Thread: Wedges easy, quick, accurate

I'm remembering that second one. I'll use a jig like that to hand sand some wedges I'll be making in the next few week (months)

Originally Posted by karlej

Here is the wedge gizzy I use. I saw something similar on another thread. Great minds think alike. Quick and easy to make. I used a scarp piece of nylon and some 1/16" dia. nickel silver pins. Drill the holes a few thousands undersize and hammer the pins in place. Once they are in place hold the gizzy against the disk sander to reduce the length. The pins in my wedges are always 1/8" back from the edge so that is the distance between the pins. Take your wedge material measure back 1/8" inch and drill a hole. Drop it on the gizzy and hold it against the sanding disk. It's easy to sand on an angle to get the wedge shape. Do one side flip it over and do the other. Take a few cuts and sort of sneak up on it. It doesn't get much simpler. The last photo is a completed and installed horn wedge.
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Your welcome...
I posted it in butchered blade some time back, for those that dont have a belt sander.

Mine was made to make large and small single pin wedges and double pin wedges.

One thing is certain. You fellas have the manicure thing going on about like I do!

Thats just the difference between making wedges without a jig to hold them with and without a jig. [emoji38]

Originally Posted by FAL

I use Dop wax instead of pins, it is wax that hardens fast to different materials, then heat a bit and the pattern pops off to do the other side, it can be used for hand engraving tiny parts and stone setting, when ya wanna get real fancy...

Great Jig Ideas Gent's.

That process would be interesting to see?

Originally Posted by Splashone

I don't bother flipping it over. When it is done and off the block, I briefly touch the "interior" edge to "normalize" that edge to the tapered sides.

The wedge material is rarely flat on both sides and it's too hard to hang on to without the gizzy. For those without power tools I suppose you could use this on a flat piece of sandpaper but it's the long way around the barn.

I double sided foam tape them to the end of paint stir stick and rub them on a file lying flat on the bench, applying more pressure to one side and just taper one side, finish on sand paper. Enlarge the hole a bit to allow for the taper.

Eyeball, measure with calipers and test fit. Keep old wedges for patterns and thickness templates.

I do like the jigs, will have to make one for the belt sander, Thanks.

I'll have to give this a try.. I struggled very hard in making the wedge of my first set of scales. Thanks for the post.

I've also made brass wedges with the jig, by c-clamping a file to my work table, being I dont use power tools.

I like the smell, when walking around the barn.[emoji6]