Thread: Jigs and other things I find useful

The next is the drill press table!

I made mine with a number of inserts so I can throw the insert away when it gets too damaged. The holes around the corners serve to allow one to pull the insert out as well as for dust extraction from below the table.

Probably the feature I used the most (until I got a morticer)was what I called the mortising fence, that is two fences in between which I trap a piece of timber and slide along for morticing or drilling. Very effective, very accurate.

I also have a number of tother fences including a high fence.

Number 3 on the list is the bandsaw fence and featherboards.

The bandsaw fence can be used on the left side of the blade as a high fence or the right side of the blade as a low fence. It is at 90 degrees to the table which is more than what I can say for the facory fence . I find the high fence handy for resawing and cutting veneers. The edges are bevelled so that timber does not catch on it.

Another handy jig is the home made dust exctraction for the bandsaw (just below the table). This works better that what my bandsaw came with.

Number four is my crosscut sled.

This is a small one so it is easy to handle. It cross cuts 300mm and is more accurate than any mitresaw I have used.

It has the capability of adjustment if it ever goes out of square. The runners are made from hardwood and have been waxed with ubeaut traditional wax.

This is probably the jig I use the most, since I made it I have only used the sliding mitre saw when I had to work outside the shed.

Last but not least is my timber rack, not quite a jig I know, but a necessity as my shed is relatively small and hence I had to make the most out of every bit of space. It has been perfectly levelled so I can store sheetgoods without having to worry about warping.

The rack is attached to the rasters with bolts. The frames use simple half lapped joints which have been glued and "pinned" with a bolt. I also use it to hold small clamps.

It has allowed me to be able to move in the shed.

Nice jigs there, routermaniac. I sometimes think that making jigs is more fun than making other projects.

Wow bigshed, very quick on the buzzer . Ok now guys (and gals), thats all from me for now, lets see which woodworking jigs you cannot live without.

regards

Marios

Originally Posted by routermaniac

Wow bigshed, very quick on the buzzer . Ok now guys (and gals), thats all from me for now, lets see which woodworking jigs you cannot live without.

regards

Marios

Sorry, didn't mean to interrupt your flow!

Here are a few of my doodads for the tablesaw.

Nice idea with the spring on the zero clearence inserts. Does it hold it adequately? Also, I know there will be a post on making these inserts somewhere - I think I even read a while back it but I can't find it. How do you hold down the insert while you wind the blade up through it? Any particular reason you don't put the levelling grub screws in your inserts - I have noticed that some others do?

Here is how I hold my 6 mm ally ones in place. I used a piece of blue steel scraper steel (I have quite a few pieces of that around from making various tools) which is pretty springy. Grub screw leveling is used because the manufacturer cannot get the manufacturing tolerances right. If you make them fit right the first time they rarely need adjusting.



Cheers
Bob

Originally Posted by BobL

Here is how I hold my 6 mm ally ones in place. I used a piece of blue steel scraper steel (I have quite a few pieces of that around from making various tools) which is pretty springy. Grub screw leveling is used because the manufacturer cannot get the manufacturing tolerances right. If you make them fit right the first time they rarely need adjusting.
Cheers
Bob

I like that idea Bob, I take it that is the end that goes to the rear of the blade that is lifting? My query about how do you hold down the inserts was relating to when you fisrt fit an insert and wind the saw up to cut the slot, how do you hold it in place for that?

Haven't got a tablesaw myself, but I think most people use their fence to hold down the insert.

Thanks DJ, that makes sense.

Originally Posted by DJ's Timber

Haven't got a tablesaw myself, but I think most people use their fence to hold down the insert.

yep - screwed in place with the fence on top works a treat!

BTW Routermaniac I put links to a few of my rigs and jigs into my sig file.

Originally Posted by BobL

Here is how I hold my 6 mm ally ones in place. I used a piece of blue steel scraper steel (I have quite a few pieces of that around from making various tools) which is pretty springy. Grub screw leveling is used because the manufacturer cannot get the manufacturing tolerances right. If you make them fit right the first time they rarely need adjusting.



Cheers
Bob

Great idea bob, I like it. I was lucky with my saw, the depth for the insert is uniform all the way, so all I had to do is make all the inserts that thickness. PS thank you for the links.

regards

Marios