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.