Saw stop for dewalt multi-cutter

[dahui]

Hey gang,

I've been making some flashlights and had to cut off quite a few parts to length. I decided to whip up a little saw stop for my dewalt multi-cutter. Works great! I have some more pics and info on my blog if you are interested.

[doorknob]

Interesting... I think that I understand what you've done, but just to be sure...

The stop surface that the workpiece aligns against is the bolt head, right?

And you do gross length adjustment by sliding the tube through the rectangular bracket and hold it there with the black handscrew?

And you swing the stop into place or out of the way, then tighten the bolt that connects it to the stand?

I haven't looked through the rest of your blog yet, but will I find pictures of your flashlights there?

[BobWarfield]

Stops are so handy!

Cheers,

BW

[dahui]

Hey, the stop is bolted to the base with a nylock nut and a brass washer between the square tube and the side of the table. I can swing the assembly up and down without loosening the main bolt. Basically it's "firmly" tightened so I can still move the arm but it does not flop around at all.

I just posted some pics of my latest light design on the blog

[doorknob]

The only downside that I can see to the new flashlight prototype that you posted is that you will be so busy making production versions to fill the orders from all of the art and industrial design museums clamoring for their own specimen that you won't have any time left over to do a production run for actual flashlight users...

[dahui]

Hey folks, I made a fun little tool so that I could remove a copper sleeve that I press into the back of my flashlight heads. More info on the blog Here is a teaser photo.

[dahui]

Hey folks, I had a custom "maker's mark" stamp made for my custom flashlights. I had to whip up a little jig so I could use it reliably on my arbor press. Tried the hammer, which works fine on letter stamps, but not for the custom stamp.



Here is what the impression looks like. The circle is .125" in diameter! I don't even know how they manufacture something this small but the quality is amazing. It's made by Infinity Stamps (no affiliation) and I am really pleased with the result.

[djr76]

good deal fella, I like youre work smarter, not harder philosophy, hard work is only for fools and mules.

[dahui]

Hey thanks! Sometimes it's hard to remember to be smarter

I've taken it to a new level: outsourcing! I had these waterjet cut down the road in San Carlos, CA. Pretty amazing and I'd sure be hard pressed to do these by hand...titanium pocket clips by the way.

[doorknob]

Very nice. As are your flashlights.

So, are those clips held in the sheet by tiny uncut sections (and if so, how do you finish those off after removing the clips from the sheet), or by a backing plate, or by something else?

I see a knife in the photo, so maybe you use that to pry the clips out of the sheet...

I'm curious about how thick the titanium sheet is (you've got me thinking of all sorts of possibilities that never occurred to me - but I have no prior experience with water jet cutting, and don't even have a clue about how expensive it is to get it done)...

[dahui]

For what you get it's not that expensive The parts are held on with a little tab right at the tip of the clip. This keeps the parts from "tipping up" after they are cut and/or falling into the bed of the machine. You can just bend/break them off by hand. Oh, the sheet is .040" thick and 12 x 24 overall. So, I just touch the nub to a grinding wheel to remove it and then vibratory tumble the parts to knock down the sharp edges.