Slotted Angle Plates in the Woodshop
Tablesaw tenoning jigs and many other woodworking fixtures require two faces to be at a precise 90¡ angle to each other. In the past, I have spent a great deal of time fussing with wooden fixtures or filing aluminum angles to get a precise 90¡ angle. While browsing at a local machine-tool supply shop, I stumbled upon an item called a slotted angle plate. This fixture is used in the metalworking trades for various applications. Angle plates come in a variety of sizes, are relatively cheap and have milled slots for attaching wood faces, if needed. They are accurate to fractions of a degree well beyond the needs of any woodworker.
Andrew J. Lenhart, Royal Oak, Mich.
Fine Woodworking Magazine, February 2000 No. 140
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