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Fluting Jig
October 25, 2005

This jig routs accurate and consistent flutes on tapered turned legs. The jig is a U-shaped plywood channel as wide as your router base, mounted to the lathe bed. Dimensions…
Eccentric Router Base
October 25, 2005

This router subbase allows me to rout an "in-between" size groove (for various stock thicknesses) without moving the guide fence or changing the setup. Because the subbase is eccentric to…
Routed Box Joint
October 25, 2005

I enjoyed Patrick Warner's article on the box joint (Fine Woodworking #14, Jan. '79). I like the visual results, strength and ease of assembly the joint allows. Like Warner, I…
Making Dowels with the Router
October 25, 2005

Here's how to make dowels of any size with a simple router setup. First drill a pilot hole through a 2x4 the same diameter as the dowel you want to…
Router Jigs for Making Molding
October 25, 2005

The sketches above show two jigs which, when used with a portable router, can produce both semicircular and straight molding in patterns difficult to produce with a shaper. The first…
Circle Guide for the Router
October 25, 2005

This fixture for routing circles has several advantages over commercial circle guides: it's cheaper, it cuts circles smaller than the router base and it allows repeat set-ups to precise radii…
Pin Router Attachment
October 25, 2005

By bolting a simple router arm and an auxiliary table to my drill press, I can convert it to a pin router. This lets me take advantage of the drill…
Scissor-Jack Fence
October 25, 2005

After years of enduring the inconvenience of removing and resetting numerous small bolts to adjust the fence on my router table, I made an adjustable fence that makes the whole…
Sliding Dovetail Fixture
October 25, 2005

While attempting to rout long sliding dovetails on the end of shelving joints, I found it impossible to keep the over-wide and long shelves perpendicular to my router table. Here…
Improved Horizontal Mortiser
October 25, 2005

This horizontal mortising router jig is a more versatile adaptation of G.R. Livingston's (Fine Woodworking #22). The jig can be clamped in a vise, but is fully portable and could…

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