Woodworking Jigs - Page 48 of 93

The right bits, jigs, and techniques turn a metalworking tool into a versatile machine for woodworking.

These multipurpose shop jigs will expand the versatility of your workbench

Push sticks, push blocks, hold-ins, and featherboards are simple little things, usually made up from scraps around the shop. But there's a common thread among the woodworkers who unfailingly use…

The router is often the first power tool a novice woodworker buys -- just the tool to put a fancy edge on a bookshelf. But there's much more to the…

The anticipated use for any given power tool is only a small portion of what it can actually accomplish in the shop when coupled with innovative jigs and fixtures. The…

Store-bought clamps are fine for standard woodworking tasks like gluing up boards into a tabletop or assembling a drawer. But not everything you want to do is standard. When you're…

The holding function of a workbench starts with the vise. But a bench's holding power is augmented by other shop-made fixtures like bench stops, holdfasts, and bench hooks. The basic: • Bench dogs…

Every woodworking project, from simple to complex, involves measuring and marking. In projects that lean toward complex, standard marking tools don't always suffice. In these cases, a jig or fixture…

Tool technology keeps pressing forward, but for many woodworkers there's no greater satisfaction than quietly chopping out a perfectly fitting dovetail by hand or shaping a piece of trim with…

In woodworking it is sharpness, not cleanliness, that's next to godliness. And despite today's carbide tips and replaceable blades, sharpening remains a bedrock skill. Without sharp tools wood carving is…