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FL WoodRat's Multi-Use TS Jig: Consider the Possibilities

Build a customizable jig from scrap materials for woodworking projects. Features a TEAK push block and safety measures for precision cuts. Enhance with auxiliary attachments for advanced techniques.

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FL WoodRat's Multi-Use TS Jig: Consider the Possibilities

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  1. FLWoodRat's Multi-Use TS Jig “Consider the Possibilities”

  2. The Base Unit • This JIG can be built to any size and out of any materials you have sitting around the shop. Be creative and personalize it with some special wood. I used some scrap TEAK for the right hand push block.

  3. The Base Unit • The face of my jig is approximately 10” tall and 19” long.

  4. The Base Unit • The back risers and base are ~ 6” wide.

  5. The Base Unit • The gap between the base and the runner is sized to span my TS Fence with “0” clearance. • You can ‘wax’ your fence to help things glide smoothly

  6. The Base Unit • The TEAK push block has a short riser block (7/8” tall) attached. • Chamfering the edges makes it easier on the hands

  7. The Base Unit • When using the jig: • Place your LEFThand here. • Place your RIGHT hand here At no time will your hands be in harms way!

  8. The Base Unit • The rear risers are spaced to allow for clamping at the ends of your work. • OR in the center.

  9. The Base Unit • When using the jig for cutting tenons: • Attach a sacrificial vertical stop rail somewhere around here • Drill pilot holes and screw it on from the back

  10. The Base Unit • Using the jig to cut a Tenon • After flipping and then cross cutting the cheeks, this is what you get

  11. The Base Unit • You can use the same set-up for cutting raised panels. • Obviously, you need a LEFT Tilting arbor to do that with this jig.

  12. Is that all we can do? Not at all. By adding the “Auxiliary Spline-Slot-Cutter”Accessory Face You can do even more exciting things….

  13. The “Spline-Cutter” Attachment • So, you want to cut some “slots” for “splines” in your box corners…. • All you have to do is attach this “accessory V-Face.”

  14. The “Spline-Cutter” Attachment • I used a “Splined-Butt” technique and glue for the “V” joint. • Then I screwed the “V” to the aux-face from behind…. MAKE SURE YOUR SCREWS ARE ABOVE THE CUTTING ZONE

  15. The “Spline-Cutter” Attachment 450 wedgeswere usedto align the ‘V” at the center of the auxiliary face, then I screwed it from the back. One wedge was placed here to help with the alignment

  16. The “Spline-Cutter” Attachment • The “Spline Slot-Cutter Assembly” is screwed to the “base unit” from behind at “6” locations. • Drill “pilot holes” in the base unit and clamp the auxiliary face to it when attaching. Remove the clamps before cutting your slots.

  17. Build Your Own! • If you think of some other uses, share them. • If you have a better design idea, share it.

  18. In Closing • The next time you go into your shop, COUNT your fingers. • COUNTthem again when you leave. • If the number is the same. COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS!

  19. Thanks for sharing your ideas! FLWoodRat

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