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macduff gives for free, all other additions when the plans for the Original Jimmy Jig are purchased through Paypal buy now at the bottom of the page.
note that the most important safety device is the
two sockets between your ears, then on your table saw
having macduff's
safety devices placed overhead and up front of the
blade or cutting tool, adjusts automatically for height and
width greatly reduces the dangerous kick-back which is
the most prolific encounters that amount to over 40,000
table saw accidents yearly in North America, let alone the
World. The OJJ plans will only lighten your wallet
by $10.00 US. would you like to be able to count to 10
on both hands for a lifetime of woodworking, the OJJ
has most of the simple answers
A typical table saw alone takes a space about 5' x 17' (min) to rip a 8' board.
enter the OJJ at 5ft * 2.5ft to do the same with a surface area of 12.5sq.ft and it's portable with the use of a bench top table saw not requiring to be stationary in the 17ft length, it utilizes any space available, eg. the patio, garage, onsite construction, it being a knock-down, throw the unit with the benchtop saw in the back of the truck, it has big saw capabilities in a small bundle, much safer and capable of any operation.
View all seumas2 videos here some in H/D http://wn.com/seumas2
Highlight, right click and open the slide show below
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Seumas
Thank you for all the pictures and text. All arrived safely, and I'm very happy to have spent that $10.00.
Thanks again,
Andy Hornig
BC
Thanks Macduff, the response is overwhelming, definitely the best R86 I’ve ever spent1 (That’s 86 Rand, the equivalent of $10)
My grandfather was Scottish tho where exactly he came from I dinna ken.
Mike Gray, Durban SA
Jim,
All I can say is WOW! I appreciate all your help getting the info on your jig and accessories. I am trying to make an inexpensive table saw into something that is safe to use, and I was lucky enough to be steered your way.
Thanks again for great service,
Wayne S.
Pasadena, MD
"Thanks for your ideas ; the plans are a great value at twice the price -- you should be teaching this stuff to younger people . Carpentry is a noble profession. I know if I was a kid; I'd light up like a thousand watt bulb with curiosity and amazement at what you do with simple tools and raw skill. The Jimmy jig is testimony to that. It's really good to run across someone who seems to be into the idea that bigger isn't always better. One of my mentors from my younger days, was this guy who had and entire shop in half of his two car garage . His shop was built around his table saw and the use of hand tools. He could do anything and he was quick. He taught me that the best tool in the shop was between the left and right ears. You've verified that concept again with the design of your jig .
Thanks again
Stan Harris"
See the old plywood straight guide, revisited by macduff and
incorporating a plunge saw, new up on youtube seumas2
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Featuring the Original Jimmy Jig... plus the new Piggie-back, this unit has a left and right stationary fence system with the OZ down-under multiple power tools to the support frame, ( lays on and adapts to any flat surface or table top, even the kitchen table ) other additions now include the titan square. Plans and pictures $10 us dollars, feed up to buy and learn more
The worlds only table saw fence concept that uses a fixed or stationary fence incorporating its own support platform, that stays put, will never deviate, flex or yawl. Go to www.youtube.com or click on the link below
A statement made in a track saw forum
The xxxxxxxx is in a category by itself I have run about 200 4by 8 sheets through it some of the sheets were cut into 2.5 inch strips with unsurpassed accuracy and ease, portable on the job cutting that only takes 1 person to operate, portable table saws can't do that. Not quite true if you search The OJJ and any portable table saw (other models incuded)can rip material in strips to 1/16in. with the riving knife and guard in place, simply handles 4*8 to 4ft. on
 How to extend table and fence
Hello people!
I've seen that request many times and accidentally found a nice option in the web. There's a fellow woodworker in Canada (Vancouver Island) that invented what he calls the Jimmy Jig (his name is James McCombie aka Seumas - he's Scot).
I purchased a set of plans out of curiosity and was impressed with the simplicity and effectiveness of the idea. Basically it is a frame with the Rip Fence built into it (no misalignment possible if you build it right). The frame is mounted on the saw top and it slides from side to side to set the rip width.
The advantages are obvious, you get a bigger table overnight (and wider one too) and you can mount anything you fancy on simple insets. Additionally, it may be unmounted easily if required.
