Ingenious Jigs
and Shop Accessories

Clever ideas for Improving
your shop and tools from
Fine Woodworking

Softcover
215 x 275mm
182pp

Published by The Taunton
Press, Connecticut, USA.

R.R.P.$24.90

ISBN 1-56158-296-4

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Extract from back cover of book:

Ingenious Jigs and Shop Accessories presents the work of America's most clever woodworkers. They've found many new ways to guide old tools, and in the process solved a wide range of common shop problems for the rest of us. You'll find almost 40 jigs here and endless ideas for adapting them to your own shop and projects.

Photos: Colour

Units of Measurement: Imperial

Contents

Introduction

Section 1 - Materials for Jigs

A Woodworker's Guide to Medium-Density Fiberboard
Plastics for Workshop Jigs

Section 2 - Workbenches and Bench Fixtures

Build a Better Sawhorse
Low Assembly Bench
Dedicated Bench for Dovetailing Large Carcases
Making a T-Slot Track
Movable Cabinets for Shop Storage
Vacuum Hold-Down/Router Table
Shooting Board Aims for Accuracy

Section 3 - Jigs for Routers

No-Frills Router Table
Cast Metal Router Tables
Stow-Away Router Table
Mortising with a Router
Simple Fixture for Routing Tenons and More
Router Fixture Takes on Angled Tenons
Make Your Own Dovetail Jig
Turn a Router into a Joint-Making Machine
Panel Router Makes Cutting Dadoes a Snap
Shopmade Trimmer for Flush-Cutting Edge-Bands

Section 4 - Jigs for Tablesaws

Making a Sliding Saw Table
Shopmade Outfeed Table
Roller Extension Table for Handling Sheet Goods
Simple and Accurate Rip Fence
Sliding Fence for a Miter Gauge
Shopmade Tablesaw Guards
One-Stop Cutting Station
A Tablesaw Sled for Precision Crosscutting
Sliding Table for Angled Tenons
Taper Jig Is Simple, Safe and Effective

Section 5 - Jigs for Other Tools

Sliding Table for a Drill Press Simplifies Mortising
End-Boring Jig for a Drill Press
Vacuum Powered Hold-Down
Compression Chuck for a Lathe
Adjustable Lathe Jaws
Infeed/Outfeed Table for a Portable Planer
Portable-Planer Chip Collector
Rolling Chop-Saw Stand Saves Space
A Stop for Every Jig

About the Authors
Phot Credits
Equivalence Chart
Index