Woodworking Jigs - Page 51 of 94

This lathe chuck uses an inexpensive worm-gear radiator-hose clamp to tighten the collar around the work. Four saw kerfs provide the flexibility needed for loosening and tightening the chuck. Ernest…

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…

Crosscutting wide panels using the table saw's miter gauge is awkward at best. Faced with a project requiring accurate crosscuts on 2-ft. wide, 6-ft. long panels, I investigated commercial sliding-table…

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…

To bandsaw multiples of intricate wooden-toy parts, I stack several blanks together with double-sided tape between. The tape holds firm during bandsawing, drilling and edge-sanding operations. Double-sided tape eliminates nail…

My boring jig, which uses a 1/2-in. portable drill, is similar to a conventional horizontal-boring machine except that the table moves rather than the drill. The jig consists of a…

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…

In stringed-instrument construction the router is commonly used to cut a small shoulder around the perimeter of the instrument. The dado holds an ornamental inlay (purfling) used to cover the…

I find myself making lots of little things small boxes, wooden jewelry and the like. Until I discovered a couple of tricks using double-faced tape, I had a devil of…