{"id":859,"date":"2012-06-22T17:14:45","date_gmt":"2012-06-22T15:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tobiasmuthesius.net\/?p=859"},"modified":"2012-09-05T19:18:43","modified_gmt":"2012-09-05T17:18:43","slug":"arduino-controlled-table-saw-box-joint-jig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tobiasmuthesius.net\/archive\/2012\/06\/arduino-controlled-table-saw-box-joint-jig\/","title":{"rendered":"Arduino Controlled Table Saw Box Joint Jig"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some weeks ago I equipped my workshop with a very good table saw (from the Austrian manufacturer Felder) and since I discovered <a href=\"http:\/\/woodgears.ca\/\">this great website<\/a> and in particular <a href=\"http:\/\/woodgears.ca\/box_joint\/jig_improved.html\">this jig<\/a>, I just had to build my own. Due to my experience with stepper motors, I decided to use one of them grabbed from a scanner in combination with an easyDriver and an Arduino (an old mini I had left). I tried to keep the design as simple as possible without making use of some special hardware but the precision of the whole thing is quite good: about 0.03 mm.<\/p>\n<p>I put the Arduino code <a href=\"https:\/\/gist.github.com\/3002520\">here<\/a> and the schematics for the board I built is <a href=\"http:\/\/share.tobiasmuthesius.net\/actsbjj\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/44526977\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Arduino Controlled Table Saw Box Joint Jig\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<div class='gallery gal3'><dl class='gallery-item col1'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tobiasmuthesius.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_1023.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[859]\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/tobiasmuthesius.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_1023-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item col2'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tobiasmuthesius.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_1024.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[859]\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/tobiasmuthesius.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_1024-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item col3'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tobiasmuthesius.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_1025.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[859]\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/tobiasmuthesius.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_1025-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item col1'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tobiasmuthesius.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_1099.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[859]\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/tobiasmuthesius.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_1099-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item col2'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tobiasmuthesius.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_1100.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[859]\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/tobiasmuthesius.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_1100-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item col3'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tobiasmuthesius.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_1101.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[859]\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/tobiasmuthesius.net\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_1101-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both;' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some weeks ago I equipped my workshop with a very good table saw (from the Austrian manufacturer Felder) and since I discovered this great website and in particular this jig, I just had to build my own. 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