[CAUT] hammer thickness trimming jig

[William Monroe]

Will,

With apologies and respect to Jon, I must agree.  I made one like this in a 
pinch one time.  Never could understand how one could get any degree of 
accurate thinning.  It worked for me in a way, but though my hammers looked 
OK, it was VERY challenging to get any consistency.  More importantly, my 
fingers were millimeters from the blade on many occasions trying to get as 
much of an even taper as possible.  Unsafe at best.

William R. Monroe

> Hi Jon:
>
> How many fingers do you have?
>
> Seriously, I don't see how you can recommend a jig such as this to anyone
> else - it places your fingers so close to and in such jeopardy with the
> blade of the table saw.  It appears that your fingers on one hand are
> serving as the hold down device while the other pushes the jig at the same
> time.  Something could go wrong very quickly and you would no longer be 
> able
> to count to 10 on your fingers.
>
> Please forgive me for getting on your case about this, but this is a
> dangerous jig that would tolerate absolutely no operator error.
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Will Truitt

>> Trim on a table saw with a jig like this:
>> -- 
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Jon Page