Concepts, Models & Renders

Often I come across sections or techniques in the pages of Master the Radial Arm Saw that do one of two things (sometimes both at once) — something will fascinate me by its ingenuity, or thoroughly confound me for some reason. No matter how well-described or clearly-illustrated Mr. Sawdust surely lays things out, I tend to only wrap my head around something when I can see it in front of me or see it in action.

At some point I plan to add more to this section. Just organizing and cleaning-up all the models I’ve been making… that’s an entire undertaking I’ve not gotten around to just yet… — David

The Sliding-Table Jig

One simple example, which is all you’ll find on this page for right now, would be from page 138 of the book, where Wally details a simple, useful sliding-table fixture for cutting finger-joints – though it seems there’s plenty of other uses for it than that.

This wasn’t one that confused me… quite the opposite. Clear and self-explanatory, in one simple diagram. This is one I modeled simply because I wanted to see it more vividly before building one for myself.

I may or may not have gotten it right down to the detail, but I simply wanted to re-create it from the drawing as a start.