Jigs & work aids
 | SURFACING AND THICKNESSING Surfacing and thicknessing with the router and a suitable cutter is particularly useful in two specific situations: When you have Read the full article... |
 | MAKING RECTANGULAR TEMPLATES Templates for straight-sided figures can be easily made using a few straight ‘sticks’ of MDF plus your router, guide bush Read the full article... |
 | ROUTER FENCE False router fence With some jobs – mortising with a hand-held router, for example – it is a great advantage Read the full article... |
 | ANTI-TILT BASE Router anti-tilt plate One of the best ways to prevent tilting when hand routing the edge of a panel is Read the full article... |
 | ROUTER FALSE BASE Router base pattern The most useful thing you can make for your routing is a pattern of your router base Read the full article... |
 | Guide bush jig The guide bush guide is simply a piece of 6mm, 9mm or 12mm MDF with a slot cut in it Read the full article... |
 | Cutting circles with the router Small Circle Cutter Circles cut with a router are usually made with some form of trammel bar, but the minimum Read the full article... |
 | Simple housing jig The first example of a simple work aid is one of my most-heavily used: a simple housing jig. I describe Read the full article... |
