The Ol' Joint Jigger - Tube and Pipe Notcher

Model RTN100
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Ol' Joint Jigger^TM

Model RTN1000
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Tube and Pipe Notcher

Welcome, and thanks for your interest in the
Ol' Joint Jigger^TM tube & pipe notcher.

(Shown with optional drill press/universal mount.)

Made in the USA

(Dual-axis base provides mounting versatility)

2002 PRODUCT REVIEW

While many metal fabricators will be acquainted with notching tubing with a hole saw, the Ol' Joint Jigger^TM incorporates many features that greatly ease and improve other methods. The most important feature is the work piece (tubing/pipe) and the saw are rigidly tied together by the back plate assuring a smooth, chatter-free notch.

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The Ol' Joint Jigger^TM is designed to clamp the tube or pipe and feed the saw into the work thus not grabbing or collapsing thin wall tubing or causing any of the disasters normally encountered with tube notching by other methods. Joints in tubing or pipe up to 2" OD are made quickly (normally about 20 seconds) and accurately. Cutting holes for inserting sleeves or bungs through a tube are also effortless.

The Ol' Joint Jigger^TM (Model RTN100) is easily bolted to a bench top or clamped in a bench vice and powered with a 1/2" chuck electric or pneumatic hand drill. For production work, our optional drill press base and a 1/3 HP drill press with 3 1/2" to 4" of travel and 14" from the table or base to the chuck is all that's needed.

The Ol' Joint Jigger^TM (Model RTN100) back plate is made from heavy 3/16" steel plate and profiled by a robotics laser with a 90 degree flange on the back for rigidity and universal mounting to a work bench, or standing vertical on a drill press with our *optional* base.
The steel clamp assembly is adjustable for joints from 0 to 60 degrees and features an inverted "V" that automatically puts your work on center with the hole saw. The protractor, laser-engraved in 1 degree increments, is very accurate for notching tubing from plans or drawings.

Fitted with a precision, polished, hardened steel arbor (threaded 1/2"-20) and adapter (threaded 5/8"-18), the Ol' Joint Jigger^TM accepts any good Bi-Metal/Hi-Speed hole saw from 9/16" through 2". If most of your work is with the larger-sized hole saws (1-1/4" to 2"), an optional arbor with 5/8"-18 thread is available. The arbor support (Bushing Block) is extruded aircraft-grade aluminum to absorb vibration, with replaceable bronze bushings. An optional Torrington needle bearing support (Bearing Block) is also available for production work.

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Hole saw life depends naturally on the care taken. Slow feed rate and lubrication are key factors to the life of a hole saw. We have saws last over 100 notches in 1-1/2" diameter .125 wall mild steel tubing. 4130 Chrome Moly and stainless tubing shorten the saw life somewhat, however replacement saws are readily available and inexpensive.

The recently re-engineered deluxe (Model RTN1000), is just what you're looking for if you want "the works". Performance, versatility, and comfort are combined with precision to offer the ultimate in hole saw tubing notchers. The RTN1000 incorporates an enhanced vibration-reducing design of anodized aircraft-grade aluminum. Versatile mounting makes the unit drill press-ready (16" from press chuck to table necessary), or easily attached to a work bench or welding table.

Both models of the Ol' Joint Jigger^TM have all the features and ruggedness you would expect from the world's leading manufacturer of hole saw notchers.

	If you have any questions, please contact our friendly sales staff, or check out our page covering Frequently Asked Questions . Be sure to check out our SPECIALS page, too. Each month we'll have a different item available at a special discounted rate. Don't waste money on cheap imitations, buy the overwhelming choice of hobbyists and professionals alike... The Ol' Joint Jigger^TM!
Ol' Joint Jigger^TM and Joint Jigger^TM are trademarked names owned by Ol' Joint Jigger, Incorporated. Any use of these names in identifying other tubing notchers is expressly prohibited.