I really wanted to make a full size, test slide, with my own locking mechanism as I had only made a quick small one out of pine, and so I am not sure whether it is going to function properly.
After laying out all the components to make sure they would fit correctly, I then began looking at the slides. I first thicknessed some spare material to size, and then used the table router, straight bit and a dovetail bit to make the slots that the slides would go through. I first set the fence, and then using the straight bit removed the same distance from all the pieces. I then moved the fence slightly to widen the groove, and keep all the pieces identical. I first used a straight bit to reduce the stress on the dovetail bit, that I then used in similar fashion.
This took a long time to work out correctly, so that's all I managed to get done today.
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| Above: Components laid out in place |
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| Above: Three pieces with Dovetail Grooves |
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