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Two Surprising Jigs

I wanted to call out two jigs I’ve picked up very recently that are surprising me with how well they work. S&H Drawer Jig Drilling one of the small drawers from the vanity with the S&H Drawer Jig This is a jig for accurately...
Mortising Block

Mortising Block

This is another of those been-meaning-to-get-around-to-it projects. It doesn’t have anything to do with getting a new table saw, but I did use cutoffs from the storage unit to make it. A Jeff Miller-style mortising block This...
Tapering jig, revisited

Tapering jig, revisited

I had a little accident with my tapering jig recently. I was using it to true up the leg stock for my new outfeed table, and it fell off the back end of the saw. The piece was fine, but the sled broke at the routed T-slot at the back, so...
A Crosscut Sled

A Crosscut Sled

Can you believe in 25+ years of woodworking I’ve never built one of these before? I’ve meant to, but just never got around to it. So, with lots of cut-off plywood to use, I figured now was a good time. These sleds come in all...
Router Table Tenoning Sled

Router Table Tenoning Sled

Mortise and tenon joints are so common, and so important to furniture making, that I’m always trying to get better at doing them.  One of the great things about woodworking is that there’s always more than one way to do basic...
Using a Dovetail Jig

Using a Dovetail Jig

Like many woodworkers, I had a shameful secret stashed away in my shop for years:  a commercial dovetail jig, purchased and then never used.  I’d bought it cheap at a wood show, intending to dovetail my drawers by default as a sign...