Woodworking Jigs - Page 59 of 94

Some of my projects require cuts at 12¡ or 15¡, but my tablesaw's miter gauge is limited to 30¡ to the left or right of the 90¡ setting. To expand…

This circle guide uses a length of standard steel keyway stock, available from machine shops, as a replacement for the saw's upper right-hand blade-guide insert. Adjust the blade's thrust bearing…

Here is the procedure I used to accurately mill the surface of a 4-ft.-dia., 288-year-old ponderosa pine section destined for a museum exhibit. I utilized the shop door as a…

These simple little fixtures turn any workbench with two rows of benchdog holes into a clamping table. These clamp cradles reduce the wild scramble that accompanies gluing up edge joints,…

I found Mac Campbell's article, "Barred-Glass Doors" (Fine Woodworking #72) most informative, and I would like to offer a suggestion for cutting precise miters on small-scale stock to augment the…

I made this fixture for my drill press to cut the slots for biscuit joints. The fixture holds the workpiece and acts as a guide for a 5/32-in.-wide three-wing slot…

I've found an easy way to set the back fence on a tablesaw cutoff box perfectly square to the cut line: Build the cutoff box to the dimensions you need,…

The scarf joint, which joins stock lengthwise without loss of strength, deserves more recognition outside its traditional domain of wooden boatbuilding. Here's how I make the joint for other woodworking…

The wooden puzzles I make require safe, accurate cuts of small pieces of wood. That's why I designed this cutoff box that uses ball-bearing guides, an acrylic base and Teflon…

Inspired by the tool cabinets featured in Fine Woodworking #105, I decided to construct a cabinet for my own tools. Because the design called for eight hand-dovetailed drawers, I needed…