Baginski Beveler Design Update

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Mike McGuire
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Baginski Beveler Design Update

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I have made some changes to the design of my Baginski Beveler that a lot of people used as the starting point for making their own. What I did was to change from a lever arm anvil that sets the dimension of the cut to a dovetail slide which improves control and repeatability. Here's the old scheme

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and here's the new one

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More details in the article on my web site.

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Looks interesting. I built mine almost exactly like the one on your website. I'm interested to hear your thoughts on the merits of the over-the-wheel design versus under.

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3creeks wrote:Looks interesting. I built mine almost exactly like the one on your website. I'm interested to hear your thoughts on the merits of the over-the-wheel design versus under.

Jeff
I don't think there is likely to be much difference in the cutting of the strips. The over-the-wheel might lend itself to more efficient removal of the dust, but as I haven't seen or worked with the other variety, I couldn't say for sure.

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Mine is an under the wheel variety and I find that it is easier to get consistent results. I tried an above the wheel version and I struggled with getting the gap right so that if I had to pause it wouldn't chew up the strip. I had to come up with a more elaborate dust removal system for the under wheel version and I didn't use hold-downs, nor would I since if the strip gets hung up in any way, you'll have to shut down and remove the front plate to get to it. I just make sure there is nothing on the infeed side that would get damaged if the strip flew back out. I've put a lot of strips through mine and I like it just fine.

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