A larger centering jig for wider stock

Bob, you are the jigmaster!

And to loosely borrow from your signature line… A jig, like its owner, should be unfinished. :-)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Very nice. You will be reaching for this tool a lot. Any thoughts on how to build one for a router?

p.s. I would!

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Thanks Charlie.
I find these type of things take the pain out of measuring which incidently, is my Achilles heel.

Peter.
If you are thinking about centering groove for mortices and the like I just mark them and pray.<g>
Norm NYWS runs his grooves by reversing the stock for the second pass.
If the stock is nominal I often use key stock to set the cutters.

cheers

Bob

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

Bob,

Another great jig! It really pays in the long run to spend a little extra time making things like this to speed up the work and increase our accuracy. Plus, these kinds of projects are just plain fun to make.

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

I made one of the smaller marking jigs myself yesterday, but do you think I could find a drill the same size as the pencils I have????? NO!!!!!! Either need some different pencils or a wider variety of drills…..

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

Hi Max.

That drill you haven’t got is a 9/32” .
If you have a 1/4 with a wobble you may be in business. <g>

p.s. I bought a real cheap set of brad points at the wood show last year and they are awful but at least I hve some weird sizes. (around $25.00 for about 30 sizes) I have decent one for the common sizes from Lee Valley but the whole set is a killer for a hobby guy like me.

Bob

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

Bob,

Your right that is the one that I don’t have…. I’ll have to check at my Dad’s place to see if he happens to have one, if not I will have to buy one… Thanks for the size information I appreciate it.

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

Never thought of using one of these to find the center of a drawer face. Would be great for locating the handles and pulls.

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

Bob. Red paint would look good on it. Just be careful dragging it across your board. You might leave some paint.

Great design. I like it. and centering a drawer front is a good use for it.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Dadoo these little one hour projects end up saving time and materials.
I don’t know how many times I have measure center inb both ends of a board and ended up out by 1/8”
I can run these divider from bott ends and cut in the middle of the lines at the very worst.
p.s. I still find center that way with my finger and thumb for rough carpentry..

Karson, with the way I lose stuff, red may be the right colour.

Bob

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

I don’t know now I missed this! Great Bob. You may want to chain it to your bench though…it’s Thursday, you only have two more days to live in the joy, bliss and serenity that comes with NOT knowing me face to face!

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

i can’t wait Tom. Were going to have fun!

p.s. I have a chicken guarding this thing of beauty! :P

Bob

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

Bob, when Tom leaves check for CTS conduits (Cyber Tool Share black holes) hidden around your shop!!

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Don’t worry Deb, I have my sandbox under surveilence with one of the best!

bob

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

phew.. I can sleep soundly tonight! lol
or is that “cluck-cluck-cluck”

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Thanks for the detailed write up & photo’s. I have been thinking about builiding something similar; however, your design trumps mine.

-- Chris

Thanks Chris.
It’s not my design but I wanted to share this as another way to make woodworking fun and perhaps less rocky than It was for me.

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