200 Original Shop Aids & Jigs For Woodworkers

by Rosario Capotosto

A Popular Science book filled with ingenious solutions to hundreds of problems! Complete plans for building 80 jigs that let you cut right angles with a circular saw, rip and crosscut with a scroll saw, cut compound angles for inside and outside corners, bend, shape and cut metal parts--plus turn a portable electric drill into a mini-drill press, produce perfect corner radii with a band saw every time. "Great ideas, simply illustrated and explained."-- Wooden Boat . "Generously shares hundreds of professional tips."-- Workbench .

Genres: Woodwork

368 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1987

Reviews

[Rossdavidh · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm not sure that all 200 of these ideas actually look useful, but most of them do, especially if you are going to be doing many copies of the same piece (so that it's worth the effort to make, say, a jig before making the thing you're wanting to make). Some of it well beyond my abilities, but at least some of these ideas worth reading about even if you're a beginner like myself.

[Jefferson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant!