Top 4 Best Jigs!

⚙️ EPISODE #215: There are some jigs every woodworker needs to do their best work in the most accurate efficient way. In this episode I show you my top four “must have” jigs of all time. And the best part is they are all cheap and easy to make yourself! Tune in, see if you agree, and add your comments about your favorites. (Closed captions)

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[joegee]

Great video!

One of my favorite jigs, which isn't really a jig per se, is the sacrificial chopping jig that saves my bench from chisel marks as I chop and tune dovetails and whatnot. Mine is pretty much a shooting board with a bench hook style fence to keep it registered against the bench.

[freddye]

I think you do a fine job explaining the process. You make things very clear. I remember you being a guest sometimes with Tommy Mac. Thanks for your videos.

[MKimble]

There are a lot of videos out there explaining jigs. This is the first video I've seen of yours though. I must say, AWESOME JOB!. Your explanations and demonstrations are so useful, and I do love how your enthusiasm and personality shine through! I'll be watching many more of your videos, sir.

[G.I.JeffsWorkbench]

Great video. You told the truth about simple and useful jigs. If you trust your safety skills more than you trust your sliding miter saw, i suggest investing in a Radial Arm Saw. They’re as safe as you are & once set up, are the most accurate tool for cross cuts.

[Fusterclucked]

Thanks for explaining how to use a spacer block effectively. Now really I'm looking forward to getting home and getting started on some projects!

[OregonDARRYL]

Adding a little T-track to the sleds for clamping and end-stops make these perfect. Thanks.

[liquidrockaquatics]

This is one of my three favorite channels. I seldom catch the livestream, but I love catching up later

[dougfrazer]

Great jigs, and very well explained. I will be making one or two of these for myself; esp. the "spacer/s" for the Tenon Jig. Will improve my joinery quite a bit! Thanks. 🤠

[specialmustard]

I’m using amphibious from now on 😂😂😂

This is my first time running across you on YouTube and I’m really glad I did! Very good and easy to follow content. I’ll be looking for your stuff moving forward!

[joshwalker]

My shop is small and mostly bereft of power tools, so my jigs are small as well - shooting board, donkeys ear for shooting misters, bench hook for both push & pull saws (pull has to sit in the vise obey) and a crosscut sled for my one power tool, the bandsaw. Thanks again for all the great videos!

[victoryak]

Just revisiting this excellent video. These along with the course mtls are priceless for any level of woodworkers. I tend to watch something more than once to learn something new or that I missed.

[sickwilly]

Great video, presentation. I will come back to it when building jigs. Didn't feel like 4 yr olds tutorial at all. Some people...smh.

[RandolOlah]

My wife is into Dimon art, which means I get to make all the pictures frames. I am really bad at my 45° frames, I m always off. I am going to make a few of your jigs to see if I can improve my 45° frames. Thank for sharing your jigs.

[nelsoncollar]

Tommy, I have watched you for years and am still watching. You are one of the best. I wish you and yours the very best of a New Year. I'll be looking for your next great experience.

[sawdustwoodchips]

Hi Tom, great Jigs! I agree that if you don't have a true 45 degree angle the combined angle will be 90 degrees. However, the lengths of the mating faces will not be the same. as an example, let's take a picture frame that is 10cm wide, the two angles are 44.5 and 45.5 the lengths of each of the faces will be 14.267cm and 14.02cm respectively. that's a difference of 0.247cm - enough to make the frame look odd. On smaller pieces it won't look so bad 🙂

[petewollman]

Great video, really like all your jigs, i feel like I'm watching a pro woodworker, your the type of guy i would want to spend a Saturday in the shop with. Thanks 😊

[tatehogan]

I always get ambitious after watching your videos. Think it might be time for me to get jiggy with it and make a new cross cut sled

[PaganWizard]

YouTuber Johnathan Katz-Moses just released a jig to align the rear fence on a crosscut sled without having to use a 3 cut or 5 cut method to aligning your fence. He added that there will be an upcoming video showing how to use this jig to perfectly align the fence on a miter saw.

Is the miter plane you used with your shooting board a L-N 9??? I just looked at one on evilbay for more than $500, and there's still 6 days left for bidding.

[Heinz]

Great presentation of essential shop jigs.

[MarkMoore-xkrn]

the mitre for a box, any suggestions on jigs for 45 degree cuts