Shop-Built Woodworking Jigs

Many woodworking plans call for pieces that can most easily (and safely) be formed by using a woodworking jig. Fortunately, many of these woodworking jigs can be made right in your wood shop. Learn how to build many typical woodworking jigs that you can use over and over again in your woodworking projects.


1. Cross-Cut and Panel Cutting Jigs

Woodworking Jigs are designed to make somewhat difficult tasks easier as well as consistently repeatable. Many woodworking jigs are (or can be) homemade. In this article, we describe two such homemade woodworking jigs: one cross-cut and panel cutting jig and another for ripping stock up to four feet in length, using only a circular saw. Learn how to make these simple and effective woodworking jigs.

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2. Circular Saw Measuring Jig

.What do you do when you find yourself in need of, but without a table saw? If you have a circular saw and a straight-edge, you may be able to make nearly any cut almost as quickly and accurately as if you had a table saw. How? With a circular saw measuring jig.
.A featherboard is a woodworking jig that makes working with smaller stock on your table saw or router table much safer and simpler. The idea is to use the fingers of the feather board to hold the stock being cut against the fence and/or table while cutting. While you can purchase commercial featherboards, you can also learn how to make them in your

A number of different woodworking plans call for cutting pieces of wood into circular shapes. Woodworking projects such as round table tops, archways and many other circular forms need consistent, precisely-rounded cuts with a precision that can't be obtained cutting the circle by hand.
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Many closet and partition doors, plus many types of window shutters utilize louvers, as they allow considerable air flow through the louvers, yet offer visual privacy. Louvers aren't difficult to make, provided that you utilize a woodworking jig.