My box making jig

**jow104** · 10th March 2008, 12:41 AM

I have for the past three years constructed boxes with what I call strip designs. I can honestly say they have been stable and I have not experienced any deformities on a completed box due to seasonal or warpage changes so I will most probably carry on using this technique.
However getting the strips cut at times to be honest has not always been the safest way to enjoy woodwork and also some pieces have needed additional attention to obtain square faces to get satisfactory gluing.

So started on a jig earlier this week (in waste box thread at projects)
First two pictures are repeated from this thread.

1.http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v3...cutstripsw.jpg

2

3,the main structure of the jig that will ride along the sawtable fence.

4. A piece of sycamore around 270mm long, 40W & 12mm deep.
laying on table to be stripped.

5. Placed in position in the jig.

6 passed over saw blade.

7 the strip extracted and displayed.

8 Three strips cut from original sample above.

9. consiering whether to fit a perspex guard that would enclose blade further, but there is not a lot of blade exposed so not a priority at the moment.

10 a thinner strip cut from original strip, no worries at all.

11. A short length put to the test.

12. A shot of the timber passing the blade.

**jow104** · 10th March 2008, 12:43 AM

The end result.

**weisyboy** · 22nd March 2008, 08:54 PM

nice

how do u use these to make boxes exactly?

it has given me insparation of how im gonna make my next be outa strips. duno if its what u do but ill give it a go next weeks project.

after teh cleaning up is done that is. (maby before)

**jow104** · 22nd March 2008, 09:31 PM

If I'm using offcuts it means I can feed timber on to the fence from the far side and not needing to reset fence and get timber strips all the same dimension. If feeding the conventional way, blade guard usually restricts the push stick going past the blade so timber widths are difficult under 15mm.
I found yesterday that ripped lengths need to be over the length of the blade protruding above table otherwise I got drift.

Naturally dont reset your fence until all your timber needs are completed, same for the P/T when cleaning up.

Best of luck with your new boxes.

**Carry Pine** · 22nd March 2008, 09:36 PM

Originally Posted by weisyboy

nice

how do u use these to make boxes exactly?

I'm interested too. Aren't you simply cutting strips which could be done without the jug?

Now if someone came up with a jig that could resaw box sides (say 50-70mm) on a table saw- that would be interesting.

Carry Pine

**weisyboy** · 22nd March 2008, 09:59 PM

i need a ig that i can make a box and then cut it into 4 boxes

**munruben** · 27th March 2008, 09:55 AM

A good idea. Would like to know how you use the strips in your box making. Maybe a picture of a box made in this way would be great.

**jow104** · 27th March 2008, 06:22 PM

Originally Posted by munruben

A good idea. Would like to know how you use the strips in your box making. Maybe a picture of a box made in this way would be great.

I've got one box on the go at the moment (chevron box) using this strip cutting jig, but at the moment I have got sidetracked again with some house maintenance.
Stripping rotten masonry paint off an outside end gable wall with a water pressure gun, (its wet, cold and worse than windsurfing, my hands and knees were blue with cold after two sessions of three hours each)

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