Woodworking Jigs - Page 52 of 93

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…

Here is an adjustable bench-grinder tool rest that's accurate, easy to use and cheap to build. Cut a 1-1/2-in. thick pine hinge-block at the angles shown and mount it to…

The problem of excessive tear-out at the bottom of drill-press holes can be solved with a simple metal collar. I discovered the collar solution during a 30-unit production run of…

An effective mandrel for turning napkin rings and other annular objects can be made as follows. Choose a suitable hardwood (such as hard maple) and mount the wood to the…

Round tabletops, lazy-Susan shelves and other large circles can be cut on the tablesaw with a simple jig. Cut a dado in the underside of a 3/4-in. high-density particleboard base…

My shop is too small to endure much more big equipment. So when I needed both a router table and additional outfeed support on my table saw, I combined both…

You can produce exact duplicates from a master pattern using this overhanging jig on your table saw. To make the jig, glue the pieces of 1/2-in. plywood in an L,…

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 suspect that many of us use our routers upside-down, like a shaper, more than we do as a portable tool. I certainly do. But I don't like the flimsy…