“If you can see the line, you can saw the line.”
-Every hand-tool-only woodworker ever.
It sounds simple sufficient to chop to a line, however a few of us haven’t constructed up the muscle reminiscence and ability required to chop precisely to the road each time, and even anytime! Woodworking jigs are sometimes considered one thing solely used alongside our corded buddies, however in actuality jigs are equally at house used at the side of hand instruments. Here, we collected a few of our favourite articles about hand-tool helpers. From taking pictures boards to workholding fixtures, these jigs make handwork simpler and extra correct for any woodworker.
6 important bench jigs by Michael Pekovich
One of the secrets and techniques to hand-tool success is preserving the workpiece from shifting as you’re employed on it. While clamping a chunk in a vise or to the benchtop can work, typically it’s overkill. Not solely that, however clamping and unclamping provides loads of time to the method. A greater technique is to make use of a planing cease or noticed hook, which make the most of the slicing drive of the device to maintain the workpiece in place.
A taking pictures board for case miters by Todd Crenshaw
Build a taking pictures board that means that you can tough out case miters on the tablesaw after which airplane them to perfection. It begins with a strong, steady base. Add a runway that’s precisely 45° and a fence that’s precisely 90° to the runway, and you’re on the way in which to reaching good case miters.
Workbench Helpers: Tips on holding work by Chris Gochnour
Vises are a basic device for holding work securely on the bench, however they’ll’t do all the things. These methods from Chris Gochnour incorporate holdfasts and hand screws to increase the grip of your vise and allow it to carry broad or lengthy inventory with out racking. Planing drawers is made simpler by using two easy workholding jigs.
Bench Puppies by Tim Coleman
Bench puppies—shopmade jaws that slip into the dogholes in a workbench and tail vise to clamp a workpiece on edge—are so simple as they’re ingenious. Made from scrap hardwood and a dowel, with a cork face to guard the workpiece and discourage slipping, they work in pairs to seize each ends of a workpiece and maintain it towards the entrance of the bench. They can maintain any form, from a protracted board, to a door, to a drawer, or an odd-shaped piece. Once you’ve made a pair, you’ll marvel the way you ever did with out them.
Build A Shooting Board that Handles Five Jobs by Tim Rousseau
With its lengthy base and two-part fence, this multi-purpose taking pictures board can deal with 5 totally different planing jobs. Like most of its type, it’s good for trimming finish grain and miters. But it additionally works nice for taking pictures the sting of a board and serves as a planing cease, dealing with each skinny and thick elements. Timothy Rousseau demonstrates tips on how to make it, after which exhibits you tips on how to use it for all of those duties.
4 Bench Jigs for Handplanes by Norman Pirollo
Norman Pirollo found the thrill of woodworking with hand instruments a number of years in the past. And whereas he relishes this quiet, hands-on strategy to the craft, he’s needed to discover methods to make handplaning extra environment friendly. This collection of jigs is a technique he does it. Designed with 3/4-in.-dia. dowels that match into dogholes in his workbench, these jigs—a planing cease, a fowl’s-mouth cease, a planing board, and a taking pictures board—assist make it simpler to airplane the ends, edges, and faces of boards, match good miters, and work with small, slender, or oddly formed workpieces.
Stow-and-Go Sharpening Box by Bob Van Dyke
This mitered sharpening field has dividers for storing all of your sharpening gear in devoted areas, and a laminated lid with cleats to carry sharpening stones and arrange honing guides completely every time. Bob Van Dyke personalized his field for the instruments he makes use of commonly, and you are able to do the identical for your individual. Not certain what sharpening gear you want? Also included is a primary sharpening package that Van Dyke recommends to his woodworking college students.
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