Jigs, Fixtures, Tips & Tricks Archives - Page 8 of 69

Can casting resin be used to create a custom mortise routing template?
August 31, 2021

I am wondering if casting resin can be used to create a custom mortise router template? As some background, I have a slab table that to be "reverse engineered". Let…
Lonnie Bird’s Secretary
August 23, 2021

Never mind. The light just went on and I know what I have to do.
Kumiko jig modification
August 19, 2021

I'm following the excellent kumiko article by Mike Farrington and made the jig for cutting the notches.The first thing I noticed was the safety of running a jig with the…
Shooting board modification
August 14, 2021

I built the shooting board that Mike Pekovich describes in his “Essential Jigs” video. The one with the plastic speed square for 45 degree miters. I have a hard time holding…
Doweling jig
August 7, 2021

I think I’ve posted before and maybe beating a dead horse, but, recommend a doweling jig tool. I’ve looked a Jessum, and hoping Woodpeck issues another onetime tool of their…
Best jig/method to cut thin rods
May 7, 2021

Hello! I am trying to make wooden rods from spruce 7mm (thickness) and about 30cm long, or a bit longer. (9/32 x 11 13/16 inches).Except for the method with the…
Yet more Veritas sharpening gubbins!
April 25, 2021

Once a week I peruse the Lee Valley website for things I can't buy in the UK without paying enormous postage, customs and sales tax amounts; and then waiting weeks…
Mitre Sled
April 13, 2021

I recently made Mike Pekovitch's dedicated sled for mitred boxes (Tools & Shops #286 Tablesaw Sleds for Joinery) complete with the split-level base. I have a problem with a piece…
Bevel Sled construction and use. Including 5-cut method to calibrate sled.
March 28, 2021

I have used cross cut sleds and miter sleds for many years but never had a bevel cutting sled. Bevel cutting sled does the same job as miter sled. …
Corner Clamp – Precise and Versatile
March 25, 2021

This corner clamp is easy to make with table saw. Wooden wedges clamp the material and keep it square. Four of these clamps, resting on a flat surface, will…

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