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Thank you so much! This was a fun project to make...let me know if you ever make it!

Just did and glad you mentioned it...I didn’t realize it was part of a contest.

I’ve been there! Hand made jigs are like an extension to what a tool can do.

Hello!Yes, you could cut several odd shapes triangles, but, assuming you’re talking about using a hand drill (at least from the setup you’ve provided) you would lose the straight depth cut that a drill press provides. If you were going to do it on a drill press, you’d also have to have the exact shaped triangles on the opposite side, all of which would have to be in the same plane with each other. For a quick, dirty jig, I could see your method working, but you’d sacrifice accuracy and repeatability.

Woooooow!!!!! My all time favorite game...in the arcade look that got a couple grand in quarters from me (yeah, I’m a dinosaur)!And all the parts easily listed for me to grab on eBay!Get over here instructable!(VERY nice build!!!)

Very cool!

Big thank you! I"d also really love to see what it looks like...and I think there's a feature here that allows you to upload pictures...I think...

Haha, no problem. I was hoping I wasn’t coming across as being rude, as it is sometimes hard to understand inflection in comments. Thanks for commenting. ;)

It’s in one of my pictures with a big cross through it. I talk about how worthless I think they are in my video and give reasons why. I think they’re a good idea but really need to be reworked, and wish that they’d be easily removable instead of having to unscrew the nut from the long stud. As for using it with a jig, I thinks it’s overly large and gets in the way. I have a jig for cutting angled holes on the drill press (which should be an instructable in the next few days) that wouldn’t work with that. Thank you for the mention though, I love finding easy solutions and had hoped, when I bought one of those a few months ago, that that would be it.

Thank you, that means a lot! Sometimes I wonder if I include too many pictures, but sometimes there’s a lot of steps.

Wow!! Thank you, you made my night!

Thank you!!

Oh I’ve definitely done that, and it does work very well...my wife is getting tired of losing the salt shaker to my workshop. Need to get—make my own!

Thank you! The really cool thing about this jig is unlike so many others, you don’t have to set the blade or bit to a certain height. The miter saw, in its locked position sets it up perfectly!

That is so cool of you to say! I’m blessed to have the opportunities to be able to put my ideas to use.

If you do, please post pictures or tell me if I’m missing anything! I want to make sure everyone can make this.

Thank you! As much as I’d love to take credit for it, the original inspiration came from Diresta. His idea was to use the one to clamp the wood down until the wood glue dried. My idea is a derivative of that. Because glue is slippery and there is no friction, I used the hot glue to keep the pieces exactly where I wanted them before I put the clamps on so that the pieces don’t move. Even if you think your wood is clamped, it could move just slightly later on. This method works wellThe drawback is that you have to be very fast to do it before it cools down. You also want to make sure the glue is as hot as it can be as cooler glue will leave a thicker gap between the pieces of wood. Thanks for commenting and let me see pictures or just a comment if you make it!

Thank you. Please let me know how it went, put up some pictures if you want. I’d love to know how it goes!

I appreciate the constructive criticism!While I completely disagree that this is unsafe, I did think to add a 3rd ‘Window Wall’ the same specs as the last 2 (that we’re glued together) and place it a bit further from the blade (on the right side, as you were saying) to quell any fears. Honestly, I think adding one wall for each size takes away from the ability to straighten out a crooked board as well as any run ins with a flat sided dowel, that can happen when you try to use the exact size. While adding a 3rd, exact copy of the ‘Window Wall’ might make one feel safer, I think it would obstruct the view and make assessment of the operation more difficult, which could make it less safe. I truly appreciate the comment though. Miter saws rarely ever have any jigs and are a scary word in ...

I appreciate the constructive criticism!While I completely disagree that this is unsafe, I did think to add a 3rd ‘Window Wall’ the same specs as the last 2 (that we’re glued together) and place it a bit further from the blade (on the right side, as you were saying) to quell any fears. Honestly, I think adding one wall for each size takes away from the ability to straighten out a crooked board as well as any run ins with a flat sided dowel, that can happen when you try to use the exact size. While adding a 3rd, exact copy of the ‘Window Wall’ might make one feel safer, I think it would obstruct the view and make assessment of the operation more difficult, which could make it less safe. I truly appreciate the comment though. Miter saws rarely ever have any jigs and are a scary word in the workshop...but when I think of people using a table saw to make dowels, honestly, that’s a bit scarier for me to think about as you have to do more reaching and have less safe zones.

