Spline Jig

Jig of great utility, congratulations.

-- The common man thinks. The wise man is silent. The stupid man discusses.

That’s a great jig. I built one for my table saw a couple of weeks ago, and it’s something I will use a lot since I’m into boxes. Nice workmanship on yours.

Mike- Does it straddle the fence or do you just keep it pushed tight against the fence? Looks like the latter to me. Yer splines look perfect!

-- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm

It rides against the fence andy. I’m picking up a new used Delta TS tomorrow and I wanted to be able to use it on both. Looks like I’ll have all new jigs coming.

-- mike c

i have this on my bucket list. nice design i may copy it. thanks.

-- Chad -- Buffalo, NY

check some out on this site before copying mine as there are much better ones. check out gfadvm. I really like his jig better. It appears to me he cut a dado at 45° to hold the bases but I dont know how to do that at an angle unless hes using a taper jig.

-- mike c

Mike- You can scab that fence saddle on to the side of your existing jig to fit the fence on yer new saw at any time. I cut those dados on the TS using my miter gauge set to 45 degrees and multiple passes over my box cutter set.

-- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm

Nice jig. I used a similar one on my router table with a dovetail bit to cut a little different spline. It worked out quite well.

-- "Measure twice, cut once, count fingers"

thanks for the tip andy. I’m learning I should ask first, lol. Thats what I wanted to do but the how wasn’t jumping out at me.

-- mike c

Good idea, bill I’ll have to try a dovetail spline

-- mike c

Mike, the design you are using looks like a good one and should certainly do the job. Just for the sake of discussion and comparison, this is a design I like. You can locate the splines with pencil marks on a replaceable piece of 2 in. masking tape. It works for boxes large and small and stands next to the saw when not in use. You might also look here.

-- Big Al in IN

very nice. i think i may make mine for router instead of TS now.

-- "Some get spiritual 'cause they see the light, and some 'cause they feel the heat." --Ray Wiley Hubbard

Very well done! Thinking of building one for my router table or table saw.
Is tear out a problem cutting splines on a RT or TS?

-- DJ Peck, Lincoln Nebraska. Lord, keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.

it hasn’t been yet but I’ve had some suggestions to use a spiral bit. I havent tried yet.

-- mike c

Since I am snowed under, I think tomorrow I will work on one of these. I hate mine. Good job, I like your idea and the only one you need to make happy is you.

-- Nature created it, I just assemble it.