Jigs and Fixtures

We make devices that hold the work (fixtures) and guide tools (jigs). Most combine the two, so it's hard to call something one or the other. All exist to make work safer, more precise, better, faster, and easier.

Rocking Chair Back Legs

We built a jig to perform three operations on two rocking chair back legs with one router.

create a plane to receive the shoulder of the tenon on the arm
mortise for the arm tenon
notch for the seat

Vacuum secures the legs.

rocking chair backleg fixture

Arm Tenons

With a rocking chair arm in a fixture, we cut tenon cheeks on the cross cut saw. We use two blades, separated by plywood and paper discs. Adding or removing a paper disc gives us a snug fit in the mortise that we cut with the router jig shown above.