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"Lewis"

13/12/2004 10:43 PM

Any opinions on Betterley's table saw insert?

It's an interesting concept: an insert within an insert. Here's a link:
http://www.betterleytools.com/new_page_11.htm
If anyone on the list has experience with it, please share. I'm interested
in finding out about the fit and finish and overall machining -- good, bad,
whatever? And whether there's any merit to the idea at all.
Thanks,
Lewis


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sandman

in reply to "Lewis" on 13/12/2004 10:43 PM

13/12/2004 10:48 PM

In article <ZVovd.255780$R05.93396@attbi_s53>,
"Lewis" <[email protected]> wrote:

> It's an interesting concept: an insert within an insert. Here's a link:
> http://www.betterleytools.com/new_page_11.htm
> If anyone on the list has experience with it, please share. I'm interested
> in finding out about the fit and finish and overall machining -- good, bad,
> whatever? And whether there's any merit to the idea at all.
> Thanks,
> Lewis
>
>

As a solid surface fabricator, I have been using Art Betterley's tools
for over 10 years. He's a one-of-a-kind innovator. (Look at his cove
router on his home page...I own one)
I looked at that insert he makes.. smart, well made as usual, but pricey.
You get what you pay for, and with Betterley you even get a little more.

Rob

"Dynamite With A Laserbeam"

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"Matthew"

in reply to "Lewis" on 13/12/2004 10:43 PM

18/12/2004 9:25 PM

Too many $$ unless you really want it. I just keep a stack of disposables
on hand.

Take the insert that came with your saw (or one you like better) and use a
pattern router bit to make a bunch of copies from 1/2 plywood. If you need
to modify, cut, screw a stop to one, who cares? After you are done, just
pitch it and grab the next one off the stack.

Matthew

"Lewis" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:ZVovd.255780$R05.93396@attbi_s53...
> It's an interesting concept: an insert within an insert. Here's a link:
> http://www.betterleytools.com/new_page_11.htm
> If anyone on the list has experience with it, please share. I'm interested
> in finding out about the fit and finish and overall machining -- good,
> bad,
> whatever? And whether there's any merit to the idea at all.
> Thanks,
> Lewis
>
>

EP

"Edwin Pawlowski"

in reply to "Lewis" on 13/12/2004 10:43 PM

13/12/2004 11:13 PM


"Lewis" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:ZVovd.255780$R05.93396@attbi_s53...
> It's an interesting concept: an insert within an insert. Here's a link:
> http://www.betterleytools.com/new_page_11.htm
> If anyone on the list has experience with it, please share. I'm interested
> in finding out about the fit and finish and overall machining -- good,
> bad,
> whatever? And whether there's any merit to the idea at all.
> Thanks,
> Lewis

Kind of neat but expensive. I made a half dozen inserts in an hour or so
with a cost of 50¢ each. Made them from 1/2" MDF. Your money, your choice.

PB

Pat Barber

in reply to "Lewis" on 13/12/2004 10:43 PM

14/12/2004 4:16 PM

This concept has been around for quite a while.

Norm even had a similar insert on his saw. I can't
remember the company name but Woodcraft sold these
inserts a few years back. I recall a $90 price ????


Lewis wrote:

> It's an interesting concept: an insert within an insert. Here's a link:
> http://www.betterleytools.com/new_page_11.htm
> If anyone on the list has experience with it, please share. I'm interested
> in finding out about the fit and finish and overall machining -- good, bad,
> whatever? And whether there's any merit to the idea at all.
> Thanks,
> Lewis
>
>

cC

[email protected] (Charlie Self)

in reply to Pat Barber on 14/12/2004 4:16 PM

14/12/2004 6:19 PM

Pat Barber responds:

>
>This concept has been around for quite a while.
>
>Norm even had a similar insert on his saw. I can't
>remember the company name but Woodcraft sold these
>inserts a few years back. I recall a $90 price ????

Yes. IIRC, the insert was dovetailed wood. I see no reason to pay for something
like that, though. Use aluminum for the actual insert, dovetail the center of a
sheet of the metal, shape it, and then cut a long strip of wood that has been
dovetailed to fit. For 100 bucks, you could probably make yourself a few dozen,
with enough inserts for a small army. Slight exaggeration, of course. Make a
half dozen and run the inserts out of scrap.

Charlie Self
"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." Sir Winston
Churchill

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"toller"

in reply to "Lewis" on 13/12/2004 10:43 PM

14/12/2004 6:12 AM


"Lewis" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:ZVovd.255780$R05.93396@attbi_s53...
> It's an interesting concept: an insert within an insert. Here's a link:
> http://www.betterleytools.com/new_page_11.htm
> If anyone on the list has experience with it, please share. I'm interested
> in finding out about the fit and finish and overall machining -- good,
> bad,
> whatever? And whether there's any merit to the idea at all.
> Thanks,
> Lewis
>

How is the spring thingy supposed to work?


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