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Just finished up this little jig earlier today. Been wanting to incorporate miter keys into future projects so I threw this together. Nothing really to say about it… It basically is what it is.

I did use MDF for the majority of the project. Had a bunch of scraps laying around and figured "Why Not?" I also wanted some sort of handle that will keep my hands away from the blade while pushing the jig through the blade. That is just plywood and an old piece of a broke rake handle (glad I hung on to that…lol). I also added the old tape to the top as an extra cool little feature. My Father Inlaw dropped some cut off pieces of an old tape a while back and thought it would be a cool little perk to add on.

All in all this was very easy to make and it works "Perfectly" .... I was surprised…. Cough!... Cough! I mean I knew it would….lol

Thanks for checking it out.

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Nice looking jig. Making jigs is often more fun than the projects we make them for. Thanks for posting.
 

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That is a good jig - Im familiar with miter key jigs that run along the rip fence. This is a different approach to the same operation.
 

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By trapping the jig in the mitre guide no movement…as can happen when sliding against the fence.
I also like the handle.. and the movable stop.
 

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Nice jig and particularly well made. Congrats.

Finally I found someone who makes jigs as nice as mine!!! (LOL) All the fine details are there - even the screws are equally spaced. I like that.

Favorited. Thanks for sharing and posting. This one will definiteily be a must in my shop.

Best,

Serge

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Great job on the jig, very well done.
 

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super jig well done
 

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Thanks yall,

I do enjoy making jigs and customizing them to fit me and my needs. Gary is right … The jig can be just about (if not more) fun to make than what you are making it for… Weird…lol

Serge - I honestly laughed out loud when I read your comment. In fact I had to run get my bride to read it…. She too busted out laughing. Its a running joke with everyone I know about my issues with things having to be a "Certain" way…. My wife calls it me being anal. Most everyone else says I have OCD or something along that effect. I call it "Taking Pride In What I Put My Name On".... OK… It may be me being anal as well…lol

Thanks for the kind words. Hope this helps inspire more cool jigs…
 

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Your jig makes a lot of sense.I like it. I just started making some boxes and knew i would need a spline jig. I just made one but I was not satisfied with it so I pitched it. I guess I need to do a bit more research to build one I like.
 

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even thow I never have had a Ts , I think you have made a very safe mitrejiig
and I like the way you have used the tape with the stop
it´s looking good, well done

Dennis
 

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Nice jig, I like the handle and the way you used your old tape measure. Thanks 4 sharing.
 

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great looking, functional, and safe. what more could you ask for?
 

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great jig very well done, this is the best one i seen here.
 

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Much nicer jig than mine going to use your ideas thanks
 

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Great job. Thanks for reminding me put ruler tape on mine. I hope that you get a lot of use out of it.
 

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Very nice jig and I like the handle for safety , too. thanks for sharing. Now I have to get going on my sliding jig after seeing yours!
 

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I like that very much. I have one but it is not working out right. Mine is too short. Yours will accept a much deeper box than mine. I am going to rebuild mine so that it will cradle at least a box that is 8"-10" deep and still provide good stable footing in the cradle.

I have a Shopsmith with two miter tracks (nothing special). I'm going to make mine (as do almost all my table top jigs) so that I can readily detach it from the miter gauge and I am going to use both of my miter gauges for this fixture.

Riding in dual tracks will provide that long cradle good stability.

Thank you for posting this. It has given me some ideas that I likely would never have thought of.
 

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Hey Dan,

Because you're kind of "anal" in jig making (!), after a closer look at picture #1 I wouldn't be surprised you have insomnia issues since you build this jig. Yep, a closer look shows that the 45° brace support of your adjustable stop has split when a nail or a screw (sorry, someone "anal" would have used a screw in MDF) has been driven through. I wouldn't be surprised if you already made another stop because of that… insomnia. (LOL). I would. And please, how about sanding the pencil marks!!! (LOL)

Seriously, in use, does the stop always sits on the right or do you also use it on the left side of the blade? I'm asking because I would add aluminum T-tracks and use cam clamps instead of spring clamps. And as already mentioned, I also like the tape feature. Did I tell you about that tape I hate so much???

Again, thanks for sharing such "nice" jig.

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Serge

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Okay…well this blows my spline cutting jig out of the water. Mine runs on the rip fence and I use blocks of wood as spacers…cave-manish compared to this Cadillac. Great job and right into my favorites. This is definitely on my to do list now!
 

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Nice use of scraps to make a great looking jig.
 

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great looking jig… looks very serious… like it a lot…
 
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