My version of GaryK's jointing jig

Nice job…. Have a had a chance to try it out yet?

-- Chris

Sweet! So you’ll bring that up to run it over those 8/4×9” x 10’ pieces of white oak I bought from that farmer? I’ll buy the beer.

-- Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can walk.

This looks like it works good, but I have a question. It looks like the bottom is 1/2” and the 2 plywood runners look to be about 3” high. Does this stay stiff enough to stay flat? Seems to me that there would need to be some more bracing of some sort to keep it flat and from flexing in the center. Just curious.

Chris,
I am waiting on the casters

Dave,
MN would be a bit of a drive there fella….though next time I am in Minneapolis I will look you up :) for that beer…

bentlyj,
I am going to place it on my workbench to help keep it flat. I was trying to keep it light, but if I have to, I will come back and add another 1/2” sheet to make it more rigid.

-- //FC - Round Rock, TX - "Experience is what you get just after you need it"

Alright. You’re on for the beer.

-- Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can walk.

Thanks sIKE, That is what I was thinking also. Don’t want to make it into a monster to move it. The reason I’m asking is because I am thinking about making one, so here is another question. Does it need casters or can the router just run across the top of the cleats? I was thinking of putting some strips of laminate on the top edges, so the router could slide across the top easier, and not use the casters. I am wondering about any chatter resulting from the play in the casters.

I think that would work. You would have to add guides to sandwich the runners on the router sled, as the goal of the casters is to run in a straight line while you plow the groove. The guides would take the place of the casters, you might want to laminate or UHMW these guides to make them slick also.

-- //FC - Round Rock, TX - "Experience is what you get just after you need it"

OK, I see what your saying. Thanks

Here is what I am thinking about making. If anyone has any input, please do.

Nice drawing. Why the elevated shelf? The carriage looks great.

As an FYI on the carriage I came in from each edge one inch The grove is 5/16” and should end about 3/4” from each end of the carriage. I wasn’t sure and my groove is not the prettiest as a result.

-- //FC - Round Rock, TX - "Experience is what you get just after you need it"

Bently, if I read your drawing correctly, it doesn’t look like your router sled will be able to do anything but run lengthwise down the trough. Is that what you have in mind?

-- Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can walk.

Thanks, I was thinking my sides being about 6 to 8”” high and thought by adding a 1/4” bottom would help keep the sides square. ( I might add a drawer in the end for some router bits and changing wrenches ) I’m probably making it a little overkill, but trying to make it stout also.

In Garys post he refrances useing a 1.5” bottom router cuter. Can you suggest a source for a bit of this size?

Also what HP Router would you suggest using so I dont burn up an under sized router?

Thanks, Dino

-- DBC,Dino, Designer, Cad Draftstman,Builder/Finishcarptenr-Bass Guitar Builder/Player.

sIke:
Nice sketchup drawing.

Thanks, Dino

-- DBC,Dino, Designer, Cad Draftstman,Builder/Finishcarptenr-Bass Guitar Builder/Player.

DaveR, the top that the router is attached to will move side to side like sIKE’s

Aha! I see. It’s all clear now. Thanks ;)

-- Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can walk.

The bowl/bottoming bit is on sale for $11.99 at Woodcraft right now. I went in to my local Woodcraft to pick one up and the guy behind the counter thought that I was joking when I told him the price. He looked it up online and just shook his head at the price and asked me how many I wanted. They honored the online price. I took all 3 of them that they had. They will not be carrying this bit any longer. It is available online. I think it is normally $39.99 to $44.99.

-- NorthWoodsMan

I have one of these from Magnate.

It works very well.

-- Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can walk.

DBC,

The Sketchup drawing you see in this thread is not mine. That drawing is a variant proposed by Bentlyj to not utilize casters which mine does. My casters are on order and my jig is not up and running. Once I get everything together and it works I am going to draw up a Sketchup model of my jig and post it in the Sketchup Warehouse. I will post here and PM you when that is done.

I am bought the same bit that DaveR did from Magnate. I am planning to use my Jepson 2 1/4 HP router at this point in time but will update here once again after I use it for the first time.

You can also take a look at the inspiration for this jig which was so graciously posted by GaryK

-- //FC - Round Rock, TX - "Experience is what you get just after you need it"

Bentlyj

I have been thinking about your carriage, it is good that you have the two different layers, that should keep it from key holing when you slide your jig down the runners.

My other thought was about how square your runners will need to be. It took me an hour to mount my runners as I wanted them both straight down the bottom and parallel to each other as possible. I took my time and made sure that this happened. You will also need to make sure that your runners are square to the bottom also.

-- //FC - Round Rock, TX - "Experience is what you get just after you need it"

Thanks, I’ll add some cross supports in the open section below the shelf. This should help keep everything square.
I’ll have a tank before long. lol (Might have to hoist it up and down with ropes)

I don’t think that you will need to add those. The separation of the bottom and middle shelf by several inches should work great in keeping everything form key holing. Just as long as you glue and screw the dado and rabbet with the sides square of course you should be fine.

-- //FC - Round Rock, TX - "Experience is what you get just after you need it"