Woodworking Jigs

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Since purchasing my 14" bandsaw a few years ago, I have had little occasion to use it for cutting thin slices of wood, or "veneers" as they are referred to, but this requirement has changed.

Simple Jig for DIY Veneers Anyone Can Make!

Now that I have the XTool Laser Etcher, and having sampled some of it's capabilities, a whole new world of woodworking ideas have taken hold ... many or which require thin pieces of wood between 1/8th to 1/4 inch or 3 to 6mm.

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One of the many benefits of YouTube is that sharing ideas with others often helps all of us improve what we do. Such is the case with this Thin Strip Ripping Jig I made a few years ago. My buddy Bill, from the Sunflower Woodworkers Guild near Wichita, came up with cool safety adaptation for this and today I am going to make re-make this very popular jig ...

Simple Jig for DIY Veneers Anyone Can Make!

One of my concerns with this style of jig, especially when ripping very small pieces of wood, the blade "could" flip a small piece of wood upward toward the operator ...

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I really hate it when I make woodworking mistakes because I waste time fixing something that is my own fault. Sometimes it's from rushing though a task other times I can just plain mixed up with what I am doing so even making a mistake once or twice prompts me to try and come up with a solution so maybe I can prevent it in the future ...

Stop Making Joinery Mistakes, Make This Planning Jig

Making tables, regardless of the joiner is one of those times where you have similar looking items but that all fit in different areas and sometimes need to fit in a special way to sometimes take a away from defects in the wood, and always try to show it's best side.

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This quick video is primarily for the thousands of new subscribers to my YouTube channel who have not had a chance to see or understand what something called the "Magswitch" can do in their workshop. Basically it is a little adapter that can be used to turn a magnet on and off and thereby use it to attache jigs and safety equipment to anything with a steel base, like table saws, bandsaws and drill presses.