When I first saw this toy on the Stewmac site, I thought what a great idea... Bloody expensive when you factor in the Aussie dollar which put me off buying it straight away...
Anyhoo, after a lot of thought and Miss Fe crunching the numbers it was decided to jump in and buy one.
So I present to you the nut and saddle dressing tool.
Basically, this is an adjustable vice on wheels.
How does it work?
OK, in the first pic you will see the two height adjuster screws. The inside pair are for nuts and the outer for saddles.
The notches on the head are exactly 1/4mm apart... Thats some fine tuning!
And the two on the side are to tighten the vice jaws. Fantastic!
First, you adjust the height screws to leave the desired amount of bone to be milled off.
Second, on a known dead flat surface you place a piece of adhesive sandpaper and run the tool back and forwards until the wheels make contact.
And now we have a perfectly square bottom on our blank.
It would normally take me about an hour to do 10 blanks by hand, and even with a fence it can be a pain to get that bottom dead square.
15 minutes including tool setup and I had milled 20 blanks!
Do I love it? Yes. This is one of the best tools I have bought in ages and for anyone who cuts as many nuts as I do, this is a must have!
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