Reversing your Shop Stop:
At some cutting stations it may be desirable to reverse
the stop surfaces of the INCRA Shop Stop. This allows
the Shop Stop to function as either an infeed or outfeed
stop at the router table, or on either side of the blade at a
chop saw or radial arm saw.
To reverse your Shop Stop, first move the micro adjust
screw to the opposite end of the gold stop cap and
tighten the nylon nut against the aluminum. Remove and
reverse the #10-32 x 3-
1
⁄
2
" machine screw that holds the
vertical stop arm to the red stop body. Replace the stop
arm on the opposite end of the stop body. Make sure the
indexing lip on the arm wraps around the front of the stop
body (Fig. 3) and that the arm is flat against the end of
the body. Tighten the machine screw. (Fig. 8)
#10-32 nylon
hex nut
Stop
body
Vertical
stop arm
Hex nut
slides into
T-slot on
vertical
stop arm
#10-32 x 1"
micro adjust
screw
Stop cap
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INCRA Woodworking Tools & Precision Rules
FIG. 9
FIG. 8
Reversing the Shop Stop
#10-32 x 3
1
⁄
2
"
machine screw
#10 flat washer
FIG. 10
#10-32 hex nuts
1
⁄
4
"
diameter
hole
#10-32 x
3
⁄
4
"
machine screws
1
⁄
2
"
3
⁄
16
"
3
⁄
4
" or
more
Note:
Should you ever remove the
micro adjust screw, make sure to
tighten the nylon nut against the
aluminum when replacing it. The
nylon nut keeps the micro adjust
screw from vibrating loose during
cutting operations.
Example of user-made
wooden stop surface
designed to position
boards with mitered ends
1
⁄
2
"
FIG. 11
Customizing your stop
DETAIL 11A
#10
flat
washer
1
⁄
2
"
Customizing your Shop Stop:
By removing both the vertical stop arm and the
horizontal stop rod, user-made wooden stops
can be attached to the front face of the stop.
Youʼll find this feature useful when you want the
stop surface to match an odd-shaped wood
profile or a mitered board end. Fig. 11 describes
just one example of a user-made stop. By gluing
two pieces of wood together, an “L” shape can be
produced which can be cut to match the desired
profile and then screwed into the T-slot. The “L”
feature on the block can be glued on to protrude
up, down, in or out as desired.
Reversible
stop surface
Note:
Whenever reversing
the Shop Stop, always make
sure the stop surface
selected (vertical arm or
horizontal rod) protrudes at
least
1
⁄
8
"
in front of the end
of the gold stop cap.
Otherwise taller workpieces
will be stopped by the gold
stop cap rather than the
selected stop surface.
Reversible
stop surface
2"
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