MortiseMeister - the ultimate simple adjustable mortise jig for routers

It’s always good to see fresh ideas for jigs!

-- Ivan, Croatia, Wooddicted

Very creative a way cool design simple but very effective.

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

That’s really cool. I keep meaning to build a mortising jig. This has given me some ideas already.

Thanks for the comments! Thanks Jim, I appreciate all your comments!

-- Scott in North Carolina

Scott, another great jig, I marvel at how creative you are, and how simple you keep it, thanks for sharing

-- Pete in NC

Thanks Pete, I think my brain works that way. I like puzzling over an idea and stripping it down into the simplest elements.

-- Scott in North Carolina

That can be useful. Thanks for sharing your idea!

-- - Greetings from Brazil - --

Scott:

1st – nice work – I’m going to try to replicate this, if you don’t mind.

2nd – while I am very interested in you jig, there was an advertisement for T-Shirts – to the right hand side of your post – which was particularly captivating. Perhaps we should ask Lumberjocks to post our work with dull and boring advertisements … less competition for our diminished attention span.

MJCD

-- Lead By Example; Make a Difference

Nice jig….looks like an easy way to make mortises

-- Measure "at least" twice and cut once

MJCD – Yes, help yourself, I hope you like it.

I too have seen that ad, so I know exactly what you mean. It didn’t stay for long, so they must figure the Home Depot ad sitting there now is just as appropriate on this website!

-- Scott in North Carolina

Can you get me one by Christmas?

-- --Now we are surrounded sir. "Excellent private, now we can attack in any direction."

sawdustmaster – Wish I had that kind of time. Man if only my project list would shrink, but I add to it faster than I crank them out !!!

-- Scott in North Carolina

What is picture three of? And what does the dado do in the right side of the jig in picture four?

Thanks,

Milo

-- Beer, Beer, Thank God for Beer. It's my way of keeping my mind fresh and clear...

Milo, in picture three it shows the stop that you can optionally insert. If you have a very long board with the mortise in the middle of it then you would just remove the stop, as shown in photo 1. If you have a mortise near the end of the board then photo three shows that you can just press the board up to the stop. Cut the mortise, then if you have more boards with a mortise in the same place, just insert the new board and press it against the stop, and you are ready to cut another mortise without doing any measuring.

In photo 4, on the right side of that photo, that is the stop that is shown in photo 3. I just slides in a groove and tightens with a knob on the outside, and the stop rides on the inside.

I hope that explains it, let me know if not.

-- Scott in North Carolina

One more clever and simple jig.
Love it!
Best thoughts,
Mads

-- Mad F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect. Democraticwoodworking.