Spline cutting jig

dnick I really like the jig you built….by and change do you have a blog on building this or any plans you drew up? I am much better at using jigs than I am building them..

-- Hawaiilad Larry

*LIKE IT look good and it looks like it works good and Now some day I will have to make me one lol keep up the good work nice

-- Nimkee** Joe

That is a clever albeit relatively complex jig. Whilst I’m a great believer in jigs, I first look for an easier and faster method. This is how I’ve been cutting slots for splines for many years.

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-- Harry, Western Australia

Great spline jig. Thanks for posting.

-- Tom Godfrey Landrum South Carolina (tom@thcww.com) 864-384-4938

WOW. That is one fine looking jig. You should be proud!

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Cool design, well thought out and fine execution. Bravo.

always,
J.C.

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That makes the two pieces of crap plywood and the 2×6 I’ve been using look like….. firewood!

-- Dan V. in Indy

Great jig.

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Great jig, thanks for sharing. Now if we can only do something about our hurting architecural/construction industry. Hope more work finds you if you are looking…

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Wow, super nice jig.

Very good job. Nice details. A #1 all the way.

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Thanks for the kind comments. My friend says I always find the most complicated way to make anything. I’m sure the jigs that Harry1 & Danpaddles made, do the same job as mine. Lets face it, if I was still getting work, I wouldn’t have had the time or energy to design this, much less build it. Lately I design everyhing with the idea that I want it to have every feature I could ever want. That way I won’t have build a new improved version in the future. I hope.

-- dnick, North Hollywood, Ca.

Wow, thanks for the lessons guys!

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I do hope that my post didn’t in any way come over as if I was claiming that my method was better or safer than yours. Every hobbyist wood and metalworker that I’ve come across over the years, myself included, have gone through periods of making tools and jigs and have derived great pleasure from doing so. After selling our last home of 35 years, as I was packing my shed, a MAJOR job, I came across several incredibly complex jigs made from wood and metal and for the life of me I couldn’t remember what they were made for, but I’m certain that I derived great pleasure from making them and am certain that they were for a specific purpose and were successful, otherwise they would have gone into a junk box for re-cycling the material.

-- Harry, Western Australia

Yep, making one of those for sure. Thanks for posting it.

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