Project by DraftsmanRick | posted 01-26-2011 04:27 AM | 11674 views | 89 times favorited | 17 comments | ![]() |
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Very adjustable tapering jig. I thought i would toss out another one since im spending a little more time in the shop these days…The bar across the middle is ash so theres little to no deflection. The bottom has a quartersawn oak runner dadoed into the bottom. No slop, and slides like its on ice.
Slick Rick : )
-- Jesus was a carpenter
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woody57
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#1 posted 01-26-2011 04:30 AM
very nice
thanks for sharing that
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Dan Hux
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#2 posted 01-26-2011 04:37 AM
great jig,,looks very flexible
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davidroberts
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#3 posted 01-26-2011 04:37 AM
That looks like a really nice design. Good job. A sturdy tapering jig is a pleasure to use.
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surfin2
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#4 posted 01-26-2011 04:57 AM
Nice, Very nice job…
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DraftsmanRick
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#5 posted 01-26-2011 05:01 AM
Your welcome, and thanks. The idea came from a article a year or two back in Fine woodworking. So i cant really take all the credit. But its my intention to share my ideas and jigs i feel may help someone else do something more safely and/or accurately. As my uncle Terry in Fla says… Pass it on!
-- Jesus was a carpenter
Chris
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#6 posted 01-26-2011 05:01 AM
I like that Jig..g Considering I have to desks to build soon this will be very handy!
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tyka
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#7 posted 01-26-2011 05:09 AM
Smart design. I think I’ll replace mine. Thanks for sharing.
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DaveTPilot
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#8 posted 01-26-2011 05:27 AM
Excellent!
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Skillet
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#9 posted 01-26-2011 06:06 AM
SLICK! I like how you can taper either way. I suppose you can make a wider version for a more aggressive taper if you want?
-- Skillet, Louisiana
DraftsmanRick
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#10 posted 01-26-2011 06:10 AM
You could Skillet, and or longer too. This one is around 38” long i believe, i cant remember now.
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longgone
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#11 posted 01-26-2011 06:19 AM
Very nice jig and well thought out.
DraftsmanRick
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#12 posted 01-26-2011 06:46 AM
Thanks Greg!
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Don Johnson
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#13 posted 01-26-2011 01:49 PM
Thanks for sharing the design – it took me a while to understand Skillet’s remark about tapering either way, but I got it eventually.
This design would have been handy when I decided to taper some table legs AFTER I had cut the mortices!
I had to disassemble my metal taper jig and remake it upside down (after drilling a couple of extra holes) to get the end stop and push handle in the right places to do the ‘other’ tapers.
-- Don, Somerset UK, http://www.donjohnson24.co.uk
Todd Thomas
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#14 posted 01-26-2011 02:01 PM
nice, nice, very nice…....I ‘m thinking I need to make one of these for myself…
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itsmic
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#15 posted 01-26-2011 08:50 PM
Nice job, looks to be very functional, thanks for sharing
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