Dado Jig
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I built the dado jig described in ShopNotes, Vol 13, Issue 76, pages 6-11.
The really nice features are that it has a built-in clamp, and you can use
a piece of material that's going to fit into the dado to adjust the
dado width. You get nice tight dados.
I used this jig to do all of the dados on my
Electronics Workbench, and
I also used it to make my
End Mill Tray.
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Dado Jig
The knobs on the right hand side allow the width of the slot to be adjusted.
The knob on the left is used to tighten the clamp.
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Clamp Top
The clamp is comprised of two layers of plywood with a machined block of
Delrin in the middle. The delrin has a "half nut" machined into the side.
I did this by drilling and tapping a hole, and then machining away half
way through the hole.
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Clamp Bottom
Here's the bottom of the clamp. There's a 1/4" dowel pin which rides in
a slot the runs the full length of the jig. The dowel acts as a pivot,
allowing th half-nut to be moved away from the allthread and allowing the
clamp to be quickly positioned. As the clamping portion (left side of this
picture) is tightened, it forces the half-nut tigher into the threads.
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Router
Here's a picture of the router positioned in the jig. It happens to be
setup for a 1/2" dado, so the router touches on both sides. For wider
dadoes, you run the router up one side and down the other. In this particular
photo, I was creating some rounded dados for an end mill tray.
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