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Cabinet Door / Picture Frame Clamping Jig

Project by parkerdude posted 133 days ago 752 views 13 times favorited 10 comments Add to Favorites Watch

Hi All,

I’ve been following the LumberJocks forums for a while and I really like learning from the community. I finally took some pictures that I’d like to share…

I’m making kitchen cabinets and decided I needed a clamping fixture. After searching the internet I found something that would probably work and only required 1 clamp instead of 2 or 3.

I rescued a large oak table top years ago and many of my shop jigs are made from it.

Here are a few picts.

Thanks for looking.

-- dust control


10 comments so far

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Greg Wurst

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posted 133 days ago

Very interesting. I’m going to have to steal this idea from you.

Thanks for posting!

-- You're a unique and special person, just like everyone else.

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a1Jim

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posted 133 days ago

cool jig well done

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

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degoose

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posted 133 days ago

Great idea to purloin.
Looks so simple it is amazing no one has marketed it yet,
Larry

-- Drink once, cut twice. New website up.... lazylarrywoodworks.com.au

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Scott Bryan

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posted 133 days ago

That is a nice idea. This is certainly a jig that would be worth copying.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

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cabinetmaster

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posted 133 days ago

Man I wish I had that. Would have made my job easy putting those mitered doors together the past couple of weeks. I’m going to make one. How long are the pieces?

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

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parkerdude

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posted 132 days ago

Hey Cabinetmaster,

The length of the legs are just over 24” which gives over 40” of reach. I spaced the holes on 3” centers, in retrospect 2” centers might have been a better number. The connecting bars are about 5” wide, just make sure that there is enough room to clear if you use something like a hand screw type clamp.

Good luck, they do work well.

later,

-- dust control

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cabinetmaster

8590 posts in 454 days


posted 132 days ago

Thanks for the info. I will make me a set this weekend.

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

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Mike Pooley

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posted 128 days ago

Thats a great idea ! one i will be copying

Mike

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HarleySoftailDeuce

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posted 114 days ago

Nice jig! I’m also building kitchen cabinets. Check out my home page and that’s where I am now. I will be needing a jig for my doors too. I’m using cherry. Thanks for your dimensions. That will make it a snap for me to replicate.

-- Paul, Bristol,Rhode Island

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notottoman

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posted 33 days ago

Hey parkerdude…..
I’ve got a few of these…. Made them years ago… They work really well.
But will only work with a nip of the calmp otherwise it bends off. So I just added a crosspiece over the 90* so the frame fits in… No more bend out.
The plans originally came from an old Deltagram project… 1940 +

-- "Even small steps makes a distance." (Shawn Phillips, musician)

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