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Dowel-Slotting Jig
Oct 25, 2005
This simple jig has but one purpose: to help in cutting a glue relief slot in regular lumberyard dowels. To make the jig, simply drill a couple of dowel-sized holes near the end of a beefy scrap of oak. Then crosscut the piece removing about one-fifth of the hole, leaving four-fifths to grip the dowel. Now insert precut dowel pins in the proper-sized hole, and push into the bandsaw to slice a shallow slot.
Steve A. Balla, Bramalea, Ont., Canada
Fine Woodworking Magazine, December 1993 No. 103
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