Joinery - Page 47 of 69

Build a plywood jig for cutting square and accurate tenons on the tablesaw

C.H. Dimmick's miter fixture for the radial arm saw is very useful as described. But by leaving a 4-in. gap between the fence and the 45¡ guides, boards can be…

The tablesaw jig in the drawing above has helped me to cut accurate miters for 25 years. To make it cut two table-length rails from well-seasoned oak or hickory and…

Here is a box or finger-joint jig like Tage Frid's (Fine Woodworking, Winter '76), except that it uses the table-saw rip fence rather than the miter gauge a sturdier, easier-to-adjust…

Although I often need oak or walnut dowels, they're not readily available where I live. Not owning a lathe, I resurrected an ancient but effective dowel-making method that uses a…

A T-jig, used in doweling edge joints, ensures alignment of dowel pins and holes. Boards joined with the jig will mate better on the finish side, and sanding or planing…

The sides of a cradle I built recently were made of slats mortised into the frame. The router-based mortising fixture I built for the project helped me cut all those…

Recently, while building a cabinet for cassette tapes, I experimented with several methods for spacing the numerous dadoes needed. Using an auxiliary miter-gauge fence gave the measure of accuracy and…

I cut the tongues for tongue-and-groove joints with a router. There are faster methods, but the router's precision depth adjustment produces a fit that's unbeatable. First set the router depth…

To produce identical chamfers on matching edges of tongue-and-groove stock, I use an extra piece of stock with a nailed-on router fence, as shown in the sketch. Both the tongued…