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Feb 7^th, 2013 at 6:40pm

The first picture is my newest jig. It is a jig to accurately set segments for open segment turning. I found it deep in the video section of this forum. The second picture has a story. My wife wanted to take an afternoon nap so that ment no powertools. So a straighten up of the shop was the next best thing. Then I saw a couple of these jigs/fixtures. They had been lying around gathering dust for the last 25 years. One is a jig to hold jointer knives to be honed, never used. Another is a jig to draw down the center of a board, never used, there is a jig with magnets to hold/set jointer knives in the jointer, you guessed it, never used, and another is a jig to hold a skew at the proper angle to sharpen on the grinder. I have now robbed them of the useable parts and thrown away the rest. I have a LOT of jigs. A quick count and it topped 40. Most used only once or twice and now gathering dust. I have jigs to make boxjoints,dovetails,Windsor chairs, and veneer, and that is just one shelf!!! Do you suffer the same as I.. are you a jigaholic?

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Len Layman WR Addict Offline What have I got into?? Posts: 3,118 Grand Cayman Cayman Islands Gender: PM 3520b Jet 1220	Re: Jigaholic Reply #1 - Feb 7^th, 2013 at 9:06pm All I can say is: " A shop without a jig is like a day without sunshine"
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Ron Sardo WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Chief cook and bottle washer Posts: 9,674 Drums Pennsylvania USA PM 3520	Re: Jigaholic Reply #2 - Feb 8^th, 2013 at 9:42am I make jigs all the time too. In fact I was making two last night for an upcoming project.
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Ed Weber WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Posts: 8,939 Wilton California USA Gender: JET 1642 Grizzly G0584	Re: Jigaholic Reply #3 - Feb 8^th, 2013 at 9:53am If you work with wood in any manner, you will be making jigs continuously. Jigs, slides, glides sleds, fixtures, hold-downs and stand-offs, you name it. Funny thing is, you need all that stuff just so you can make the next one.
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Walt Nollan WR Addict Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 2,002 Hanford California USA Gender: PM 3520A	Re: Jigaholic Reply #4 - Feb 8^th, 2013 at 9:58am My name is Walt and I'm a jigaholic!
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Breck Whitworth WR Addict Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 2,227 Gulfport Mississippi USA Gender: PM 3520-B	Re: Jigaholic Reply #5 - Feb 8^th, 2013 at 10:28am My name is Breck, an I am a jigaholic! smiley=slap.gif
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Ron Sardo WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Chief cook and bottle washer Posts: 9,674 Drums Pennsylvania USA PM 3520	Re: Jigaholic Reply #6 - Feb 8^th, 2013 at 12:58pm I don't qualify for JA it hasn't been 24 hours since my last jig
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Len Layman WR Addict Offline What have I got into?? Posts: 3,118 Grand Cayman Cayman Islands Gender: PM 3520b Jet 1220	Re: Jigaholic Reply #7 - Feb 8^th, 2013 at 2:04pm Ron, Denial is not a river you know!
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Rev. Doug Miller WR Addict Offline Working flat so I can support my addiction. Posts: 9,601 Hardinsburg, KY Kentucky USA Gender:	Re: Jigaholic Reply #8 - Feb 13^th, 2013 at 4:54pm It's not???? Doesn't it flow North in Egypt? smiley=lolk.gif
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Chuck Beland WR Addict Offline I got my eyes on you. Posts: 12,873 Gender:	Re: Jigaholic Reply #9 - Feb 17^th, 2013 at 7:33am got hardly any room left for lots of jigs
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Charlie Zapalac WR Addict Offline The Cross Guy Posts: 588 Carlos, Tx Texas USA	Re: Jigaholic Reply #10 - Feb 19^th, 2013 at 11:15pm I danced a jig once. Does that count? And I have a goat named Mr. Jigs.
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steve rost Senior Member Offline Jigaholic Posts: 436 Mansfield Texas USA Gender:	Re: Jigaholic Reply #11 - Feb 20^th, 2013 at 7:59am I like Mr. Jigs, most worthy of the name!
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Len Layman WR Addict Offline What have I got into?? Posts: 3,118 Grand Cayman Cayman Islands Gender: PM 3520b Jet 1220	Re: Jigaholic Reply #12 - Feb 20^th, 2013 at 8:19am Mr. Jigs is not the first old goat to have his picture posted on this forum.
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steve rost Senior Member Offline Jigaholic Posts: 436 Mansfield Texas USA Gender:	Re: Jigaholic Reply #13 - Feb 20^th, 2013 at 7:59pm My wife calls me an old goat, does that count?
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Reply #14 - Feb 20^th, 2013 at 10:44pm

i had to make a drilling jig for a doll crib round rails to fi many spindles, the pic is posted on this forum in a progress shot.
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Note; the drilling jig ( above the pile of spindles) is just a plywood sled with V notch and then I added a clamp bar to hold the rounds. this and a story board made a snap to drill the matching spindle mounts on all the rounds.
I love simple jigs that work

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john Taylor WR Addict Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 1,079	Re: Jigaholic Reply #15 - Feb 24^th, 2013 at 11:46am We have to build lots of jigs because the jig manufacturers are falling down on their job. Why can't they read my mind and see the obvious need? There is a uni-jig out there, I just haven't found it yet. Soooo....
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