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#WOODWORKING SPLINE JIG INSTALL#
Make and install your splines to match your groove widths, but be careful – there are many different blade widths on the market. Now cut your spline grooves in both pieces. Place the jig on you saw and don’t forget to flip your depth stop down or you will cut right through your new jig. With the jig removed cut your mitres at 45 degrees. Glue a small stop block at this location to ensure repeat accuracy. Flip the stop down and adjust the cutting depth with the saw beveled at 45 degrees and the mitre angle at 0 degrees.įind the location in the mitre that you want to cut and mark the tip of your workpiece. Yours could be different, depending on where the blade is in relation to your fence. I used a 2” fence for my DeWalt DW 708 saw.
#WOODWORKING SPLINE JIG FULL#
That will allow for the radius (of the back of the blade) so that when you cut down, you will start cutting at full depth. Glue a ¾ x ¾ locator cleat on each side of the plywood to stop any side to side movement.įasten an auxiliary fence to the plywood. Select some ¼” plywood that is 1 ½” wider than the table of your mitre saw. But for some reason, they just don’t work as well. The jigs in my shop may not look fancy, but they do work! I have actually tried to re-make some of them in an effort to make them look better.
#WOODWORKING SPLINE JIG HOW TO#
Since the show, there has been a lot of interest in knowing how to make and use the spline jig. It was featured on the television show “In the Workshop” on HGTV. The spline jig is a very popular jig that I have designed for the sliding compound mitre saw. When you use a spline, you can actually accent the joint with a different coloured wood. Another way to stop such slippage is to use a biscuit, but that is not as decorative. Whether you are using solid wood or plywood veneered stock, one of the easiest ways to stop the slippage is to insert a spline. This joint always tends to slip out of alignment when the glue is applied. One of the most difficult joints to assemble is the cross grain mitre joint.