I'm making Jake chairs and thought it would be easier to make some sort
of jig to start the assembly. The first step is to align the two long
seat braces parallel to each other, plumb, and not ricked. The last
time, it took me about 15 minutes to get it right. Is there some type
of jig I could construct out of scrap wood that would simplify the
process?

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I'm making Jake chairs and thought it would be easier to make some sort
of jig to start the assembly. The first step is to align the two long
seat braces parallel to each other, plumb, and not ricked. The last
time, it took me about 15 minutes to get it right. Is there some type
of jig I could construct out of scrap wood that would simplify the
process?


Absolutely! Decide what will work best and build it.

On 5 Sep 2005 20:16:08 -0700, the blithe spirit "rile"
clearly indicated:

I'm making Jake chairs and thought it would be easier to make some sort
of jig to start the assembly. The first step is to align the two long
seat braces parallel to each other, plumb, and not ricked. The last
time, it took me about 15 minutes to get it right. Is there some type
of jig I could construct out of scrap wood that would simplify the
process?

Yes.

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Thanks for the recommendations. I'm reminded of my college professor
who said that the more he was around people, the more he liked his dog.

Rile:

Take the above with a grain of salt. You got to be "tough"
in this newsgroup at times.

Anyways, what people were saying is: every jig
is the "mother of invention" in that, what you build
is going to be specific to your task at hand.

I don't know what a "Jake" chair is, so I can't help
specifically, I have seen jigs made out of MDF
that hold pieces in specific orientation to help the
glueup. You might want to look at jig books. I think
Popular Woodworking has one or more titles out
that might help. Also you might want to see
what other chairmakers have done Do a "google"
and see what pops up.

Good luck.

MJ Wallace

Mon, Sep 5, 2005, 8:16pm (EDT-3) (rile) woefully
wonders:
I'm making Jake chairs snip Is there some type of jig I could
construct out of scrap wood that would simplify the process?

Sure. Simple enough, I often make assembly jigs for my projects.
But, damn all if I can explain how, because they're all different. I'd
say you're on your own.



JOAT
Plans? Plans? Don' need no steenkin' plans.