Woodworking Spline Jig

Exactly as show in the video with the exception that this piece will have an upgraded miter bar from aluminum instead of wood to prevent expansion contraction issues.

Woodworking spline jig. Just using glue on mitered corners may seem. Dress up your mitered corner joints and add strength too with the rockler router table spline jig. Or even dovetail keys. This jig solves these problems.

Many drill press tables are too small for woodworking because they were designed for metalworking. Splines are an incredible way to strengthen already created joints. Place the project in the cradle and raise the blade so its highest tooth just touches that mark as shown in the photo. Slide the jig back from the blade and reposition the rip fence to cut the kerf for the spline.

You can use contrasting wood tones or various spline thicknesses to create decorative accents. A tongued spline frame miter is a great option for cabinet doors that carry heavy panels or glass panes. This clever jig locks into a standard router table miter slot and features a sled that holds your workpiece at a 45 angle while you guide it smoothly past the router bit. To use the jig make a mark on the bottom of the corner receiving the spline to indicate the depth of the kerf.

If you don t have a dovetail jig and you don t want to learn to. This spline jig is a real simple and easy to make jig that rides along your table saw fence and allows you to cut splines in picture frames and boxes. The spline slots are easy to cut using a simple jig that holds the stock at 45 to the table. Make the table from three layers of 1 2.

Put it all together and started to pick it up with both hands because it s fairly heavy and part number e had the little embedded anchors pull right out. Also standard drill press tables don t have a fence or an insert to back up holes drilled all the way through a piece of wood. Includes both left right fence stops as well. I have always admired the look of a good solid corner pair.

A standard commercial tenoning jig will work but i prefer a dedicated shop made jig shown in figure 1 that does a quicker cleaner job. As well as added strength splines can give a project an added accent that can fully transform the look and add depth. I just received the 9538 router table spline jig for birthday gift from my dad. When making fine furniture picture frames and boxes spline joints are one of the most beautiful methods of joinery used in woodworking.

Super easy wood spline jig. I am guessing those parts should be made out of real wood as the mdf isn t strong enough. This is the perfect jig for making beautiful spline joints in boxes.