Ice Auger blades

[Herman Trivilino]

I did try it with the scissor slide, its is just not quite enough clearance for the jig, it still hit the wheel,

Did you try the Tool Rest (SVD-110)? It has a much larger clearance.

[grepper]

Sawknives sayeth, "I was very frustrated at first but just stuck with it. There is only 2-3 hours from start to finish, that's with all of the other failures."

Several of us here have made various jigs and the story is always the same:  Drawings, prototypes, failures, learning, improved versions.  I did one where I hacked the original out of a block of wood with a hatchet, followed by an improved version made with a table saw, and finally ended up with it completely comprised of metal.  It took weeks and a lot of trials before I ended up with the finished version.  Interestingly, the part that the knife rests on is a piece of thermoplastic from a cutting board, as it appears that you have used in your jig.  Useful stuff.  So, 2-3 hours is not bad at all!

Interesting jig.  Please keep us posted on your progress!