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   9619 | Oct 06, 2006 05:45pm | #1

   Rob,
   I am the person who mentioned the Dubby. I bought one years ago when I bought my Delta Contractors Saw. You can make your own crosscut sleds, but the nice things about the dubby are:
   1) it is fairly light and easy to store.
   2) it can be adjusted down to a gnat's eyebrow (and should be checked with each use).
   3) it can cut at all angles
   4) the fence has an adjustable extention, which can also be adjusted to a gnat's eyelash, so that you can make multiple cuts of the same length.

   Take a look at it on:
   http://www.in-lineindustries.com/

   Call Jerry Cole and talk to him. Obviously he is biased, but he is a very nice guy. I looked at the Delta crosscut jig and a bunch of others, and I made some sleds. The one I come back to all the time is the Dubby.

   I often use it to make dados in the sides of a cabinet. I just leave the WWII blade in, and cut mark and cut one side of the dado. Then I continue to widen the dado with five or six passes "by eye", until I get close to the thickness of the shelf. Then I adjust the fence stop to give me a cut that is "too narrow" a dado. Then I screw in the adjusting screw (by hand), a half turn at a time until the shelf just slips into the dado. This takes a long time to describe, but just minutes to do. It is much easier than getting out the dado blade set. Also, once your final cut is set, you can finish off all of your dados in the cabinet side at one time. AND THEY FIT LIKE A GLOVE.

   I don't get any commission on this. I have no ties to In-line Industries. I am sure that Jerry Cole has forgotten that I exist. I did call him twice after I bought my Dubby with a few questions. I don't buy many "aftermarket" add ons for my tools. I try to make home-built jigs when I need them. I just happen to like the Dubby.
   Hope that helps. If you need any more info, or want specific questions answered, let me know.

   Enjoy,
   Mel

   Measure your output in smiles per board foot. 

2. 
   nikkiwood | Oct 06, 2006 07:49pm | #2

   Here is an alternative to the Dubby, this one from Woodhaven:

   http://www.woodhaven.com/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=63

   I have one, and I like it a lot for certain operations. However, I don't see it (or the Dubby) as a substitue for a good mitre guage.

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   "It is what we learn after we think we know it all, that counts."

   John Wooden 1910-

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   CajunDan | Oct 06, 2006 09:03pm | #3

   Sorry, but I disagree. My Dubby is far more accurate than my miter gauge. Degrees are marked on the far edge, and so are very far apart. I use it for all crosscuts larger than my mitersaw can handle.

   Perhaps one of the expensive aftermarket miter gauges can be as accurate, but I doubt it could be more so.

   Regards,

   Dan

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   nikkiwood | Oct 06, 2006 09:31pm | #4

   If it works for you, that's great......................********************************************************
   "It is what we learn after we think we know it all, that counts."

   John Wooden 1910-

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   badoyn | Oct 09, 2006 05:19pm | #5

   I too have a Dubby for my Ridgid 3612 and it works like a charm.

   Michael