Thread: Make your own Jigs

Hi Tom,

obviously your eyesight must be superb for your age

I'm off to see the optometrist me thinks

Cheers,

i might join u at the optometrist!!

Sorry about that I should have posted a bigger pic I have divided the page in two and hope this is better.

Tom

Enclosed sample of drawings hope these are better

Jig I used when routing the cabinet handles
Jig when routing Mortices
Tee square type Jig for trenching
Trimming Jig

Tom

Good stuff mate... are you getting a website up and running? gonna sell cds of jigs from what I can see in one of those pics... mmm interesting

Understand the need to make money but I just think jigs should be free... my opinion is all... make money from what you create using them but the jigs? ah well no worries

Cheers

Template Tom,

Could you advise me re the jig showing with the door handle fitted, its application?

Couple of good jokes up top.

Thanks for you for showing.

Originally Posted by Wild Dingo

....but I just think jigs should be free... my opinion is all... make money from what you create using them but the jigs? ah well no worries

Cheers

I see where you are coming from Wild Dingo but i think it would depend on the complexity of the jig. i think Roger Gifkins would take exception to any inference that he should give away his product for free, same with the other manufacturers of "upmarket" jigs. simpler jigs that lend themselves more to making in the shed for a specific project i agree with you wholeheartedly.

As for that fence/circle cutting jig that came with my Triton router, I hope the useless thing was free. the only use i found for it was cutting it up to make a mount for the triton router onto the woodrat

Originally Posted by doug the slug

As for that fence/circle cutting jig that came with my Triton router, I hope the useless thing was free. the only use i found for it was cutting it up to make a mount for the triton router onto the woodrat

What's wrong with it? I used it very successfully when making my router table top upgrade. Don't use it much at all, but then, my router rarely leaves the table either.

Originally Posted by stuart_lees

What's wrong with it? ......

Stu, grab your router and the aforementioned useless accessory. now join the two together, but as you do so watch how much the jig flexes as you tighten the two locking lugs. for a stetup to be completely repeatable you would need a torque wrench. if it flexes that much depending on the tension in locking lugs, how much does it flex depending on the load applied?

Almost every time ive used a router handheld since ive had the triton ive found its accessories not equal to the task and have fallen back to the 20 year old makita which has a better fence system and accessories.

the router itself is great, but the accessories let it down big time

Originally Posted by jow104

Template Tom,

Could you advise me re the jig showing with the door handle fitted, its application?

Couple of good jokes up top.

Thanks for you for showing.

This Jig was a means of holding the raw material in position with two screws the of course athree templates were required to complete the process
Tom

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Tom

Good to hear from you again Tom. Hope the new website isn't too far away.

Originally Posted by Eastie

Good to hear from you again Tom. Hope the new website isn't too far away.

Eastie
I have no idea when i will have my site up and running again
Tom

No worries Doug... can see where your coming from to

As to the Triton attachment I havent used it... cant be bothered with the attachments that come with the things and tend to make my own... ooops sorry Tom!

For cutting circles I just made a big ply thingy... a bit over 2ft long one end made large enough to fit the routers base and the other 3in dia... every inch along the thing Ive drilled a hole... when I need a circle I simply attach the router to the jig thingy select the appropriate hole screw it down and away I go... use a sacrificial 1/2in ply under the jig clamped to the work peice and that way no screw holes in work peice... cut to the clamps... jump the clamp cut to the next clamp when the peice is cut through move clamps and cut final peices... whallah! easy as

Sorta like the one that comes with a circular saw... dont use it... prefer to use a length of aluminum extrusion clamped each end this I find faster and more acurate than any "comes with" saw attachment

Let us know when you get the site up and running Tom... more than interested mate!

Looks like a well designed website, with a wealth of information and high-quality illustrations. Look forward to the real thing...