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Lesson #74: An Alternative to Dowel Pins For Precision Locating

by Phil Kerner | Mar 17, 2013 | Fixture Building, Members Only: The Tool Room

I build a few new fixtures every week. Most come from the engineering department, but occasionally I'll design and build one just because I've got a bunch of part to run and a fixture will save me a lot of time in the end. Most designers use dowel pins to insure that...

Lesson #68: Fixture Building: Obvious Problem, Easy Solution

by Phil Kerner | Mar 10, 2013 | Fixture Building, Members Only: The Tool Room

In this lesson, I'll show you a very simple and obvious way to build a fixture that is often forgotten or overlooked. This issue still bites me in the behind a few times a year, and I need to remind myself to watch my own freakin' videos once in a while!
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