Jigs, Fixtures, Tips & Tricks Archives - Page 26 of 69

Hello to all, I've been ask to build a classy Dart Board set up with a width of about 30" and a rise of about 2 3/4" at the top.…

I am sure this question has been asked, I just have not been able to search it out.  I am looking for assistance to lifting full sheets of plywood to…

I attended the Chantilly woodworking show last weekend and saw the Festool Clamping Elements (#488030) in use.  I really liked these clamps, particularly the quick-lock feature (see pic).  I really…

Hello I have a dipping problem with this device, on all my blades it registers a dip on one side, I even square the blade my self and it still…

I need to make hundreds or thousands of matchsticks.  They are about an inch and a half long and 1/8"  or possibly a little less square.  They are for inserting…

I just made a new shooting board like the one they had featured a couple of issues ago in FWW.  I thought the hardware especially the bronze bushing they used…

In a previous FWW article by Michael C. Fortune he had made a Mortise Jig that featured hold down clamps.  Does anyone out there know a source for these clamps? 

I am making a set of three bookcases from core-board.  I'm not sure if that is the proper term, I'm in Taiwan and that's what it is sold as.  It…

My next  "learning opportunity".  I'm building  my first cabinet using "traditional kitchen cabinet" techniques (ala Tolpin).  I'm trying my hand at "lock-rabbet" joints for the drawers using my router table. …

I made a coping sled for my router table (Jessem) and the extra 1/2" base of the sled doesn't allow the bit to reach the piece I'm trying to do…