Simple Jigs and Techniques #16: Re-design of my Veneer Guillotine

The process reminds me of Japanese Kumiko screens. Though they are sawing the tiny pieces. Great to see your progress.

-- Madburg WA

OK, stupid question- the pipes aren’t threaded at the pivot, right? Else the cut might be tapered a little? Given the length of the arm, maybe not enough to worry about? With that number of pieces, I can see why you went this route. Cool guillotine, in any event!

-- Steven.......Random Orbital Nailer

3/4” pipe is 14 tpi. so in 360 degrees travel the side travel would be 1/14”. The circumference of travel of the cutterhead is about 64” so that would be a side travel of about 1/900 per inch. My veneer is 1/16” so the side travel while cutting is about 1/14000”
Thanks for making me do the calculation. :-)

-- Paul M ..............the early bird may get the worm but it’s the second mouse that gets the cheese! http://thecanadianschooloffrenchmarquetry.com/

Paul,

Thanks for the math lesson (even though it’s probably not woke). That certainly looks like a nice setup for your cuts. What kind of a blade are you using? Is that a purpleheart blade holder?

L/W

-- “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” Benjamin Franklin -- Jesus is the ONLY reason for ANY season.

Pretty ingenious.

-- Backer boards, stop blocks, build oversized, and never buy a hand plane--

Utility knife blade and yes, purpleheart.

-- Paul M ..............the early bird may get the worm but it’s the second mouse that gets the cheese! http://thecanadianschooloffrenchmarquetry.com/

That is a really cool way of cutting. It’s great to still see you here at LJ’s making saw dust.

-- Dennis Zongker

OMG! Ingenious Paul!!

-- Elaine in Duncan

Cool idea on the jig for sure.
You’re a better man than me though…even with a cool jig like that, I can’t imagine doing that over a thousand times.
You can’t just buy a bag of those from ‘Harrys fillets and stuff’ down on 10th?

-- “Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.” – Plato

Tony The only place that ever sold these was in Paris and it closed in the nineteenth century.
..... early ….
:-)

-- Paul M ..............the early bird may get the worm but it’s the second mouse that gets the cheese! http://thecanadianschooloffrenchmarquetry.com/