In this review, the author shows how to make a simple home-made device for connecting workpieces to an oblique screw.
Do it yourself is much cheaper than buying in a store. Therefore, if there is a desire and free time, then be sure to make yourself such a conductor, in the workshop it will always come in handy.
To make a home-made jig you will need a wooden block 75 mm wide, 80 mm long and 40 mm thick.
First you need to mark the places for three holes with a diameter of 10 mm. To drill holes in the bar at an angle of 90 degrees, the author uses a drill stand.
You can read about how to make a home-made drill stand for a drill in this review.
The main stages of work
After all three holes have been drilled, it is necessary to cut off the unnecessary part from the wooden block (at an angle of 15 degrees). This can be done on a band saw.
Having cut the bar in this way, we get the necessary angle at which holes under the oblique screw are usually drilled in the workpieces.
At the next stage, the author cuts three blanks of 80 mm length from a steel tube with a diameter of 10 mm and a wall thickness of 2 mm.
Then it will be necessary to hammer the tubes into the holes with a hammer. The protruding parts of the tubes are cut off by the grinder flush with the plane of the wooden bar.
Bed making process
Next, the author proceeds to the manufacture of a bed for this conductor. For this, pieces of plywood are used.
To change the depth and height of the drilling, it is necessary to cut grooves in the side walls of the bed. The master does this with a milling machine.
After that we collect a bed. In the conductor itself, on the sides, the author drills holes into which the joinery nuts are pressed. This is necessary to fix the conductor at the required height.
At the last stage, it remains only to make an emphasis with a screw for rigidly fixing the workpieces in which the holes will be drilled.
Homemade ready. We fix the jig to the table with the help of a clamp, and you can begin to work.
Details on how to make a home-made device for connecting wooden workpieces to a slanting screw, you can see in the video on our website. Write in the comments what you think about this homemade product.
