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Thin Strip Ripping Jig

Project by Blake posted 760 days ago 3274 views 35 times favorited 31 comments Add to Favorites Watch

I built this out of SHOPNOTES and I love it. Very simple but very effective. I am not sure which issue it was from. Maybe you know? I modified it a little. I found that a steel rule cut to size works great for the gauge. Just scuff/scratch one side and epoxy it on. Get a scrap of clear packaging plastic and score a line with a knife, then draw over the line with a red marker. Wipe off excess ink and you have a perfect hairline.

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WayneC

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posted 760 days ago

Great Jig Blake. Have to Favorite this one.

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

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mot

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posted 760 days ago

Nice, Blake! Bob #2 and I were just speaking of somthing like this on the weekend. Favorited!

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

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David

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posted 760 days ago

Blake -

I saw this jig recently in ShopNotes as well – an upgrade from a similar jig that they published a few years ago. Does this version have the screen door roller guide? I’m not sure of the issue number but I will bet that one of the LJ posts it soon! Great job – clean looking jig!

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Max

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posted 760 days ago

I need one of those to do some work I am doing. I hope somebody knows the issue number!!!

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

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FlWoodRat

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posted 760 days ago

Looks neat. How does it work? Could you post some “in service” pics?

-- I love the smell of sawdust in the morning....

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Blake

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posted 760 days ago

The roller is a pretty good quality bearing commonly found at the local hardware store. It allows the work to move but creates a solid and accurate reference point. The Idea is that the fence moves each time but the left-hand side of the workpiece always butts up against the jig. So every strip is the same width.

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RobH

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posted 760 days ago

Great job on the jig. I have been meaning to build one of those for quite some time. I just never quite get around to doing mine like I need to. When I get to making some Shaker oval boxes later this winter, I will definitely have to make one to resaw the bands.

Thanks for showing that and keeping it fresh on my mind.

-- -- Rob Hix, King George, VA

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TomFran

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posted 760 days ago

Great post – Thanks a lot!

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

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gene

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posted 760 days ago

Great jig ! Will have one soon. Thanks for the post.
God bless

-- Gene, a Christian in Virginia

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RAH

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posted 760 days ago

This issue of “Fine Wood Working” has a simple version of a thin strip jig, however not as nice as this, Favorited.

-- Ron Central, CA

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scottb

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posted 760 days ago

ditto on the how to… I think I see how you set it up, but….

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

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Jeff

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posted 760 days ago

Glad to hear of someone who built it and likes it. It’s been on my to-do list since I saw it in Shop Notes. Thanks for letting us know it works well.

-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN

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Max

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posted 760 days ago

So what issue of Shop Notes is it in?? Does anyone out there know??

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

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Dominic Vanacora

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posted 759 days ago

I made one like this as well but your ruler makes me jealous I’ll have to start over. Nice fixture, I use mine a lot more than I expected.

-- Dominic, Trinity, Florida...Lets be safe out there.

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Dadoo

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posted 759 days ago

I know! I know! Issue 94, pg. 10

Dadoo shoots! He scores! And the Yankees win the World Series!

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

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Max

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posted 759 days ago

Dadoo,

Thanks a bunch. I knew one of the LJ’s would know. You da Dadoo!!!!!! Now I just have to hunt up that issure. Again thanks.

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

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Chip

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posted 759 days ago

Nice Blake. I had made the 1st edition jig and it was a bit to flimsy to make perfect repetitions. This one has the heftyness that I believe is required and is definitely on my to-do list. The solid ruler is a great addition to. Thanks for posting it.

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.

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cconway

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posted 758 days ago

I have not seen this before, but I would love to get my hands on the plans.

-- Charlie, Connecticut

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Scott

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posted 758 days ago

I really like this jig. I will be making one real soon. The quality of your work looks great

-- Scott, Kentucky ----- "Let us so live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry" Mark Twain

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mski

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posted 757 days ago

I got to make one,
Rockler has one just like it also $20

-- MARK IN BOB, So. CAL

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Blake

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posted 756 days ago

Interesting! You are right. That must be a new product because I peruse Rockler all the time and have never seen that. It looks good for only $20. But I still like mine.


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Lee A. Jesberger

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posted 732 days ago

Hi Blake;

Some professional I turned out to be!

I’ve never seen such a jig. Great idea!

Don’t tell anyone though! LOL

Lee

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GaryK

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posted 731 days ago

Just now saw your project, and got the Rockler jig just last week.

Both would do a great job!

Gary

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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Jiri Parkman

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posted 688 days ago

Nice.

-- Jiri

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rikkor

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posted 688 days ago

Shoot! another entry into my “to-do” list.

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Grumpy

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posted 660 days ago

I must make one of those jigs Blake. Thanks for the idea. Very simple but effective.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

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tigger959

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posted 597 days ago

This was found in issue 94 of Shopnotes. I’ll be making me one as well. Shopnotes also tells you where to buy the bearing.

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Blake

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posted 596 days ago

I just got the bearing at the local hardware store. They should be easy to find just about anywhere. You probably don’t need to pay for shipping over an internet sale.

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Scott Bryan

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posted 595 days ago

Hi Blake,

I just came across this post. I have been thinking about building one of these for some time now. Currently I have a push block that straddles my fence with a 1/4” face on it for generating thin strips but obviously I can’t do anything less than 1/4”. I will have to put one of these on my to do list.

Nice project.

-- 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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Budgie

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posted 552 days ago

Nice. Looks like another jig to build.

-- Bud, NY, http://tpww.libsyn.com/

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Tony

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posted 375 days ago

I have been using something similar (but not so nice looking) to this for some time with my bandsaw for resawing thick and thin strips – the difference in the cut (accuracy and smothness) is phenomenal. The cost was zero (an old bearing from my bandsaw, when I changed and upgraded the guide bearings), the rest was laying around the workshop.

-- Tony - All things are possible, just some things are more difficult than others! - SKYPE: Heron2005 (http://www.poydatjatuolit.fi)

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