Your most used shop-made jig/accessory

[Ed62]

Other than featherboards, probably my most used accessory is the miter saw station http://www.bt3central.com/showthread...ter+station%22. Tell us about yours, and post pics, if possible.

Ed

[cabinetman]

This is the typical type of "T" square jig I use for dadoes with a router. It's shop made from plywood. The one in the picture will handle a 49" dado. The panel shown in the jig is 16" x 16". The first pass on the jig sets the groove. Then a mark is made where the dado goes and there's no measuring. The bar clamp is placed tight to the inside of the right leg to keep it placed. Very fast set up.
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[smorris]

I made an adjustable fence for my 3100 router table which I discovered later was also just the right size and has all the right adjustments to serve for resawing on the bandsaw. That gets a lot of use back and forth.

[SARGE..g-47]

Tenoning jig by far with the amount of mortise and tenons I use with a taper jig coming in a distant second...

[drumpriest]

By a large margin, mine is my table saw cross cut sled. 2nd would probably be my veneer resaw fence for the bandsaw.

[Tony Ward]

n it only cost 20 cents

Hi

By far my most used and useful jig only cost 20 cents. If I ever decided to sell it I could only get 20 cents.

I use it every day to define the curve size when using a 1/4" bandsaw blade.

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It is a 20 cent piece.

Good Health
Tony Ward

[scmhogg]

I agree with Keith. My sled is clearly the most used. Since I make mostly small stuff, I even use the sled for a lot of my rips. I have a lot of pencil lines parallel with the blade to line up the rip cuts. I use a removable hold down for really small pieces. With the blade cover and a stop, I feel much safer at the saw.





Steve

[RayintheUK]

Not only the most-used, also the most accurate for repeatability. Due to the number of cabinet carcasses, etc. I've made, it's certainly earned it's keep.



Ray.

[JimD]

I have a jig like Ray's and I like my sleds but I will add one that I did not notice mentioned. I have a setup for my RAS and CMS that includes a fence over 8 feet long with a t slot, flip stops, and a stick-on tape. Very nice for crosscuts.

I also use one of my home-made bases for my routers most of the time. Clear one usually.

Jim

[RodKirby]

Definitely this one...

[lrogers]

The cicle cutting jig I made for the bandsaw. The train toy box I made for Tavish last year had a LOT of wheels to cut.

[Stytooner]

I made a few self powered jigs that really knocked the wind out of the sails of my previous jigs.

http://www.cnczone.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=50843&d=1200453750

http://cnczone.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=52298&d=1202029692

http://cnczone.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=18085&d=1147703039

Of course these may not actually be considered jigs since they are under power.

[LarryG]

Out of everything I've built for my shop, my torsion box assembly table easily gets the most use. If I'm not actively building something atop it, I'm using it as a staging area when milling lumber, or as a place to pile stuff when I'm working on another surface nearby.

But more in keeping with the OP's question about jigs and accessories, I'd have to say the router table fence I made for the Otter-built "Ryoborghini," both shown below in my previous, smaller shop building:





It will look familiar to some members. I've posted it before, and it's a knock-off of the popular WOOD Magazine design from three or four years ago that a few other members have built in one form or another.

[Black wallnut]

Although not a jig, my router fence gets plenty of use.



Old picture! Shown with my previous wide table.