I made a router dado jig last week and really like it. However, the adjustment part - where a slot is needed was done with a jig saw. In the two picts below, both have a slot through which a bolt/knob tightens and loosens to allow one part of the jig to be adjustable.
My question is: How do you make perfect slots like those in photos, picts and diagrams? I have tried drilling two holes and then "routing" a straight line between the two holes, or cutting with a jig saw. In the case of router, even with a router table and fence, it tends to jerk and make crooked holes, -especially in making the hole through two different materials. And with a Jig saw, two different materials seem to make the blades want to deflect just enough to make the slots ugly.
Mine are very functional but they are just ugly. How do you make perfect knob slots as in the two pict/diagrams below? BTW, With the jig on the top, I made perfect dados!
My question is: How do you make perfect slots like those in photos, picts and diagrams? I have tried drilling two holes and then "routing" a straight line between the two holes, or cutting with a jig saw. In the case of router, even with a router table and fence, it tends to jerk and make crooked holes, -especially in making the hole through two different materials. And with a Jig saw, two different materials seem to make the blades want to deflect just enough to make the slots ugly.
Mine are very functional but they are just ugly. How do you make perfect knob slots as in the two pict/diagrams below? BTW, With the jig on the top, I made perfect dados!
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