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Project by Bsmith posted 177 days ago 5193 views 40 times favorited 9 comments Add to Favorites Watch

Wanting to make some boxes with finger joints I had to make the jig first. Pretty simple design. 3/4” Birch plywood with adjustable widths and removable back up board. Right and left sides are adjustable but don’t think I’ll really need to move the left side. I used piece of 1/4” hard board that can be remove and replaced to minimize tear out. As you can see in photo 4 I just turned it upside down and screwed it back in place. Photo 3 shows work in progress. The best idea (not mine, got it here) was the shelf to let boards ride on. Makes for a smoother transition over the saw blade inserts. If you look close in photo 4 you’ll notice it also has an micro adjustment. Or as I like to call it, masking tape. Thanks for looking. Boxes to come shortly.

-- Bryan




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Jamie Speirs

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#1 posted 177 days ago

Nice one Bryan

looks a very useful jig and nice and long

good height fence as well

Jamie

-- Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own. --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Chris Moellering

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#2 posted 177 days ago

Nice design.

-- Grace & peace, Chris+

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gfadvm

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#3 posted 177 days ago

Nice design. One suggestion: make your “peg” from some very hard wood like Jatoba and it will last much longer than pine which tends to wear and become narrower as you use it.

-- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm

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Prplhrtjarhead

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#4 posted 177 days ago

Very cool.

I continue to be impressed by the ingenuity of LJ members. Imagine if the rest of the general public engaged their brains instead of their thumbs on various remotes

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BadDavid

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#5 posted 177 days ago

I second the use of a piece of hardwood. Great job…

-- BD, where bad wood finds a home. Va

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a1Jim

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#6 posted 177 days ago

Looks good Bryan good jig.

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

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Straightbowed

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#7 posted 177 days ago

that be a nice jig way to go Lumberjocker

-- Stevo, work in tha city woodshop in the country

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RogerM

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#8 posted 176 days ago

Nice work Bryan. Looks like you are getting some decent results from it. Several good ideas here that I may look into developing. Thanks for the post. GO Kansas State (Former Wildcat)

-- Roger M, Aiken, SC

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HorizontalMike

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#9 posted 168 days ago

I really need to make this jig! I have not made any neat joints yet and I REALLY NEED TO MAKE THIS JIG! Just marked it to my favorites! Thanks!

-- HorizontalMike -- "Woodpeckers understand..."

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