Router Jigs - Page 12 of 21

One way that the Biesemeyer and other similar tablesaw fences have changed the way we work is that the alignment guide is so accurate that you can make quick, confident…

When I wanted to build a router table, I checked out the phenolic and acrylic inserts in the mail-order catalogs and decided they were too expensive. Then I came up…

I liked Michael Csontos' idea for making pocket holes with a router and a sliding ramp (Fine Woodworking #134, p. 20). But the fixture seemed complicated to build, and it…

When I finally decided to make Christian Becksvoort's round Shaker stand (Fine Woodworking #110, pp. 70-73), I used a different technique for cutting the sliding dovetails into the base of…

For the past two years I've been working on a Queen Anne highboy similar to the one described by Randall O'Donnell in Fine Woodworking #117-119. When the time came to…

By adding an extra fence to your router, you can cut mortises quickly and accurately, and you virtually eliminate the risks of the router wandering or tipping into the cut.…

I just finished a job that required routing dadoes, veining, and edging on large circular and semicircular shapes. The standard router edge guide is useless in these situations because the…

This zero-clearance fence is an easy project that improves the performance of almost any router bit. The fence is made of 1/2-in.-thick medium-density fiberboard (MDF). Construction details are shown in…

I prefer to cover the raw edges of plywood cabinets with hardwood strips that I join to the cabinet pieces with tongues and grooves. I cut the strips a little…

One of the unique advantages of the high-end European combination machines is that you can use the sliding table and the crosscut fence with both the shaper and the tablesaw.…