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WASTE Taper Jig. This simple taper jig can be built from scrap materials you have in your shop. It's easy to set up and completely adjustable for quickly cutting accurate tapers. Adjustable Taper Jig I recently needed to cut some tapers for a project and didn't want to invest in a manufactured taper jig. So I built the simple jig you see in the photo above. It doesn't take much material to build the jig. You probably already have just about everything you'll need lying around your shop. !4"-WIDE, W-LONG CENTERED SLOT HOLD-DOWN Best of all, it's accurate and can accommodate a wide variety of lengths, widths, and thicknesses of stock. It also works great for rip cuts on narrow pieces of stock without a taper. The base of the jig is a piece of %" plywood with three long slots used to attach an adjustable fence. Each slot is recessed on the bottom so the head of a carriage bolt sits out of the way (see detail 'a'). An adjustable l/i' plywood fence sits on top of the base. It has slots cut to match the slots in the base for adjusting the angle of the taper. Four holes in the fence accept V4" carriage bolts for the hold-downs. I made four hold-downs from l"-thick hardwood (see detail V). A slot at the top allows you to quickly position and then tighten them down with a wing nut. To use the taper jig, adjust the fence to the desired taper and lock it in place. Then swing the hold-downs over the workpiece and tighten the wing nuts in place. Finally, set the rip fence of the table saw so the blade lines up with the edge of the jig. Then simply push the sled along the fence. That's all it takes to cut perfect tapers every time. Fiske Miles Kansas City, Missouri !4" WING NUT FLAT WASHER FENCE ADJUSTMENT (CROSS SECTION) SLOTS IN FENCE AND BASE ALLOW FOR MULTIPLE FENCE SETTINGS RECESS 'A"-WIDE, W-LONG CENTERED SLOT (SEE DETAIL 'a') V x W CARRIAGE BOLT FENCE (3 x 36 -V2 PLY) NOTE: BASE SLOTS HAVE RECESSES FOR HEADS OF BOLTS COUNTERBORE ADJUSTABLE HOLD-DOWN (CROSS SECTION) V RADIUS HOLD-DOWN , ACCOMMODATES MATERIALS OF DIFFERENT THICKNESSES 6 ShopNotes No. 83 |
