Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
I'll bet even Microjig hasn't thought of this
I recently made a table saw crosscut sled with a matrix of dovetail slots for various hold downs, etc. I had a nice moment when I realized that I didn't have to get down on my knees and keep screwing and unscrewing the fence when using the five cut method to test the fence for square. I hate doing that! All I had to do was use clamps in the dovetail slots.
MIcrojig should cut me a check!
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I couldn't resist calling Microjig, and, indeed the idea is new to them. He loves it! Said he was going to make a video to show it off. No check for me, but he is sending me their new gripper handle, which has dovetail attachments so it can easily be moved from tool to tool.
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Send it in to Fine Woodworking. You may get something if they publish it. Some of the awards for best tip are nice.
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I sent it in; they have a specific email for sending tips. And I used the tip myself today to square the fence to this sled I built. The process was much easier than taking screws in an out , especially from the bottom of the sled The guy at Microjig, who liked my idea a a lot, said he always screwed in the fence from the top using a large counter bore; so it wasn't for him a problem getting down under the sled, but he allowed that just taking the screws in and out was indeed a pain and that using the dovetail clamps does solve that problem.
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Steve: Asa from Fine Woodworking replied and said that the tip was a "go" for the magazine. She asked me for a few photos, which I sent to her. I used the tip myself to square the fence on a new sled that I built with a matrix of dovetail slots. But I pointed out to her that the tip requires only a few slots at the near side of the fence at the side of the fence away from the pivot point. She said that she was sending me a contract. I don't know what such a contract entails. I guess I'll find out.
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Eliot ….. Asa is a man. I do not believe that he is intending to transition to female, although if you keep refering to Asa as “her” he may become confused and need to seek therapy. (I have shared a number of emails with Asa).
Top photo in this link - that’s Asa on the left with Nick Offerman.
https://www.finewoodworking.com/2011/01/20/fine-woodworking-on-martha-stewart
Regards from Perth
Derek
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Yeah, I thought of that in the middle of last night. And Claudia verified that Asa is a man's name. But that doesn't diminish the cleverness of my tip. Ha, ha!
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I think it's a gender-neutral Hebrew name. Wasn't there a King Ada of Judah in the House of David?
I was a boy named Sue, as my mother wanted a girl, had picked out the name Suzanne, didn't cut my hair, and dressed me as a girl until I was old enough to dress myself and tell her she had to stop doing that.There are numerous photos of this which I have been unable to locate and destroy.
I no longer wear dresses although as a bachelor, I still do have problems dressing myself. Hopefully, a 19-year-old wife from a remote Pacific island will help solve that problem for me.
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Peter, watch out for the Rumanian scam! I had a friend who fell for it and supported her; and he liked her; but it was still a scam, and she took him for plenty in the end.
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So I looked it up, and it's gender neutral. I just took it as female, but in this case I was mistaken. Derek knows the fellow!
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>Peter, watch out for the Rumanian scam! I had a friend who fell for it and supported her; and he liked her; but it was still a scam, and she took him for plenty in the end.
Are you saying some women only want men for their money? Then I'm in luck, as I don't have any. 
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Yes, that's what I'm saying.
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I talked to Asa yesterday. would you believe FineWoodworking is sending me a check for $100? I told them I was in it only for glory, but they're sending me the money anyway. (I'll take it to buy some tools.)