McCombie supplies all info to build the Jimmy Jig and many suggestions on how to mount things on it, increase safety with anti-kickback devices he designed, etc. I would say it's worth to take a look. You also get by without metalworking save for a few holes to tap. Visit megatech.tk/jj or Google for more info and videos. The plans cost USD 10 for a PDF download or you get paper copies mailed at USD 25.
I never built a JJ because I already had a big table on my shop-built saw. Perhaps you may want to take a look at it and my other shop-built machines in Seumas link on his home page
However, I liked the concept so much that I designed a variation dubbed the Jimmy Jig Workstation (JJWS for short). This was originally envisaged for a friend who never got to build it. I'm sellling a package with CAD drawn plans (9 pages) and complete instructions (17 pages) at USD 40.
I'm enclosing a couple of .pdf files with a Description and Sample Sheet. This is a more ambitious project and will not be completed as fast as the Original Jimmy Jig. However, the end result is a bigger machine, more stable and with as many or as few additions as you may want.
The JJWS is also offered in the OJJ web page as Seumas and I became friends with common interests. It is not competition to the OJJ, it's just a different approach for a different kind of user. Read the Description to learn which were my aims at design time. Then take your pick.
I hope this helps those that are forced to buy small saws due to budget or space limitations.
Cheers to you all!
Hector Acevedo
Location: Montevideo, Uruguay
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Fixed or stationary fence,(copied by many but never perfected) which is at all times parallel to the blade, will never flex or yawl. You can have heavy and sustained upward pressure on any hold-down devices without any lift up of the fence. Any side pressure or bumps on the fence (heavy ply or MDF board) will never make it deviate, clamping pressure is applied all along the front edge of the table saw not levered against a front rail. Most safety and anti-kickback devices are placed up front and over head of the cutting tool or blade from the rock solid fixed fence. Can handle 4*8 sheet material to 4 ft on centre of the cut with only 12.5 sq.ft of support platform area, eliminating the need for large permanently mounted out feed and side tables also the requirement for 60lbs of steel of a t-arm system which is certainly not portable. The OJJ weighs in at about 24 to 30lbs, removable, portable from the shop to on site with the same accuracy, does not require to be set up level, adapts to any saw, large, small, new, old or bench-top, many poo at the thought of a wee bench-top being able to, you know what. The OJJ'S simple technology suggests otherwise, The unique apertured support platform can have the additions of many other cutting tools attached to a spare insert and slide inside the said aperture and used in conjunction with the stationary fence.
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=seumas2
"Nothing will help with carelessness. But someone who has NEVER read or been around/taught any idea of shop safety, is more prone to accidents then someone who has a basic understanding of the tool functions. When one doesn't have an idea, that wood can have defects in it, one tends to go blindly in.
Even Push sticks and idea's like the OJJ (Seumas's design), help to keep ones hands further back." quote from woodworker
Greetings Macduff!
Thanks for the plans, pictures and for sharing your ideas. I especially like the idea of using the T-slots on top of the fence to attach a guard or all sorts of other possible stuff. You have saved me lots of time and head scratching by generously sharing your innovative and fiscally conservative thinking.
All the best,
Jeff Riches
$10.00 USD for the OJJ plans
Buy the plans for the original jimmy jig, and you
get the PIGGIE-BACK/with the OZ down-under multiple power tool support frame (both by e-mail after purchase) with the ORIGINAL JIMMY JIG for free that make the
consept the safest table saw period, blade or cutting tool covered on all sides, top, back,
front. all aspects of safety being covered, added extras include pictures of the snorter and the titan square
The PIGGIE-BACK/OZ a Scots innovation has two fences one left one right and an added half
fence, easily removed, front and back 24in. long adjustable hold-downs, innovative
banding material hold-downs. Regards safety nothing comes close. A Scotsman's multiple power tool support frame with out the expence
Don't be complacent !!!! spend $10 and eliminate/dangers and the fear factor
the stationary box Fence
support platform
How to line up a fence
Isometric plan views
zero clearance inserts
clamping device
auto-hold-in device
auto-hold-down device-to scale
outrigger-eliminating side and out feed tables
split router fence
cross cut sliding sled
over-head see through guard
compound-mitre and cove jig
preventing the deadly kick-back
 
Which includes 22 / 8*11in. pages of detail instructions included in the package are
Now includes details on how to build the over head guard and anti-kick-back safety devices!
By this time are you convinced that the Jimmy Jig's technology simply makes more sense.
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