Router Table Coping Sled

he got this idea from you??? very nice! im going to make one, i just need to get over my lazyness and buy some toggle clamps, i have everything else…

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Very nice Wayne

Interestingly, I made one some 2 weeks ago but, I will not show you because you will think that I picked-up something from the junk-yard.

The one that I made is of 1/8” plywood base (I did not want to “waste” bit height) and runs on the table edge instead of miter slot.
The main problem was to adjust the fence to run at 90° to the router bit. I made it in a method that is routing the sled first and than positioning the fence. How did you adjusted it to 90°.

Regards
niki

Matt uses listener jigs. He features one each week. You should check out his pod casts if you have not alreay.

Nothing you produce is Junk Niki. : ^ )

This jig slides along the fence. Set the bit to the fence using a strait edge. Then use the fence to guide the sled.

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Thank you Wayne

I downloaded the 5.5 MB file but I could not see any video but only voice (my good old Windows 98).

Anyway, I made it like in the pics (and lets face it, it does look like a junk comparing to yours…)

niki

Excellent jig. I have tried to utiilize different jigs on my router table, but find that the height of the jig limits the bit height. I purchased a bit extender and hopefully it will solve this issue for me. There sure are numerous times when a fixture like yours would simplify the job. Mike

Nice looking jig Wayne!! Thanks for spreading the word about my show I really appreciate it..oh yeah by the way the checks in the mail :o , lol. Niki, it wasn’t your windows 98 that didn’t let the video through. That show was an audio only episode. The majority of my shows are audio only, good old fashion radio for the ears.

Thanks again Wayne!!!

-- Straight grains & sharp blades

Cool jig Wayne. Very well done.

Methinks I need to make on since it would make a great companion to my shop-made tenoning jig.

-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN

Very cool sled Wayne and Niki. If I get back to routers someday I will try making one. Lost 4 routers to Katrina. Since then have been worked more with router planes and molding porfile planes.
Mainly have to get in the new shop, though.
Again great jigs.

-- Jimmy

Nice Jig!

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

Wayne -

I like your jig. The jig I made runs in the miter slot. The backer with the clamps is 90 degrees to the miter slot. The body is away from the router bit and I use a piece of scrap for a backer board to help eliminate tear out. My jig is ugly and I will not take a picture of it.

Now, it is time for you to make a cabinet for your router table.

-- Fred Childs, Pasadena, CA - - - Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.

Thanks all. Perhaps I will get around to making a cabinet for the Router table. I would like to build one to go under my table saw and one for under my workbench first. Hate to see all that wasted storage space.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Wayne,

I cannot seem to find the pdf at Matt’s site. Do you happen to have a copy or a link?

-- Chris

It got moved to the April Archive.

http://media.libsyn.com/media/mattswoodshop/Router_Table_Jig.pdf

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Thanks!! I’m building a router table on a full sized cabinet and will keep the sled in mind!

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Wayne:
I missed this one. Excellent!
That’s a decent table you are running on too. What are the dimensions?

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

Um…well, this is not a new idea, eh, since I built one almost exactly like this one about 10 years ago and used it to produce about 60 doors for my house. Mine rides the edge of the router table.

You might want to consider extending the backstop board towards the bit to act as a backer for your cuts. Without it you will get some blowout when the bit exits the cut.

-- Steve, New Zealand, www.steveracz.com

Wayne talk to me !

I still want to know what dimensions you used!
We are all here to learn.
I’m going to give you such a spank!

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

Sorry Bob. 24×11. Check out the PDF in the original post. I put all of the info together for Matt and he made a PDF.

Steve, the backstop goes all the way to the bit. : ^ )

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Very Cool. I just bought a ShopNotes jig magazine that had something similar I want to try. Your’s get much use?

-- Jeff, South Carolina

thks Wayne.
Bob

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Bob should love this. It has sand paper on it.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Clever sled.

-- Jiri

This is good, Wayne. I just built a router table and will need to make one of these. I like your simple, effective design.

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Great jig. Something else added to the “to-do” list.

Thanks.

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Wayne I really like this jig =Hope you don’t mind but I’m going to have to make one.

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