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18 Responses to “Box Joint Jig, Finger Joint”

1. 
   hankcampbell Says:
   25. April 2008 at 9:59 pm

   Love that Jig.. Saw it in a 1991 Issue 78 of WoodSmith Mag.

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   Chordwayze Says:
   13. June 2008 at 7:34 am

   You have a sawblade under the right side, foot of the jig. Is that necessary as a spacer, or did you forget it was there Joe? (wink!) Neat jig of course. We can’t buy dado cutters over here in UK btw. Against the law, as they are meant to be used ‘sans guard.
   John

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   hopper1 Says:
   14. July 2008 at 10:26 am

   Please tell me you’re kidding about the dado blade thing I can’t imagine not being able to use one.

4. 
   Chordwayze Says:
   14. July 2008 at 5:26 pm

   Absolutely no kid hopper. In industry a circular saw must NOT be used without a guard. As a dado-cutter is useless under a guard, the dado blades are illegal here. Even amateurs can’t buy one for home use. Courtesy of the Health and Safety Council that we have in this ‘Nanny-State’. If I use a saw for dadoes, I have an old ‘Wobble-saw’ I use, but generally, I trench (dado) with a router.
   Cheers.. John

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   takezaspirit Says:
   1. September 2008 at 4:23 pm

   Thanks for posting! This is great.

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   woody2u2 Says:
   6. September 2008 at 12:09 pm

   Wow great looking jig what kind of hardware did you use?

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   admec1 Says:
   9. February 2009 at 5:56 pm

   This vidio is absolute grea…….t! I love the demo. The jig is well thought out but could do with some kind of holding device for the wood. I think you would be able to construct a tunnel to guard the blade while cutting in which case health and safety would not be an issue. Like to see more of your stuff it’s great.

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   ndktube Says:
   11. July 2009 at 5:33 pm

   The idea is great but the small fee at the Woodsmith Store is $15.95. That includes the hardware but still that seems steep, especially if you’ve got a lot of hardware kickin around already.

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   Vulcan63 Says:
   16. September 2009 at 12:20 pm

   To joelupah::::Wow ! -That’s the most wonderful,faster and simple joint jig machine I have seen until now, man.THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!

10. 
    GreenKoldAid Says:
    1. January 2010 at 6:49 am

    look at MatthiasWandel ….

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    TeenWoodworker Says:
    20. January 2010 at 4:17 pm

    i didnt realise you vere udings a dado blade

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    HalfCockedMD Says:
    22. January 2010 at 5:39 pm

    O.k., for the life of me I can’t find a saw blade with square blade tips… they’ve all got alternating bevels, which makes the bottoms of the grooves that they cut “V”-shaped, and that causes unsightly gaps in the finished box joint.

    I literally spent 1/2 hour at Home Depot (I know, they stink but they’re the only hardware store I have near me) checking every blade, trying to find one with a square-cut bevel, to no avail.

    Any suggestions?

13. 
    395xp Says:
    11. February 2010 at 4:37 am

    Freud SBOX8 Box Joint Cutter Set, Cuts 1/4-Inch and 3/8-Inch grooves.

    Designed with a flat grind (square) tooth….works well.

14. 
    arsdag81 Says:
    14. February 2010 at 8:41 am

    Unless you totally live in B.F.E., I’m sure there’s a “Rockler” or “Woodcraft” within reasonable driving distance.

15. 
    odmcarp Says:
    13. June 2010 at 4:11 pm

    awesome !!! do you have a set of plans i could get for that? i’d love to make one

16. 
    julioyaldonza Says:
    21. July 2010 at 3:30 pm

    BEATYFUL I LOVE THIS TRADITIONAL TRICK FOR FINGER JOINTS, NOW LT ME SAY SOMETHING
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17. 
    rnbvret Says:
    30. July 2010 at 5:03 pm

    @HalfCockedMD there are three types of table saw blades one rip, crosscut, and combination. If you use the combination they have bevels, but they also have a third tooth that bottoms out the Kerf.

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    woodworksman20 Says:
    31. July 2010 at 5:40 pm

    I recently made this box joint jig and cut finger joints for 23 boxes. It works really well with a quality dado blade set installed in your table saw. I used my Frued super dado blade set and it produced beautifully tight joints. I like this jig because it’s accurate and flexible. Most other jigs are limited to only a few set thicknesses of wood. This one you can adjust to accommodate whatever thickness of wood you mill it to. Taller stock tends to slip upwards in this jig so be sure to clamp .

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