thickness, mafe explains it all really well over here:
CaptainAhab: you made a nice one too!
ratchet: I made a hole to press in a nut into the wood for each bolt, you can see them on the last photo.
Nut hole is a compound hole? 3/8” to hold the nut, 1/2” for the nut base and the pilot hole for the bolt, the nuts I used are similar to this one:
As it turns out if you drill a pilot hole slightly smaller than the bolt diameter, the metric thread on this bolts makes a nice thread into the wood and holds down really well, probably I could get away with it without using the nuts, but I had made the holes for them already hehe.
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Jamie Speirs
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#10 posted 01-10-2011 07:22 PM
Nicely done.
jamie
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BTKS
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#11 posted 01-10-2011 07:29 PM
Thanks, now that I know it seems so obvious!!!
-- "Man's ingenuity has outrun his intelligence" (Joseph Wood Krutch)
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#12 posted 01-10-2011 07:49 PM
I like the black hex screw with the black ends of alu
well done :-)
Dennis
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#13 posted 02-26-2011 02:37 PM
That’s a nicely made tool as are the rest of your projects
Best
Trevor
-- God created wood that we may create. Trevor East Yorkshire UK
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