116 days ago
by smitty1 |
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For the most part woodworkers like to build their projects from solid wood. Easily transported from the supplier to the shop and once in the shop easily moved from one machining operation to another but what about those times we decide the project selection of wood adds to much cost to the item and /or our pocket book, so our secondary selection of material is sheet goods (ie, plywood, mdf ). Now our next concern is how can we handle these cumbersome materials from transportation to maneuveri...
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145 days ago
by Sir_Robert |
6 comments »
Woodworking magazines are full of jigs for routers, tablesaws and drill presses. If I built all the one-purpose jigs I’ve seen in these magazines, I wouldn’t have any room in my small shop to turn around let alone do woodworking.
One thing I’ve noticed about woodworking magazines is that they take essentially the same jig and write ten articles about it, changing it cosmetically each time. For example, how many table saw sleds have you seen in the past year? They all do t...
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169 days ago
by scottb |
12 comments »
This morning I finally got around to making a sled for my tablesaw. Thanks Niki! great plans. easier to follow than the 2 or 3 others I’d been eyeing, but never got around to making. I expected this to take all morning – and despite spending a LOT of time trying to get a perfect fit with the runners everything went together quite well. I even added a box (half of a hexagonal column wrap) on the back as an added safety measure.
Never mind the arrow I drew on, that was a remi...
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288 days ago
by Blake |
19 comments »
Has anybody noticed how the half-dozen or so major woodworking stores have been getting their product ideas straight from Shopnotes and similar magazines?
Well, VTwoody has in his blog about a Finger/box joint jig, and so did mski when he pointed it out on my Ripping Jig.
It seems that every time a ww magazine comes out with plans for a new jig, it shows up in the catalogs LIKE CLOCKWORK just a few months later. It is soooooooo annoying!!!
But it is only annoying because I didn’...
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297 days ago
by Blake |
52 comments »
It seems to me that we need a place for Jigs at LJ’s. This is how I imagine it:
It would be identical to the “Projects” section but it would be it’s own separate area. So each persons account would have “My Home,” “Projects,” “Jigs,” “Blog,” Buddies,” etc.
On the Home Page there would be a little “Jigs” section right under the “Projects” section and it would show the latest three Jigs p...
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318 days ago
by Dekker |
1 comment »
When I first started wanting to buy a router, I went out and bought some books on routers to give me an idea of what I could do with them, what to look for in a router, and also some jigs that would let me use them effectively.
Well, at the time, The New Router Handbook (Patrick Spielman, 1993, Sterling, ISBN 978-0806905181) was the book of choice that was recommended reading. I picked up a copy and was absorbed by the world of routers, what they could do, what makes a good router tabl...
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365 days ago
by Gary |
11 comments »
This was requested from multiple sites, so I did one for everybody.
Here’s some photos of my process;I only had enough time to do a two-ring knot, but it’sall the same to make a four-ring knot accurately if you follow these steps.
This shows the miter sled, the length of contrasting wood for the slices, and the bloodwood blank I’m going to use.
I’ve already squared the blank so that all four sides are the same size.I randomly pick a side and mark it 1.Side 2 i...
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409 days ago
by Lee A. Jesberger |
17 comments »
Making better use of you time includes making jigs that can be used in different ways, or positions.
The first series of photos show the jig used to cut the dovetail slot into the post, to receive the legs. This had a knob to tighten to prevent the post from spinning.
The second set of photos were the jig for carving the post. This too, proved to be very helpful. It has boards on the back side that fit snugly over my bench top, while held tight in the vise.
On the e...
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410 days ago
by Lee A. Jesberger |
16 comments »
Templates and Jigs
Whenever we do a project that has the potential to be built again, or if the design is somewhat difficult, we’ll spend the time to build a jig. This is a process that pays back big dividends, and has been practiced for hundreds of years.
In the first instance, it makes sense to speed up the process of duplicating it. This prevents you from having to record all the dimensions and engineering that went into the piece. A very big time saver.
In the second ...
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420 days ago
by Lee A. Jesberger |
19 comments »
I was thinking whether or not to make this a continuation of the veneering bog, however many items here have more to do with vacuum systems, than veneering.
Hence a new Blog!
Photo one is a Demilune Hall Table top jig.
Photo two is a 30 inch long tee square which we use for biscuiting and routing duties. We make marks on the blue tape, were the biscuits go. When were done we replace the tape.
Photo three is an 8” square that we use to biscuit cabinet sides on.
P...
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