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Clamp for cutting small pieces...
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The saws vise jaws end an inch or more from the blade when in the normal cutting position,--- which I almost EXCUSIVELY use, so (again like on the 4x6's) I wanted the jaws right at the blades contact point to allow those MANY short pieces to be clamped and cut.
This was accomplished with a couple minor changes ... the stationary jaw was relocated to holes designed to hold the jaw in the angled positions, having to move the hole (at the arrow) to the left and elongate to make it a slot, then use one of the existing arcs as second mount point. The circled area under the bolt is a little milled notch to allow the table to just clear at that point. The movable jaw was fitted with a piece of plate to extend it out the inch or so to the blade edge.
This was accomplished with a couple minor changes ... the stationary jaw was relocated to holes designed to hold the jaw in the angled positions, having to move the hole (at the arrow) to the left and elongate to make it a slot, then use one of the existing arcs as second mount point. The circled area under the bolt is a little milled notch to allow the table to just clear at that point. The movable jaw was fitted with a piece of plate to extend it out the inch or so to the blade edge.
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