General Power Tool Jigs - Page 5 of 12

All About Power Tool Jigs
November 5, 2005

The anticipated use for any given power tool is only a small portion of what it can actually accomplish in the shop when coupled with innovative jigs and fixtures. The…
Vee Block for Resawing
October 25, 2005

Attaching a vee-edged block to the bandsaw table counters the blade's tendency to drift.
Cutting Circles
October 25, 2005

A good method for cutting perfect circles on a band saw: Take a strip of plywood or chipboard about a foot wide and several feet long. Divide it lengthwise with…
Fluting Columns
October 25, 2005

On the clock I am building now are four fluted half-round columns, each 1 in. high and 1-3/4 in. wide, two of them 41 in. long and two of them…
Tripod Jig
October 25, 2005

With the aid of this homemade jig, mortises for tripod table legs can be routed while the pedestal is on the lathe, after it is turned cylindrical and before it…
Trimming Veneers
October 25, 2005

Here's a cheap and easy way to trim long edges of veneer. Make a guide from 3/4-in. stock as long as the veneer, joint the edge straight and band with…
Flattening Cupped Boards
October 25, 2005

It is difficult to flatten a cupped board with a thickness planer because the downward pressure of the feed rolls will press out much of the cup, thereby not allowing…
Mounting Flute Blanks
October 25, 2005

Those of us with limited equipment and money sometimes need merely to think a little harder than those with the equipment we lack. In "The Flageolet" (Fall '77, pp. 80-81),…
Tapered Turning Head
October 25, 2005

When lathe-turning candlesticks or other items that have a center hole, the hole can be perfectly centered by drilling it first before turning is started, and then using a tapered…
Cutting Circles Revisited
October 25, 2005

I made Larry Green's bandsaw circle-cutting jig and found it was difficult to set blanks on the jig in the desired center. So I built a pivoting jig that solves…

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