As you may have noticed on the back wall of “the bay” I have “home made” calipers.
I made these when I first set up “the bay” and started this journey … in the process of sorting out some pictures, I stumbled across the templates that I used. It dawned on me that I had never written anything in here about the calipers or how I made them, so here goes:
1. I used some plywood I had lying around … but of 10mm from memory.
2. I used the templates (as per below) to mark out the arms, etc. As you’ll notice, I decided not to use the extended end section.
3. Using a trusty old “ozito” jig saw I cut out the arms
4. I gave all the edges a sand
5. I used a bolt and nut, with a couple of washers I had laying around to join the arms together.
So, there ya go, a simple and inexpensive “homemade” set of calipers.
Here’s the templates:
This is actually awesome. I built a very very basic set, i think it was 25mm wide, rounded the contact point that touches the blank. Right angle glued the arms and bolted the join. Imagine a square when closed.. does the job, but not quite long enough for wide boards.
Hey Gary, sorry for the REALLY late reply. I’ve been off air due to some family and health issues. Glad you made your own calipers. So easy, hey?