... is straight You can see that the other tongue is done the same way but obviously using the other side of the jig (you can see the hole for this in the pic). From this stage, the tongues require a final polish and deburring on the rail top and foot IMPORTANT use only a bit of fine wet or dry for this- NEVER take a file to the top or bottom of a rail! Here's one I did earlier- I reckon it took less than 10 minutes to do these... 1129_271009_570000000.jpg Just one quick thing- a number of people have asked about wear of the jig- I have never found this an issue for the penny numbers of switches we are making (15 pairs for my current opus) A far bigger issue for this jig is that the clamps use wood screws and these need re-plugging from time to time- those who want to take more than half an hour to make their version might resort to nuts and bolts or screws tapped into the brass base strip. Hope that helps a ...