This tutorial video shows a simple method on making a jig out of plywood for a hand held router that attaches to the base.
Cutting box joints on router table.
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The next best method is at the router table but not everyone has the space for a dedicated router table.
No i m not going to dance and leap around until the end if this turns out successfully.
Making box joints on the table saw requires a dado stack which isn t available in all areas.
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.
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.
Make the base the.
All right folks i m gonna get jiggy with it.
Use a push block to hold the pieces in a vertical position.
A sliding router table jig such as the rockler router table box joint jig works with any router table with a miter slot.
Learn how to cut box joints using a router table and this simple jig.
How to make finger and box joints with only a router.
Set the depth of cut so that it is slightly more higher than the material thickness.
Rout a groove down the length of a piece of plywood to begin making the jig s base fig.
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.
The jig s sliding fence holds the workpiece vertically and guides it over the router bit.
No table saw necessary.
The runner s fit in the base is crucial so begin slightly.
Clamp both ends of the base to the router table.
Box joint jig for router table.
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Chris marshall demonstrates these techniques on the triton twx7 workcentre module.
Start the router and cut the first box joint.