Cutting Box Joints On Router Table

A jig is a device that holds a piece of work and guides the tools operating on it this is going to be a box j.

Cutting box joints on router table.

The runner s fit in the base is crucial so begin slightly. Place the first cut over the spacer fence and make the second cut and continue until finished. The next best method is at the router table but not everyone has the space for a dedicated router table. Use a push block to hold the pieces in a vertical position.

Learn how to cut box joints using a router table and this simple jig. Set the depth of cut so that it is slightly more higher than the material thickness. For 10 off your first purchase go to. No i m not going to dance and leap around until the end if this turns out successfully.

While you could cut box and finger joints by hand both joints are most quickly and efficiently cut with power tools in either solid wood or plywood. No table saw necessary. Making box joints on the table saw requires a dado stack which isn t available in all areas. How to make finger and box joints with only a router.

A simple way to cut box joints using a special jig and your router table. This tutorial video shows a simple method on making a jig out of plywood for a hand held router that attaches to the base. Start the router and cut the first box joint. The easiest methods include using a sliding jig and a table saw a portable router and a template style joinery jig or a router table and sliding fence jig or dedicated box joint router bit.

Rout a groove down the length of a piece of plywood to begin making the jig s base fig. Make the base the. Brought to you by squarespace. The jig s sliding fence holds the workpiece vertically and guides it over the router bit.

Chris marshall demonstrates these techniques on the triton twx7 workcentre module. Box joint jig for router table. Fasten a runner to the jig s sled section fig.