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RE: Another Test Machine Cabinet - Mr Eddie - 11-24-2019 Thanks John for the link. I like being able to gang cut so many pieces at one time. It has to be much faster than a conventional jig. Do you use the jig only for DT and box joints or do you use the fence for all of your routing? It would be nice to have a fence that was easy to adjust and very precise. Lonnie RE: Another Test Machine Cabinet - Tapper - 11-25-2019 Thanks for the detail on the drawers, John. I'll be chatting with you about that Incra jig when I begin building the drawers for my shop cabinets! ![]() Doug RE: Another Test Machine Cabinet - jteneyck - 11-25-2019 (11-24-2019, 10:42 PM)Mr Eddie Wrote: Thanks John for the link. I like being able to gang cut so many pieces at one time. It has to be much faster than a conventional jig. Do you use the jig only for DT and box joints or do you use the fence for all of your routing? It would be nice to have a fence that was easy to adjust and very precise. I only use the Incra jig for joinery work. I have another shop built fence that I use most of the time time on my router table. It's a lot more massive and rugged so I use that one for most operations. The shop built one has no indexing adjustability like the Incra, but I don't need that for regular work. Here's a picture of it. I clamp it to the Vega fence that rides over the side by side TS's and router wing. The Vega fence has micro adjustability for when I need to nudge the fence a thousandth or three. The fence is hollow inside and a vacuum hose goes in one end to collect chips from edge routing operations. John RE: Another Test Machine Cabinet - Tapper - 11-29-2019 (11-24-2019, 01:20 PM)jteneyck Wrote: Stav, the other 5 of these I've made were only 20" tall, so the drawers did effectively go all the way to the floor. John (and others), I noticed you mounted the slides near the bottom of each drawer. I've seen them located at the bottom, middle or closer to the top Is there an advantage to any particular location? On the drawers I'm building for my shop cabinets for some reason I'm thinking middle. Thanks, Doug RE: Another Test Machine Cabinet - jteneyck - 11-29-2019 (11-29-2019, 05:52 PM)Tapper Wrote: John (and others), Doug, the directions say to mount them near the bottom of the drawer; the piece on the drawer something like 1" up from the bottom. To your question, I've mounted them near the centerline of the drawer, too. I don't recall observing any difference in how well the drawers functioned in either mounting location. With drawers of different heights, like I had, mounting the slides some constant distance up from the bottom makes more sense to me than centerline mounting as it reduces complexity and the associated probability of errors. John RE: Another Test Machine Cabinet - Tapper - 11-29-2019 (11-29-2019, 07:03 PM)jteneyck Wrote: Doug, the directions say to mount them near the bottom of the drawer; the piece on the drawer something like 1" up from the bottom. To your question, I've mounted them near the centerline of the drawer, too. I don't recall observing any difference in how well the drawers functioned in either mounting location. Thanks for the reply. I made a story board I plan to use for building the drawers and mounting the slides, so I think it will be easier to move them up closer to the middle if I like. Will just register each slide from the bottom (the "floor" if you will) of each cabinet and use a spacer to ensure they are all at the proper height. The story board was also helpful in sizing the drawers to fit the Incra pattern for the dovetails. Doug |