Woodworker's Journal Summer-2008, страница 64

Woodworker

Straightedge Jig

This versatile straightedge jig trims plywood, but it also breezes through rabbets, dadoes and grooves. It's a "must-build" for your shop.

Here's a slick jig to have handy whenever you need to straighten a rough edge or plow a groove. It's actually a multi-use straightedge, designed to custom-fit to your portable router. The router runs along its fence, and that guides a straight bit along a hardboard template attached to the bottom of the fence. Whenever you need to make a cut, just line up the edge of the template with your trim line on the workpiece. You'll never have to go through the old measure-and-clamp routine again. The jig also performs a bonus task on the table saw — more on that later.

The heart of the jig is a straight, jointed plywood fence (piece 1). Seal this along its two

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