With a handful of standard bits and extraordinary jigs, fixtures, and techniques, this book shows everything from planing boards to making fluted dowels, crafting flawless cope-and-stick joints, and creating amazing spiral-beaded columns and finials.

Contents

Introduction

Boring
Crosshair Baseplateà1
Slotted Pilot Templateà4
Boring Templateà6
Shelf Support Templateà12

Carving
Router Duplicatorà19

Circle Cutting
Trammel Baseplate (Trick-Bag Basic)à39
Vacuum Trammelà44

Clamping Systems
Vacuum Clampingà50

Custom Baseplates
The Generic Baseplateà63

Dadoing and Grooving
T-Square (Trick-Bag Basic)à69
Routing Straightedgeà75
Fractionating Baseplate (Trick-Bag Basic)à81
Center-Finding Baseplateà85

Dowel Joinery
Doweling Jigà89

Dowel Making
Dowel-Making Fixtureà97
Dowel-Turning Jigà102

Drawer Making
Slot-Cutter Drawer Joineryà112

Edge Forming
Offset Baseplate (Trick-Bag Basic)à115

Flush-Trimming
Flush-Trimming Baseplate (Trick-Bag Basic)à119

Mortising
Mortising Jig (Trick-Bag Basic)à124
Shop-Built Slot Mortiserà131
Template-Mortisingà145

Router Tables
Custom Router Table Topà156
Universal Router Mounting Plateà163
Bit Opening Insertsà173
Router Crankà177
Table Saw Extension Router Tableà183
Horizontal Router Tableà191
Bench-Top Router Tableà203
Floor-Standing Router Tableà212
Split Fenceà237
Sledsà246
Featherboardsà256

Surfacing
Surfacing Baseplate (Trick-Bag Basic)à264

Turning
Router Latheà269

Appendix:
Jig-Making Materials and Hardwareà298

Indexà308