My first real jig

[Carole Valentine]

I am just getting into jigs but had not really made much except my crosscut sled. Just finished this box joint jig. It was an accomplishment for me, as a brand new woodworker, and I learned a lot in the process.:)

http://www.esva.net/~pchousecalls/boxjointfront

http://www.esva.net/~pchousecalls/boxjointback

[Bob Marino]

Nice work and the wood looks great also. What plan did you use?

Bob

[Carole Valentine]

Thanks Bob. It was from Shop Notes. Foregt the issue...it's out in the shop.

[Keith Christopher]

Carole ,


Sweet ! Very nicely done !


Keith

[Joe Mioux]

Carole, That jig looks great! You also get style points for the wood.

Joe

[Mark Singer]

Carole,

Great job! Very nice looking! You will use it for years!

[Steve Stube]

Jig, I thought this was a thread about dancing and then the pictures popped on the screen. To dance with that jig I guess it would be the "SLIDE". Very nice work, now you can get it dusty!

[Ian MacDonald]

Nice work Carol!

Did you get the kit of parts from Shop Notes?

Cheers,

-- Ian

[Nathan Hoffman]

Looks good! I am in the middle of building the same jig to run with my new Freud dado set. Now that you've tried it out, is there anything about it you'd change?

[Michael Stafford]

I also built that jig from Shopnotes. Mine is not nearly as pretty as yours as I built it out of baltic birch plywood. Very nice job!

[Dick Parr]

Very nice Carol, that even looks like it would be fun to use.

[Carole Valentine]

Actually, I haven't had a chance to try it out yet. Probably will today. Only thing different I did was add and additional screw to the front adjustment block to hold the metal "key" tight and flat at the material rest. It also wouldn't hurt to make the fence a little higher...I suspect the only reason they specified 5.5" was the availability of that size hardwood lumber. Another thing I plan on doing is putting a strip of thin abrasive (maybe the 40 micon PSA micro-abrasive - the kind I use for scarey sharp) on the material rest. Oh...and one other thing I think might be of benefit, but haven't really thought out the pros and cons yet, is to make the material rest deeper than the specified 3/4".

[Carole Valentine]

Yes I did. And while I was at it, I ordered the tenoning jig hardware as well. Much less expensive than buying a commercial jig. That's next on my "jigs to build" list.

[Jim Becker]

That's pretty awesome, Carole! Very slick looking, especially since you used nice hardware. Keep 'em coming!

[Alan Turner]

Nice work Carole. Building jigs is one of my favorite shop tasks, and I find that if I build them as carefully as possible, it is well worth the investment. BB is my favorite jig and pattern wood, but hardwood scraps have been known to creep in as well.
Alan

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Nice work Carole!