Duplicator

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Thought I would post in this thread because without professor's M's help this would have been a lot more difficult, as well as all the others that have shared their duplicators. Besides the insert, the insert holder, and the threaded rods everything was just scraps that I had at work.

Luckily enough the table saw top on the shop smith serves as decent adjustable platform minus the clearance being on little on the low side.

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As others did, the bottom of the duplicator has plexiglas allowing it to slide on the platform easier. I'm sure lexon would be a lot easier to use as the plexiglass tends to crack a lot easier when cutting and drill but I just went slowly and it worked out.

I just happen to have a couple dock cleats from the marina laying around and I was brainstorming about some ideas for weight. looks a little silly but adds a some weight and also allow me to cup my hands in between the cleat and handle.

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few additional photos.

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more photos for more ideas.

templates - I sort of visualize everything on a computer because I spend more then 10 hours a day designing crap for work, so I drew out my templates directly on the computer. Although I'm sure at some point I will scan in plugs that I like and go from there as others did.
I also measure everything in decimals rather then fractions, just a work related thing.

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Although it's not the nicest looking thing it works better then previous attempts. Professor M mentioned that I would most likely change the design several times before settling, and I assumed it shouldn't be problem the first time, I was wrong. I actually made an additional two along with these that I chucked away. I might have made a different one every day last week.

All in all, I hope this can also help someone out because without everyone's idea's I wouldn't have gotten this far.

excuse the spelling,grandma, everything else that is wrong. I hate text editing