mttt

I like your thinking here. Use a few McFeely's to fasten the (fill in the
blank) sure has a nice ring to it, if I do say so myself. Hey, I like it so
much that I have decided that even though the month is not yet complete, you
are the first winner of the McFeely's Somewhat Occasional Best Use of a
Screw contest! (Send me your address to claim your prize).

And if it isn't considered a major breach of Netiquette, I may make this
"contest" official. So weigh in folks: let me know whether the occassional
awarding of a gift certificate to the person that posts the most
entertaining, instructive, or creative (catalog printable) tale of the
McFeely's screw (in my sole, somewhat unbiased opinion) is grossly
offensive, mildly entertaining, or a "can't wait to check my email" event.
If there is enough interest, and minimal objection, I'll post the "rules"
next week. Stay tuned!

Jim Ray, President
McFeely's Square Drive Screws
www.mcfeelys.com

"mttt" wrote in message
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Decided to make a new x-cut sled in the DJMark's vein - big n' yeller and
with only a fence at the back. Sled #1 suffered from my ability to make
the
fence dead-on-Starett-checked-ninety-degrees-square.

For Sled #2 - the epiphany was to let the left edge of the sled hang over
the table edge by an inch or two - enough room to get a small 6" Bessy
clamp
on there.

One McFeely's screw at the right edge of the fence to act as the pivot
point
and then it was simply adjust the fence, tighten the clamp, cut and check
for square. (Lather, rinse) repeat until accurate or frustration set in.
Then a few more McFeely's(*) to lock the fence into place.

The other "improvement" was using BORGesque Primed MDF as the rear fence.
Their 1x6"x6' was a buck or three. Cut it in half, glued the two halves
back
to back to make a 1.5x6"x3' fence. Trimmed as appropriate on table saw
and
band saw. Sealed edges back up w/ Kilz.

The MDF fence is flat n' cheap.
Ugly. B*tt ugly, in fact. But flat n' cheap.

Just thought I'd share since it's the season of sharing.

(*) Think Ray should just drop the whole notion of "screw" (noun and verb)
and just call it "McFeely". As in "Simply mcfeely (verb) in three more
#6x1
1/4" McFeely's spaced evenly across the board."