Versatile Router Jig.

I have one too, I saw it originally in a podcast from Woodsmith. They work well just make sure that it is solidly clamped to the work piece. I had one slip on me and made a rather ugly dado, fortunately it was on the inside of the piece out of view.

-- Dan in Central Oklahoma, Able to turn good wood into saw dust in the blink of an eye!

Dan, you are sooo right on that. I never cut sliding dovetails before and I thought I should practice and I discovered the same problem. Clamping that sucker down so it doesn’t move is very important. Luckily it happened during the practice session and I realized my error- my clamp caught a bit of the workbench surface, but not enough to hold firmly.

I built this as well. And it works well most of the time. I found that mine occasionally tended to shift ever so slightly when routing due to the side pressure from the router. This was just enough to give a sloppy dado which I found to be annoying. But it does work if you are careful.

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

I have the book you speak of and there are quite a lot of jigs that look useful.

-- --Chuck

I’ve got one of these as well. Don’t remember where I saw it but it sure works.

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

Nothing like a good jig!

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

I don’t have this particular jig, but with other clamp on type jigs I usually glue a sheet of sandpaper to the bottom of the jig to help keep it in place.

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I’m a clamp happy nut when it comes to dadoes. The there is nothing worse than running several dadoes before realizing your eschewed grooves.

-- so much wood, so little time. Bradford.

I like this idea. I’ve been looking for a good way to do sliding dovetails.

-- Kevin, Wichita, Kansas

I really need to make one of these. Thanks for posting this.

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I have a similar jig. To help prevent the jig from moving on me I clamp and extra piece of wood on both sides of the jig if I have room.

-- Dave Herron, Boise, ID -- “That which does not crash the browser, makes it stronger”

Nice jig Bill. I don’t have one (yet). I would also recommend the book by Bill Hylton called “Woodworking with the Router” which I’m currently reading through. I could spend weeks (or longer) making all the jigs in that book. If you want to do something with a router this book probably has all the details and necessary jigs.

-- Paul D, Atlanta GA

Looks like something for the project list.

-- Maplewood, MN