In general, shaping to an outboard fence- where the material is trapped between the cutter and a fence- is considered dangerous as the possibility of overfeed/kickback/general mayhem is greatly increased, as opposed to shaping against the fence where the cut depth/chip is limited. Is anyone else surprised something like this doesn't exist yet? Seems it'd fit a niche Is anyone else surprised something like this doesn't exist yet? Seems it'd fit a niche. Basically I'm looking for a one axis cnc. Willingness is another story, and I understand if they told me to take a hike. I haven't approached them yet, (I just thought of them yesterday), but even though its not what they do, I'd think they'd have the skill set necessary to take on something like this. My most recent thought is there is a small company locally that builds CNC routers and plasma cutters. The amount of time I'd have in to doing it wrong numerous times and the cost of wrong components would likely cost me more in the long run than having someone else do the fabricating. I'm a cabinetmaker with a tenth grade education, and I'm sure I could wade through building something myself, but my skills are best applied building cabinets. They make great products, just not for my odd ball application) (BTW, I'm not knocking Tigerstop in anyway, shape, or form. They have a fence made for straight line rip saws that is pretty beefy, but it'd still be mounted to just one side of the shaper, and I'm concerned in will have too much deflection with the feeder pushing against it. They weren't too interested in my idea, or doing a one off project for me.
Its a Minikol M15S control pad, and it's found on a lot of machines for height control, not just woodworking equipment. I really want something like my widebelt has on it for height control. Most importantly, borderline idiot proof. Simple, fast, consistent, and hopefully accurate. Punch in the number, hit go, and the fence goes to that number. What I really want is it to be automated. How much in a 35º-40º swing, I don't know. If I had a CNC I'd consider buying a sheet of UHMW and just cutting them out of that, but that stuff isn't all that stable with temperature either. I could have plates cut by a fab shop out of aluminum, that seems expensive and if they get dropped, a pain. It works, but it's prone to inaccuracies with temperature and humidity changes, which in minnesota, can be severe with the seasons.
Ripit automated fence series#
The current system I use is just a piece of Baltic Birch C-clamped down to the outside edge of the shaper, then I use a series of spacers to get the desired distance to the cutter I want. I think it'll work, but marginally better than what I have now. I haven't done anything with it yet, but I think I likely wasted some money. Recently I ordered parts from 8020 to make a fence using their extrusions, with linear bearings on each side.
I've been dreaming about this for a while.
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