Re: Rib slice tool [1 Attachment]

From: <mkirda_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 03:17:09 -0000

Hi John.

I'm not sure where four hands would be used?

I'd see this attached to a cutting mat. You'd tape the wood to be cut to the mat. Put your template over the wood, aligned to the top slider. Adjust, apply pressure to the plexiglass to hold the slider in place, fingers holding the template flush. One hand to hold the unit, one to use the knife. Cut the rib. Slide the jig over as needed, fingers pull the template flush again, apply pressure and cut next rib. Rinse, lather, repeat.

Seems simple and rather elegant.

Regards.
Mike Kirda



--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "John Barker" <john.barker783@...> wrote:
> It seems to me that at least two pairs of hands would be necessary to apply the basic idea in its simplest form and I think consideration is required for the following: How does one hold the wood being cut, how does one attach the cutting template to the sliding part, does the cutting template require some further support when in the cutting position. I know these may only seem to be trivial concerns (and some solutions may be immediately obvious) but I feel that if they are not addressed then the final tool will not give that pleasure and satisfaction that a good tool does.
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