I was in the chat room recently when FLWoodRat (AKA Bruce Somers) posted his multi-use tablesaw jig. I thought it was a great concept, and one that could be built upon for a woodworkers individual needs. Here’s what Bruce had to say about it:
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. The face of my jig is approximately 10 inches tall and 19 inches long. The back risers and base are approximately 6 inches wide. The gap between the base and the runner is sized to span my TS Fence with zero clearance.
Bruce has adapted the jig for cutting tenons, raised panels, and even splines. Seems like the jig is living up to its name. For a more detailed review of the jig and its construction and use, feel free to download Bruces original PowerPoint file: Multi-Use Tablesaw Jig. I am curious what things you guys might do with this jig to make it even more versatile.
9 Responses to “Multi-Use Tablesaw Jig”
That is a neat jig! Think I’ll build one.
Bruce,
I like your jig. I’m a novice woodworker and ran your slide show but I am puzzled. On your slide show when illustrating the cut for a raised panal (slide 11) you state that “Obviously, you need a LEFT Tilting arbor to do that with this jig”. With a right tilting arbor, is there any reason you couldn’t move the fence to the other side of the blade and just flip your jig 180? Maybe I missed something?
Ed
Sure, but you have to turn the jig around and move the back stop to the other end. However, as wide as the jig is, you may not have enough fence room/table top to use it from the left side.
Bruce
Nice jig and I will build one. When you refer to the rabbit in one of the slides I do not know what you are referring to?
Please could you repost the large images for this jig.
Hey Richard. We recently had to make some changes to our database and a number of posts were messed up as a result. So we have to wait for people to find them in order to clean things up. I’ll get the full size images posted asap.
This looks great and the Powerpoint is very intuitive. Think I’ll build one.
I built something similar to this based on a design I saw in Jim Tolpin’s “Table Saw Magic” book. It uses toggle clamps in a few of its configurations to hold the workpieces tight to the fence. However, this design is simpler and therefore more elegant. Nicely done.
i recently made a coffee table in which i used spline miters. it was a real chore for me since it was the 1st i ever tried it. after looking at the power point and seeing the spline jig im at a loss of how it would be used. ( no, im not a fairly newcomer to wood working. Im an absolute novice trying this way out of my league).