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  • When I was researching ideas for a rip fence.

  • I realized that their was a slight issue I was going to have to overcome.

  • Because of how I built this workstation, most of my rip capacity is on the left hand side.

  • Now I've learned to work around that by doing thinner rip cuts on the right hand side of the blade

  • and wider rip cuts here on the left.

  • So I needed a rip fence that going to be able to handle ripping from both the left and right side.

  • Now when dealing with somewhat more complex projects like this.

  • I like to actually break them down into smaller components

  • and then deal with those individual components by themselves.

  • So the first thing I want to do is build the carcass.

  • I'll start by ripping 3 and a half inch pieces of grade a preferred scrap.

  • In my case three quarter inch melamine.

  • Two words...

  • Pocket holes.

  • Use them...Love them.

  • Ok... that was actually...four.

  • Now the most complicated part of this is the front.

  • It consists of a piece of 2x4

  • Three quarter inch ply

  • and a piece of quarter inch ply that is sandwiched in between the two.

  • The quarter inch ply is cut about an inch shorter than the two by 4.

  • Now below the quarter inch piece, I have drilled a corresponding hole from the two by four

  • to the three quarter inch ply.

  • That gets a bolt.

  • and a clamping knob.

  • Also, the three quarter inch ply gets a strip of hardwood attached to the bottom

  • So i'm going to take this one step at a time.

  • First I'm going to mark out the two by four.

  • Then its over to the miter saw

  • Now the quarter inch piece.

  • Little bit of glue.

  • And tack it down.

  • Now i'm going to drill a slightly undersized hole for the head of the bolt,

  • then drill all the way thru.

  • Mark the three quarter inch piece.

  • Mark the corresponding hole.

  • Also, a common problem that I saw on some designs was the front would lock down ok.

  • But the back side would have a tendency to wobble.

  • So I hope that by adding this piece of hardwood that overhangs the edge of the table.

  • I can help solve that problem.

  • And their it is, DIY rip fence.

  • Well, essentially all it is is a big clamp with a straight edge to it.

  • Very simple design.

  • And I'm by far not the first one to come up with it.

  • If you would like more information on this rip fence or other DIY projects

  • You can go to my website at simply easy diy dot com.

  • Until then,

  • I'll see ya later.

When I was researching ideas for a rip fence.

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