How to Make a Router Mortising Jig | I Can Do That!

Andrew Zoellner shows how to make and use a clever mortising jig using the router of your choice. Make sure your mortises are centered and perfectly-sized for your next project using this simple jig.

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[jdmc]

I’ve watched loads of Mortice jigs and this is hands down the best and easiest one by a mile. THANK YOU 🎉😊

[stevecrawley]

Made this today. Was considering buying a morticer for making cuts in small pieces of wood. This is perfect and it saved me £300. Great work, look forward to seeing more. Steve

[errcoche]

Nice video showing another human being not some woodworking black belt going through the process in detail without accelerating the speed on the tool work. A lot of other videos are quite intimidating. Guys with a shop full of festool and industrial scale equipment making jigs that belong in an art gallery.

[jlm]

Thank you! This has served me very well. A couple caveats- Make sure you make it wide enough for your router plate to be screwed down and not interfere with the through bolts-washers. Also I made the 'fences' out of 3/4" wide x 1 1/2" deep stock, and drilled through the 1 1/2" side to make the sides extra stable. I also used small knobs instead of the wing-nuts, those are hard to tighten for me. Last but not least, I place several pieces together in the jig if I am mortising thinner pieces, to create a wider platform for the jig to sit on and it works flawlessly.

[luvpostrock]

Watched this today and it's a great idea for a quick jig to make consistent mortises (mortisi?). 😁

What I liked about this video is he doesn't have a big, fancy, fully loaded shop. Just an average Joe showing how to achieve a task.

[showkatmir]

Thanks I saw so many teachers making Mortis and tenon it was very difficult to understand but u understood me very easily

[glennlopez]

The most simple and practical mortising jig, when you need to do several of them on say for a bench back. I had to skip to the assembly to see what I was in for. You could have given a pre view at the beginning. For me, a good height to work at without bending too much and for a closer look . Thanks a lot.

[bijan]

Hello. This was an excellent jig and very well elaborated and demonstrated. I really appreciate it. I wish woodcraft would reopen the store in Ventura County in Southern California.

[ramwall]

I already knew this but this was a good reminder when drilling holes you really need to clamp your work piece down

[fireflyvtxr]

Drill over a piece of scrap wood, will help eliminate or reduce the ripping at the exit.

[hollysmith]

Great jig this is the fastest and easiest mortise jig I have seen. Now I need 2 make me 1 thank u

[MosquitoMade]

One thing I've learned from watching other people use routers on YouTube: I'm way nicer to my router than a lot of people it seems...

[ronmiller]

this really should be made out of acrylic

[ThePirocadoida]

A tip. When drill a hole with a forstner drill, drill from both sides to in so as not to chip at the edges

[HugoAlfredoOrdonezCh]

Excelente guía para mortajas, gracias por compartirla.

[HoUsEoFcAtS]

Probably should have done the slots in 3 passes with the baby colt router.

[kennethkolman]

Center line of bit would be helpful to line up center of board

[paulgoulden]

You made a fence. Why not make a jig instead, with end stops. That way you wont go over your mortise lines, and the cut is repeatable on all your similar work pieces.

[jimlaw]

How can you see and feel the start and finish reliably?

[GrenMagg]

Lower the work in the vice until your guides stop wobbling good simple idea, made mine from aluminium.