Thursday, June 19, 2008

Laps

Something simple. I needed to make a couple of lap joints as shown in the bottom left. I remembered I had made a little stopping attachment for the sliding chopsaw I have. That is the other insert at bottom right. It attaches like a tiny C clamp to a little flat ledge under the saw at the point where the circle is. There is an adjustable bolt there that lets you set the depth of cut, this attachment makes the cut depth much more adjustable to allow repeated cuts to a fixed depth. The wood between can then be knocked out to leave a pretty good lap or other joint. I made this widget back on August 08 2007 according to the captain's log here.