This simple jig cuts the pins on the ends of the individual louvers in homemade louvered doors. It consists of a V-notched base, which slides in the tablesaw’s miter-gauge track, and a cylindrical louver holder. A slot in the cylinder holds the louvers in the correct cutting position, using adjustment and stop screws as shown in the sketch. To use the jig, load a louver blank into the cylinder, then tighten a hose clamp around the cylinder to lock the louver in place. Place the cylinder in the base, push the jig into the blade and rotate the cylinder to cut a pin on one end of the louver. Remove the louver, reverse it in the cylinder and repeat to cut the other end’s pin.

R.F. Paakkonen, Stafford Springs, Conn.

Fine Woodworking Magazine, October 1982 No.

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