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1710 days ago |
Topic tags/keywords: jig question I’ve built my share of projects that required the use of one or more jigs to keep me safe and get consistent parts. So what do you guys do and is it worth the bother to sort and keep them? I have 3 or 4 boxes of “jigs ” that I could use … sometime. <g> Help! Bob -- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner |
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#1 posted 1710 days ago |
Bob it have been my experience that if I toss it, I’ll need it as soon as I can’t recover it. -- If we learn from our mistakes, I'm getting a fantastic education. |
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#2 posted 1710 days ago |
I have a few. I usually toss them when I know beyond a shadow of a doubt, that I will never figure out what it was I made it for in the first place. Or if it’s one that I know I will never need again, unless held at gun point and made to build that particular piece again. -- Tim-- http://www.tmuli.com |
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#3 posted 1710 days ago |
Oh, and in answer to your first question, I have most of them hanging from the ceiling joist. -- Tim-- http://www.tmuli.com |
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#4 posted 1710 days ago |
If they are specificto a project I write on them with a sharpie ”<project name=”true”> <part name=”true”> <year>” and put them in a box labeled similarly then they go in the rafters. -- Scott - Chico California http://chicowoodnut.home.comcast.net |
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#5 posted 1710 days ago |
I never throw them out time is the most valueable resource we have….........why would one ever make one twice? jigs are the reason they made walls….......more places to nail them on -- "Good artists borrow, great artists steal”…..Picasso |
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#6 posted 1710 days ago |
I haven’t made many jigs, but I would be hard-pressed to throw any of them out. Mike -- I will not preach, nor will I be silent. |
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#7 posted 1709 days ago |
I keep all my jigs, but storage is the problem. I must look into making some space in the eaves of the workshop to store them for the long term. you just never know when you might have to make the same projects again! -- Tony - All things are possible, just some things are more difficult than others! - SKYPE: Heron2005 (http://www.poydatjatuolit.fi) |
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#8 posted 1709 days ago |
The only jigs I’ve tossed out were the ones that went along with the tool that was replaced as well. Most of those went out with the old tablesaw or bandsaw. I have replaced another, but only because I made it better. Other than that, my existing jigs hang wherever they might fit. -- Bob Vila would be so proud of you! |
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#9 posted 1709 days ago |
My jigs are scattered around, just like my tools.<;o) -- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1 |
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#10 posted 1708 days ago |
Hi Bob; I keep the ones that are difficult to reproduce, or that get used often. They’re hanging on the walls. The rest get chucked. This is a tough question for most of us. It’s like saying what size board is worth keeping? Lee -- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com |
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#11 posted 1708 days ago |
“It’s like saying what size board is worth keeping?” Lee, that was going to be my next question. <vbg> Bob -- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner |
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