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original Incra jig

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original Incra jig

I found one of these at the back of my shop among all the clutter and set it up.

Does anyone here have experience with it? I watched all the videos, but they all work with the new, fancy LS positioner with its micro adjust and hairline cursor and multiple slots for different templates and scales.I'll probably have to spring for one of these.

I purchased the large Incra manual with all those templates. But the whole thing is driving me a bit crazy. In the time it took me to set all this up I really could have cut a whole bunch of dovetails by hand! But I persist.

My biggest problem is how to set the templates. The ones in the package are larger than the original positioner, and there is no hairline cursor on the original. I know that with enough time I can figure it all out, But I could use some help.

So help if you can!


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Despite changing the spelling of your name, we still know it's you Eliot


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I have an Add-Feet-Jr. in a drawer. I used it back in my pen-and-pencil-and-straight-edge days. CAD killed an entire industry almost overnight. Sometimes, you just need to let things go, Eliot.


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Let things go? Why should I do that? I just called the ace at Incra and bought a new LS positioner. I figured things out using my old original one, but I'm certain that the newer version with a micro -adjust and some other features will be a joy. I plan to repurpose the original over to my table saw; I saw a terrific video about doing that by Stubby Nubs.


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Eliot,  If you have a SawStop be careful if you try the jig on it.  Keep the aluminum away from the blade.  DAMHIKT


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I don't have a SawStop. My table saw is a five HP Powermatic 66 (I think that's the number.)  When I first bought it, it was 3 HP, but a moving guy managed to drop it while running (literally) up a ramp ; he and the saw fell off the ramp. He wasn't hurt, but the saw was. The moving company had to replace it; and while they were at it, they offered me a extra two horse power, and I took it.

BTW , today I was cutting some redwood (very soft stuff) on it; and, believe it or not, I couldn't hear the difference in sound! Granted I had ear phones on, But still!


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