Cutting Box Joints On Router Table

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.

Cutting box joints on router table.

Use a push block to hold the pieces in a vertical position. 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. 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.

Make the base the. Learn how to cut box joints using a router table and this simple jig. 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.

Chris marshall demonstrates these techniques on the triton twx7 workcentre module. All right folks i m gonna get jiggy with it. Fasten a runner to the jig s sled section fig. No table saw necessary.

How to make finger and box joints with only a router. For 10 off your first purchase go to. Rout a groove down the length of a piece of plywood to begin making the jig s base fig. Start the router and cut the first box joint.

The runner s fit in the base is crucial so begin slightly. The jig s sliding fence holds the workpiece vertically and guides it over the router bit. Place the first cut over the spacer fence and make the second cut and continue until finished. Box joint jig for router table.

Brought to you by squarespace. Clamp both ends of the base to the 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.