This lightweight miter-cutting jig is straightforward and easy to use.
Cut exact 45° and 90° angles on tube and wire up to 8mm diameter. U-channel and flat sheet plate of 7mm wide can be cut.
Equal cuts can be made by positioning the adjustable stop which is tightened down with the lock screw.
This tube & channel cutting jig has specifically been designed for jewelry making purposes.
It is precise, and can be used on wire, tubes, flat and channel stock with lighter gauges and smaller diameters often used by jeweler's.
The adjustable stop is interchangeable on both the 45° and 90° sides and locked in position by a screw.
Lengths of up to 60 mm can be measured by the stop.
The adjustable stop has been placed so as to not interfere with the saw blade when sawing.
The hardened tool steel guide was designed so that the saw blade or file doesn't hook on the steel guide edge.
The sliding lock clamp holds down the metal stock while cutting and filing.
The jeweler's cutting jig has a self-centering v-groove for tubing and wire stock to be cut at 45 degrees on the one end and 90 degrees on the other end.
On the opposite side of the v-groove is the flat slot for flat plate U- or square channeling up to 7mm wide with a choice of 45 or 90 degrees cut.
Cut a 4mm tube at 45 degree angle by sawing along the hardened tool steel guide of the cutting jig.
Sawing a 7mm flat plate at 45 degree angle in a cutting jig.
Sawing equal lengths of u-channeling at 45° with the Tube & Channel Cutting Jig.
Cut equal lengths of tubing at 90° using the Tube Cutting Jig.
This diagram of the Jeweler's Tube Cutting Jig shows the profile where the sliding lock clamp can be fitted on both sides. Also shown is the 90° and 45° hardened tool steel guide.
The 90° face with v-groove top and flat metal stock at the bottom. The side grooves are for the interchangeable sliding lock clamp.
The 45° face with v-groove top and flat square at the bottom. The interchangeable sliding lock clamp fits in the side grooves.
To use this cutting jig, set the adjustable stop to your desired tubing length and place the tubing in the v-groove on either mitered or flat side.
Tighten the sliding lock clamp down to hold the tubing in place.
Use the hardened steel tool guide set the jeweler’s saw flush against it and saw through the tubing.
The advantage about this jig is that you can sand or file the cut tubing while it is still in the jig to perfectly finish it off with a minimum of effort.
The steel faces of these jigs have been hardened to 66HRC which is about as hard as this tool steel can be made.
As a result of such hardness, saw blades and files do not bite into the tool steel.
Rather, there is a sliding affect which does not affect the file at all.
However, it is recommended that used files be used when smoothing the metal down.
Holding jewelers cutting jig on bench peg to saw the tube at 45°.
Here flat stock is being cut to length using the cutting jig on the bench peg.
Finish off the 45 degree tubing by using the hardened tool steel as a guide for your file. Refer to the above notes.
The 90 degree cut tubing is finished off with a file, using the hardened tool steel as a guide. Refer to the above notes.
This frame is soldered together from tubing cut at 45 degree angle using the tube cutting jig.
This easy to use miter-cutting jig comes with angles of 45° and 90°. The jig is made for cutting tubing and wire up to 8mm. U-channel and flat plate up to 7mm wide can also be cut.
The hardened tool steel is specifically designed with rounded edges to prevent the saw or files from hooking on the edges whilst cutting.