Rosette tile carriage

[Stefan Kelly]

I came up with this jig to do away with the need to chisel a taper on either side of each individual Rosette tile. You load a Rosette log into the jig, fix it in place with the bolts, align the log by sight from either end to make sure the side of the log protrudes evenly from the jig along the length, run it along the fence & past the table saw blade, turn the log around & repeat for the other side. The angle needed for the tile angles is set into the wedges beneath the “log platform”. There is a strip of abrasive along the base of the platform to grip the log. Once you have tapered the entire log you can saw off the individual tiles afterwards.

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