Router Mortising Jig
Recently there was a discussion about using a plunge router along with
a home made jig to make a mortise. Jig is simple enough; however, proper set up could be a little touchy since there are no centerlines, scales, etc to assist. Tonight I'm scrounging thru a desk drawer and find some 8x8 grid paper used for graphic arts layouts. BINGO. Tape a piece of the 8x8 to the bottom plate with double back tape, then overcoat with a sheet of clear contact paper used to protect books, shelves, etc. Now you have a reference grid to use for any set up that is protected which reduces accurate set up to a minimum. Even a blind hog finds an acorn if he keeps rooting around long enough. Lew |
Router Mortising Jig
On any cuts like this, I use the router itself to line up. Lay out the cut,
put a pointed rod in the router collet, align the router to the layout lines, adjust stops. "Lew Hodgett" wrote in message k.net... Recently there was a discussion about using a plunge router along with a home made jig to make a mortise. Jig is simple enough; however, proper set up could be a little touchy since there are no centerlines, scales, etc to assist. Tonight I'm scrounging thru a desk drawer and find some 8x8 grid paper used for graphic arts layouts. BINGO. Tape a piece of the 8x8 to the bottom plate with double back tape, then overcoat with a sheet of clear contact paper used to protect books, shelves, etc. Now you have a reference grid to use for any set up that is protected which reduces accurate set up to a minimum. Even a blind hog finds an acorn if he keeps rooting around long enough. Lew |
Router Mortising Jig
On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:21:06 GMT, Lew Hodgett
wrote: Now you have a reference grid to use for any set up that is protected which reduces accurate set up to a minimum. Excellent idea. Even a blind hog finds an acorn if he keeps rooting around long enough. Or "routs" around? G |
Router Mortising Jig
Made my mortise jig to cut only 5/16 X 1 1/2" for floating tenon. And only in 3/4" stock, 2 or 2 1/2" wide. Stops for router and stock. Have a 1/4" spacer w/ 2" stock. This is just for cabinet doors, don't see why it can't be scaled up.
"Lew Hodgett" wrote in message k.net... Recently there was a discussion about using a plunge router along with a home made jig to make a mortise. Jig is simple enough; however, proper set up could be a little touchy since there are no centerlines, scales, etc to assist. Tonight I'm scrounging thru a desk drawer and find some 8x8 grid paper used for graphic arts layouts. BINGO. Tape a piece of the 8x8 to the bottom plate with double back tape, then overcoat with a sheet of clear contact paper used to protect books, shelves, etc. Now you have a reference grid to use for any set up that is protected which reduces accurate set up to a minimum. Even a blind hog finds an acorn if he keeps rooting around long enough. Lew |
Router Mortising Jig
On Apr 14, 1:21 am, Lew Hodgett wrote:
Recently there was a discussion about using a plunge router along with a home made jig to make a mortise. Jig is simple enough; however, proper set up could be a little touchy since there are no centerlines, scales, etc to assist. Tonight I'm scrounging thru a desk drawer and find some 8x8 grid paper used for graphic arts layouts. BINGO. Tape a piece of the 8x8 to the bottom plate with double back tape, then overcoat with a sheet of clear contact paper used to protect books, shelves, etc. Now you have a reference grid to use for any set up that is protected which reduces accurate set up to a minimum. Even a blind hog finds an acorn if he keeps rooting around long enough. Lew Lew, To save you rooting around in drawers looking for graph paper, there is a web site called something like " make your own graph paper." You can probably Google it up. Its quite flexible for all your graph paper needs. Joe G |
Router Mortising Jig
On Apr 14, 10:47 am, "GROVER" wrote:
On Apr 14, 1:21 am, Lew Hodgett wrote: Recently there was a discussion about using a plunge router along with a home made jig to make a mortise. Jig is simple enough; however, proper set up could be a little touchy since there are no centerlines, scales, etc to assist. Tonight I'm scrounging thru a desk drawer and find some 8x8 grid paper used for graphic arts layouts. BINGO. Tape a piece of the 8x8 to the bottom plate with double back tape, then overcoat with a sheet of clear contact paper used to protect books, shelves, etc. Now you have a reference grid to use for any set up that is protected which reduces accurate set up to a minimum. Even a blind hog finds an acorn if he keeps rooting around long enough. Lew Lew, To save you rooting around in drawers looking for graph paper, there is a web site called something like " make your own graph paper." You can probably Google it up. Its quite flexible for all your graph paper needs. Joe G- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - http://incompetech.com/beta/plainGraphPaper/ |
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