[Woodworkers] Another goodie from YouTube

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Joe
 
It looks great. How did you cut the "L"  part of it out of the MDO?  Every 
time I cut something like that on a band saw, it wants to wander and I  
don't wind up with straight legs.. 
 
 
Gary Williams
 
 
In a message dated 3/21/2016 6:36:31 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org writes:

 
I ain't ashamed to admit it  - I'm a YouTube whore!


Every night I'm out there  walking my beat, turning tricks and selling 
myself to every two-bit clown who  did a video on some shop-made tool or some 
lamebrain idea on a plastic  shredder.  It's terrible and someone has to stop 
me - my greatest  nightmare is discovering an end to YouTube and then I'm 
driving to Post Falls  where I beat the snot outta Dave b'cuz that's whose 
fault it is.


Well, last Friday I was back  on my beat and found a video of a center 
finder.  I watched the first 7  seconds of it and said out loud, "I've been 
threatening to make one of these  for years!"


In the past I used a  straight edge and did the corner-to-corner 
thing...for years!  In fact,  every single time I did the corner-to-corner thing I 
would say, "One of these  days I'm gonna make a center finder."


The very next day I went in  the shop like a Southern Baptist preacher 
spouting fire 'n brimstone, "Stand  back away from MEEEEEEE you retched machines 
and tools and watch MEEEEEE make  a center finder!"  I swear, I was doing 
so good with my preaching  lightning was zapping everywhere.


Folks, it took me no  longer'n 45 minutes to make this.  I ended up using 
1/2" MDO for the  body.  The blade is a strip of aluminum I cut from a stop 
sign.   Also, the model is done for you right-handed scum but on mine I 
flipped the  blade (it's also in version 8 for those of you who haven't upgraded 
to  2015).


The SketchUp file...


https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27445473/CenterFinder.skp



If you don't have/use SU then I give you these pics  of it with dims (the 
blade is 1 1/4" wide)...






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Joe,

The Twisted Knot Woodshop, "There's never been a classier joint"
Visit the Twisted Knot Woodshop - _http://www.twistedknotwoodshop.com_ 
(http://www.twistedknotwoodshop.com/) 





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