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If you haven't made a tapering / straightening jig it is a must! This is mine based on a rockler free plan I found. It's 4 ft long 12" wide with kreg t-slots.


I opted to make my own star knobs & hold Downs. The knobs I made from a dense oak pallet. Hold Downs are frommaple





I made this mainly to straighten rough lumber. I still need to finish the holder for the tapering part.

Thanks for looking!

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Nice one. I need one like this for my shop -
 

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Cool!

I like the hold downs.
I did a couple with aluminum but I like wood better; they don't dent the piece being held down.
 

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Thanks gentleman!

Abbas the wooden hold Downs perform better than I anticipated!
 

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Awesome, this was my next jig, now I have a vision. Excellent!!!
 

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Nice job!
Looks like it will serve you well….
& keep you safe!!!

This is on my very looooong "short list" of shop projects.
Thanks for the motivation!!!
 

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Looks great. :)
I have a short version for angled box sides, but will be building a longer version for tapered legs and cleaning up rough edges.
 

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Nice build. The link that John posted is the same plan I used when I built mine. It works very well. Ya gotta luv Woodsmith.
 

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Nice looking jig Greg. That should help you keep your digits in good working condition. I tried out an old Hinged jig I procured several decades ago. Holding the legs down on the table and against the jig against the fence on a test piece just scared the heck outa me, so I built one with hold downs as well. I feel much better and still have all ten digits intact. Happy tapering to you.
 

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Great and useful tool, I made one also. I have found many uses for l have found many uses for it.
 

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Thank you all LumberJocks!

And John C thanks for posting that link!
 

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very cool, I need to make one of these, great work
 

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Greg - great build and thank you for posting this - I have it marked as a favorite and need to make one soon!

John C - thanks for the link…

Tom
 

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Sweet homemade knobs and hold-downs.
 

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Awesome what a great design
 

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Nice - favorited.
 

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That's a great looking taper jig! Now I need to make one myself!
 

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Really! Thank you LumberJocks! We inspire each other! It's when I found this community I got back to my love of woodworking! Thanks again!
 

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Great job. You will get alot of use from this no doubt.
 
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