Woodworking Jigs - Page 83 of 93

I developed the fence shown above to shape the edges of round rings, such as clock bezels, on the router table. The fence can shape both outside and inside edges…

Like many avid woodturners, I use a three-jaw chuck for bowlturning and other faceplate work. With it you can avoid screw holes in the bottom of the bowl or skip…

To avoid screw holes and to speed assembly, I attach turning blanks using hot-melt glue chips and a torch-heated faceplate. Aluminum faceplates work better for this method because they conduct…

A few months ago, while teaching lathe duplication methods to my cabinetmaking class, I discovered a novel and efficient method of rapidly producing identical turnings. Mount a template of 16-ga.…

My home-built horizontal boring machine isn't as sophisticated as M.G. Rekoff's (Fine Woodworking #37), but it's simple in design and sturdy enough to do an outstanding job. Its simplicity comes…

You can easily convert a radial-arm saw to a pin router. This tool will open up a whole new world of operations, and make many familiar tasks, such as rabbeting…

Here's how I reverse the rotation on my lathe for sanding turned bowls. This approach reduces the problem of the faceplate unscrewing from the spindle, as often happens if you…

This variable dado fixture will allow fine adjustment of the dado width from bit diameter to double the bit diameter. The fixture works on the principle that one edge of…

When routing grooves, some people draw a line on the work where the groove will be, then calculate where to clamp the fence. Others draw the line where the fence…

Frustrated with hollow-chisel and router mortises, I made this drill-press mortising fixture, which works even better than I expected. Its secret is a pair of precision ball-bearing drawer slides. Precision…