Popular Post RichardA Posted May 13, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 As I get older, I find my hands seem to disagree with what I want to do. They shake! Not a lot, but enough to, in some cases be nerve racking, and even at times a tad dangerous to my fingers. I have been using a chunk of scrap plywood with two pieces screwed at 45* to the table to cut splines for picture frames, boxes and any joint that brings end grain to end grain. Shaky hands do not offer a good solution to a quick made jig that by itself is shaky to begin with. No, my shaky hands and the shaky jig don't counter each other and make the movement solid. It exacerbates it, and makes it twice or more worse. You can guess that it was driving me to drink, and scaring the hell out of me from time to time. For those of you that don't know me, driving me to drink is a really short drive, closer to a walk, than a drive. I remembered, Dave, aka: treeslayer having made a jig for accurately cutting splines, but I couldn't find it in my search here. I did however remember a little about it. He had T-tracks to hold stops to control the placement of the piece to be splined, and it kept hands away from the saw blade. Which I definitively approve of, having lost a knuckle to a saw blade during a kick back. So, since I couldn't find Dave's, I proceeded to conjure up my own version. When mine was completed, I PM'ed Dave, and asked him about his. And I showed him mine. Great minds must really think alike, because when I saw his, they were so close in construction to each other, that my jaw dropped. Time for some Jack to toast great minds. Here's my version. Say what you will, I'm a big boy. 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 We all make those spur of the moment jigs that we say to ourselves that we’ll make a better one someday and never do, I waited 20 years to make a better spline jig and glad I did, you did a great job Rick. A decent jig is a pleasure to use and much safer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronn W Posted May 14, 2020 Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 Nicely done. Mine so made ot two sloped pieces of 2x4 with 3/4" plwood end caps. It was the first jig I made and still works. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted May 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 Here's the one that worked for 5 years, and kept me scared every time I used it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted May 14, 2020 Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 Nice jig, Rick! Looks like it can expand from picture frame size to hold a good-sized box, too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted May 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 11 minutes ago, wtnhighlander said: Nice jig, Rick! Looks like it can expand from picture frame size to hold a good-sized box, too. That was part of the plan. Less cutting to make it work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted May 14, 2020 Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 Pretty darn cool for an old man! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted May 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2020 On 5/13/2020 at 9:40 PM, Coop said: Pretty darn cool for an old man! You just continue to speak ill of your elders. Rude. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Sawdust Posted May 17, 2020 Report Share Posted May 17, 2020 Looks good to me too, Rick. I've done very few box splines like that but I really like that they look good an add strength. I've done more of it on picture frames. I'm gonna copy your idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted May 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2020 Copy away, I got it more or less from @treeslayer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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