Haha...no no!! Not offended at all! I really enjoyed your comment! Sometimes it’s difficult to understand inflection within messages...and had hoped that I was giving some constructive thought to your reply. I really like thought provoking comments...they get ideas out on the table and appreciated yours!

Thank you! It beats hammering a square peg in a round hole! 😬

Thank you! It beats hammering a square peg in a round hole!

I made a push block instructable, Tim:https://www.instructables.com/id/Advanced-Push-Block/

Wow, thank you! Yep, I'm as cheap as they come and would rather make things myself.

Well thanks! If you do make one, let me know how the instructable worked for you or if I made any errors.

Very true except that, I think, it would make it clunkier. Right now, without the router, it has a very narrow profile and I can hang it on the wall and put my router back in the table.

I struggled with the design a little (and have honestly bought myself a new sheet of acrylic as well as some more heavy gauge rails as I picked up a Triton 3.25 router (which was why I made the reference)), but I'm more cautious about being 'safe' as my last project got hit hard by the safety police for me cutting too close to the blade.My new router rails for my newest router, I think, will be a full sheet of 3/8" acrylic (the dimensions of the acrylic will be about 11" x 11") that I'm going to attempt to use splines with. I'm not sure how it'll cut yet, so I'm in just the planning stages.One thing I will say about using 'router rails' over a router sled is that it is sooo much easier to slide and move around. You can grip the rails on the end and move it back and fort...

I struggled with the design a little (and have honestly bought myself a new sheet of acrylic as well as some more heavy gauge rails as I picked up a Triton 3.25 router (which was why I made the reference)), but I'm more cautious about being 'safe' as my last project got hit hard by the safety police for me cutting too close to the blade.My new router rails for my newest router, I think, will be a full sheet of 3/8" acrylic (the dimensions of the acrylic will be about 11" x 11") that I'm going to attempt to use splines with. I'm not sure how it'll cut yet, so I'm in just the planning stages.One thing I will say about using 'router rails' over a router sled is that it is sooo much easier to slide and move around. You can grip the rails on the end and move it back and forth instead of sitting over the project and running that router back and forth, repositioning the sled each time. Besides the tedium that comes with doing that, it is a back killer.Thanks for the comment, and I hope it works well for you! Throw a comment back here if it works and what you did differently, I'm always interested in improving things

Figured it out. I had an ‘emoji’ in my YouTube title and it through the instructable robot off.

Figured it out. I had an ‘emoji’ in my YouTube title and it threw the instructable robot off.

Wow! That's a power tip! Thank you for that information...I entered this and another one.

Thank you so much!Unfortunately I’ve already entered. Would you choose this one or the one that’s already entered?https://www.instructables.com/id/Marking-Gauge-From-a-Printer-Rod/

That’s hilarious! That’s EXACTLY what I was going to do and I had the same fear. I bought the aluminum but held back as I wanted to keep the costs down for others. But I think that would be an excellent addition. Please! Do me a huge favor. If there is something that’s unclear or a spec that’s not quite right, let me know so that I can fix it. Mine works so well that I can put a dime on the far end and get an accurate reading in the middle. Thanks again for the compliment and comment!

Good idea!

I totally agree. Most people aren’t expecting a lightbulb to have a camera in it!

My dear, dear friend and mentor Daniel. Thank you so much! I miss talking to you and hope all is well. Hope your family is doing great and your son is on his way to being the rubic's cube champion of the world!

I'm sure I'm not the first to think it up, but it's quick and keeps it from falling out!Thanks Alex!

I'm sure I'm not the first to think it up, but it's quick and keeps the darn thing from falling out 😂 Thanks Alex!

I'm sure I'm not the first to think it up, but it's quick and keeps the thing from falling out 😂 Thanks Alex!

I'm sure I'm not the first to think it up, but it's quick and keeps it from falling out!Thanks Alex!

I hadn't either up until about a month ago. There might be a more high end version of this bulb as this is an unbranded product that clearly looks like a knock off, but it really works well!

My mentor...thank you buddy!

Thank you! That means a lot!

Very well done! Keep Making Things!

Thank you very much!

Wow, now that's a compliment! Thank you so much!