Wood’n Bits Workshop

I don’t know if I should admit this but what are you if you can’t laugh at yourself?  You know you’re a woodworker when you’re more interested in the platter the dessert sits on than the dessert itself.  And maybe, just maybe you know you’re a woodworker when you’ve just gotten out of surgery and you’re standing in front of your table saw, with catheter bag hooked over the fence slide bar and you’re playing with your new MicroJig accessory.  Sad, I know and I’ll spare you photos of that.

But I have a defense for my actions.  We miniaturists are always trying to cut thin strips.  One of the limitations on using the MicroJig Grr-ripper in that process is the standard, “thin” (1/4″) leg as this limits how close you can cut to the saw fence without cutting through the leg itself.  It’s problematic cutting thin strips between blade and fence as unless you’re holding it down, it can become a bullet aimed at you, or you’ve properly placed yourself, at least aimed under your arm at the wall behind you.

But MicroJig put up a YouTube video of their newly-released a 1/8″ leg that you add to the Grr-ripper.  I ordered one immediately.  They’re on Twitter so I asked and they graciously supplied me with this PDF file that shows you, better than I can, how cool this addition to the Grr-ripper really is.

Mine showed up while doctors were using their cutting tools on me but even with a catheter bag hanging off the saw, it works great!  I’ve talked about the Grr-ripper before and I highly recommend it for ripping short stock and this new accessory makes it even more useful.  Of course it would be silly to pay attention to my recommendation so I’m going to make you drool.  Watch this:

Cheers — Larry
larry@woodnbits.com

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Tags: Jigs and Fixtures, Power Tools, Table Saw

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