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segment jig - Robert Wilson - 12-13-2024
looking to buy pete markens segment jig ,does any one have one and how do you like it? it looks to be the best on the market, thanks
RE: segment jig - Bill Holt - 12-16-2024
No experience here. Segmenting is on my "to do list". My first effort was successful but have not had good luck since. I like what I see of the Pete Markens jig....hope you get some response.
RE: segment jig - jteneyck - 12-16-2024
(12-13-2024, 10:19 AM)Robert Wilson Wrote: looking to buy pete markens segment jig ,does any one have one and how do you like it? it looks to be the best on the market, thanks
He's not getting rich selling those. They look to be well made at a very fair price. Curious though, he talks about wedgie sleds but never shows anything about the wedgies themselves, whether or not he sells them, etc., or at least I couldn't find anything further about them.
Ah, a little more digging and I found them: Wedgies
John
RE: segment jig - RPE1 - 12-17-2024
(12-13-2024, 10:19 AM)Robert Wilson Wrote: looking to buy pete markens segment jig ,does any one have one and how do you like it? it looks to be the best on the market, thanks
I don't understand why one would buy that sled. You can make one for the price of a sheet of MDF. Jerry Bennett designed it and has a tutorial on how to make one. I made mine and have used it for years.
RE: segment jig - jteneyck - 12-17-2024
(12-17-2024, 10:09 AM)RPE1 Wrote: I don't understand why one would buy that sled. You can make one for the price of a sheet of MDF. Jerry Bennett designed it and has a tutorial on how to make one. I made mine and have used it for years.
Why would one buy anything they can make? Perhaps because they would rather spend their available time making something rather than making something so they can make something. Of maybe because they don't feel confident it will be accurate enough. Lots of reasons.
John
RE: segment jig - RPE1 - 12-17-2024
(12-17-2024, 10:22 AM)jteneyck Wrote: Why would one buy anything they can make? Perhaps because they would rather spend their available time making something rather than making something so they can make something. Of maybe because they don't feel confident it will be accurate enough. Lots of reasons.
John
Well, if he's planning on doing segmented turning, he'd better know how to do something accurately. Besides, the jig has little to do with accuracy. The wedgies or triangles are what make it accurate.
RE: segment jig - jteneyck - 12-18-2024
(12-17-2024, 05:32 PM)RPE1 Wrote: Well, if he's planning on doing segmented turning, he'd better know how to do something accurately. Besides, the jig has little to do with accuracy. The wedgies or triangles are what make it accurate.
The wedgie-less jig looks like it works w/o them. His CNC fabrication should make them just as accurate as using a wedgie. His design is not that far different from the RAS miter table I developed earlier this year, which works much like a Dubby sled. CNC fabrication makes it very accurate, once calibrated.
John