Many thanks Woodsmith! Great concept and it works perfectly. I was making a 5-drawer cabinet. All of the drawers were the same size, except for the height of the drawers, which were all different. I got the plans and made this jig. After a few test cuts to set all the stops, I ran all 20 pieces trough the jig--60 passes through the saw without changing any setting--everything came out perfect. Fantastic! Much faster and easier than using the classic lock joint router bit. Also, if you want to make a wider drawer front, to cover the space of a ball bearing drawer slide or to make a lipped drawer front, you would make all the cuts on the sides and back, simply change the settings for the cuts of the drawer fronts. Hat's off to Chris Fitch and others at Woodsmith who developed this jig. Suggestion to users: To ensure success when you are cutting the pieces for your drawer sides, front and back, cut a few extra pieces identical in thicknesses to your box pieces. Use the extra pieces to make some test joints to be sure that all your jig settings are correct.
Someone smart correct me if I'm wrong - if you have differing thicknesses of drawer wood (as in, your drawer front is not applied to a drawer box later), it becomes highly critical to keep track of the in-side and out-side. If I'm correct in this assumption, you should have pointed that out. All that said, I prefer applied-after drawer fronts, so this jig would be ideal for batching out 1/2" thick boxes, and having done locking rabbet drawers before, they're solid as hell, so long as the tongue parts are on the fronts and backs to resist the force of using the drawers over time.
Watching from my feed is bassackwards as others stated. The example pictures on the plan page do it more justice in that it appears it can be used to make different front styles and thicknesses.
These would be MUCH easier to follow if we saw how the thing looked and worked prior to just cutting and assembling random pieces. Cameraman/Editor: would have been nice to see what was being presented at 7:05
It would help a lot if you showed the intended use BEFORE starting the build. Showing a finished sled and the finished workpieces would let the components and the build make more sense.
Get the complete step-by-step plans to build this Locking Rabbet Jig here: www.woodsmithplans.com/plan/locking-rabbet-jig/?apid=36564
Many thanks Woodsmith! Great concept and it works perfectly. I was making a 5-drawer cabinet. All of the drawers were the same size, except for the height of the drawers, which were all different. I got the plans and made this jig. After a few test cuts to set all the stops, I ran all 20 pieces trough the jig--60 passes through the saw without changing any setting--everything came out perfect. Fantastic! Much faster and easier than using the classic lock joint router bit. Also, if you want to make a wider drawer front, to cover the space of a ball bearing drawer slide or to make a lipped drawer front, you would make all the cuts on the sides and back, simply change the settings for the cuts of the drawer fronts. Hat's off to Chris Fitch and others at Woodsmith who developed this jig.
Suggestion to users: To ensure success when you are cutting the pieces for your drawer sides, front and back, cut a few extra pieces identical in thicknesses to your box pieces. Use the extra pieces to make some test joints to be sure that all your jig settings are correct.
very nice sled. I would like to see a safety shield added to the back of the sled where the bade exits.
Thanks. I have to watch a few times to get idea how the jig works.
I don't know if I've ever seen a jig for this joint before, but I think it's pretty cool!
Someone smart correct me if I'm wrong - if you have differing thicknesses of drawer wood (as in, your drawer front is not applied to a drawer box later), it becomes highly critical to keep track of the in-side and out-side. If I'm correct in this assumption, you should have pointed that out.
All that said, I prefer applied-after drawer fronts, so this jig would be ideal for batching out 1/2" thick boxes, and having done locking rabbet drawers before, they're solid as hell, so long as the tongue parts are on the fronts and backs to resist the force of using the drawers over time.
Very nice table saw accessory
Watching from my feed is bassackwards as others stated. The example pictures on the plan page do it more justice in that it appears it can be used to make different front styles and thicknesses.
Nice jig!
Thanks for sharing those tips and the make!
These would be MUCH easier to follow if we saw how the thing looked and worked prior to just cutting and assembling random pieces.
Cameraman/Editor: would have been nice to see what was being presented at 7:05
I couldn’t agree more, this should have been clear and easy to follow, but no. This was not a plus for Woodsmith Magazine
Totally agree. Missed a lot in the building of the jig
It would help a lot if you showed the intended use BEFORE starting the build. Showing a finished sled and the finished workpieces would let the components and the build make more sense.
Maybe know what a locking rabbet joint is before watching a video on how to build a jig up cut them
Would prefer to buy it already made ...lol
Don't worry, Rockler copies every jig they see on the internet.😃