Strangely, I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned my “Jig Drawer” before.
I was using it over the weekend when it occured to me that it may never have actually been referred to here. I have a Jig Drawer. No, it isn’t where I store my various jigs, but where I store the components that may be useful in jig construction.
The Jig Drawer
It is full of useful and interesting bits and pieces, many as it happens from Professional Woodworkers Supplies. There are knobs, hold downs, T Track Bolts and T Track nuts, high tensile bolts, grub screws, butterfly nuts, plastic Incra positioning track (metric and imperial), T Track and Mitre Track sliders and stops, and a stack of other assorted bits and pieces.
Whenever I am constructing a new jig, this is the drawer I first turn to, to get the hardware needed, and even the inspiration for the required jig.
It is nice to be able to make a jig properly, with decent knobs etc rather than some block of wood offcut from A, combined with a few nails and old screws from B, and lumps of particle board making up the body of the jig.
So that is my Jig Drawer, and now you know.
Filed under: Tools | Tagged: Bolts, Butterfly Nut, Drawer, Grub Screw, High Tensile, Hold Downs, Jig, Mitre Track, Stops, T track |
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