Adjustable table sawing jig?

Autumn Greetings!

I have a project that I’m working on that would be a great deal
easier if I could just remember the name of a tool and where to get
it. I hope someone here can help me out.

The tool is a sawing jig, with an adjustable table, so that one can
cut sheet at any angle. I’ve seen it once before in my old
undergraduate studio a few years back, and I know it existed; at
least in the past. It is not the jig on the Rio Grande website for
cutting tube at a 90 or 45 degree angle. I believe it had a small
saw fram that came with it, and it was probably a bit on the
expensive side. It would be worth every penny if I could find it
now.

Any help at this point would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,
Anna

Hi Anna:

You were probably using a Bonny Doon adjustable sawguide. Big thing
that clamped onto the bench edge. Frame spraypainted gold, with an
aluminum ‘bench pin’ and a big aluminum tower thing wherein rode a
rack that held your sawframe perfectly vertical while you sawed on
the adjustable ‘bench pin’. That sound about right?

If so, that would be the Mark I version. They’re discontinued, but
Lee Marshall (the original inventor) is making a new Mark II version
which he’s marketing as the Knew Concept Precision Saw guide. A very
nice re-design, solving some of the Mk I’s issues. Available for
$385, here:

http://store.knewconcepts.com/blanking-die-saw.html

You might be able to find an old, used Mk I on ebay, but last I
heard, they were going for well north of $250.

The usual disclaimers apply: no interest other than being the
satisfied owner of a Mk I guide that I wouldn’t part with for less
than a new Mk II.

Regards,
Brian Meek.

Autumn Greetings!

I have a project that I’m working on that would be a great deal
easier if I could just remember the name of a tool and where to get
it. I hope someone here can help me out.

The tool is a sawing jig, with an adjustable table, so that one can
cut sheet at any angle. I’ve seen it once before in my old
undergraduate studio a few years back, and I know it existed; at
least in the past. It is not the jig on the Rio Grande website for
cutting tube at a 90 or 45 degree angle. I believe it had a small
saw fram that came with it, and it was probably a bit on the
expensive side. It would be worth every penny if I could find it now.

Any help at this point would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,
Anna

Hi Anna,

Is this what you were looking for?
http://www.hswalsh.com/itemdetail.aspx?i=TB230&a=B

Regards, Gary Wooding

The tool is a sawing jig, with an adjustable table, so that one
can cut sheet at any angle. 

What you want is the RT Blanking System. I own that one and also
used the old Bonny Doone one, which I consider far superior. I
haven’t tried the latest model, though.

Donna in VA

Anna - the item you are looking for comes from Lee Marshall. It is
called Knew Concept Blanking Die Saw. It is available in both a
manual and a motorized version. Rio Grande sells them. They are
found on the third page of saws and saw blades on-line. The manual
version is item 115104 and the motorized version is 115081. You can
see a video demo at Lee’s website http://www.knewconcepts.com.

One of the very coolest parts of this saw is how you tension the
blade.

I love mine!

Judy Hoch

One of the very coolest parts of this saw is how you tension the
blade. 

which saw do you have the red saw or the other one?

jesse