Lip slot fixture...

[Rockfish9]

seeing we are on a fixture kick as of late, I thought I'd share my lip slot fixture.... like most , in the beginning, i clamped the plug in the vice and used a back saw to cut my ( sometimes not so straight) lip slots...

I bought my table top 9" Craftsman just for lip slots ( but since have used it for many other things) the fixture relies on the miter gauge track and the blade slot..... a screw and washer are fitted in the bottom of the fixture and tightend enough to slide in the blade slot, a rail is screwd and glued onto the side to align the fixture, this rail rides in the miter slot... A "V" block is mounted on the front of the fixture and a slot cut ( on center of coarse) in the blade path... a tail stock and pin is inserted into the rear of the plug and keeps the plug in place, of coarse this calls for the rear of the plug to be drilled to accomdate the pin... the "v" block accomodates many different size plugs and the tail stock can be drilled ( or changed) to meet the need of the height of the plug to keep it level, these tail stock are the same ones I use in my darter/swing fixture....