Wood Magazine Box Joint Jig

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Wood magazine box joint jig. Box joints wood magazine. Straight from the class room to your desktop wood magazine s bob hunter shows you how to make a jig for your table to cut perfect fitting box joints. To use this jig you will need a tablesaw stackable dado set and a calipers with dial or digital readout. After you build the jig follow these steps and see firsthand how easily you can master this joinery method.

Basic box joint jigs like this one have been around for a long time. But because any inaccuracy multiplies with ever finger no joint tops a box joint for fussiness of construction. Free woodworking plans or box joints. Jig up to make these joints on the table saw or router.

Our jig combines simplicity of construction with micro adjustability. Push the edges together and make the rest of the cuts. Box joints are the savvy woodworker s alternative to dovetails. The box joint or finger joint provides a ton of glue surface for solid and attractive corner joints.

Cut the inverse sockets flip the first board to the other side of the peg so the reference pin is between the peg and the blade. Strong great looking and quickly made box joints are an especially good choice when you have a large number of items to produce. Interchangeable indexing pins allow you to cut box joints of any size without having to build a different jig each time. We ll show you how.

You can t make a box joint if you don t have a box joint jig. Master craftsman chuck hedlund shows you how to create this simple box joint jig from scraps then demonstrates its use. Featured in wood issue 108 october 1998. Strong practical decorative and easy to make.

Box joint jig woodworking plan from the wood store nothing beats the elegant simplicity of the box joint. Don t spend a ton of money on a box joint jig. Use this technique on small box construction drawer construction even decorative joinery for furniture and more. After you finish building and adjusting the jig learn how get the most from it.

Not only that but you can use a box joint jig on virtually any width or thickness of stock. For more related content subscribe to. To make them you need your tablesaw a miter gauge a dado set and a simple shop made jig fig.