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Anyone have a jig for making wide half laps?

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Hi,

I'm rebuilding the lattice that sits on top of our fence. The original just had the slats stapled where they meet and many of them have failed. The 2nd picture shows the assembly jig I made. You'll note that some of the squares have been removed in order to make is easy for the slat pieces to fit. (In retrospect, I probably didn't need a square at every intersection point...oh well...I had some time on Saturday with nothing to do).


The 3rd picture shows my TS jig to cut the wide dadoes. The problem is that I can't make a dado the width of the slats (IIRC, they're about 1 7/16" wide). I seem to recall there's some sort of half-lapjig that allows the key to be slid over once you make the 1st cut to accommodate the entire width of the slat, but I can't seem to find it. The front fence slides to the right somehow??(Did the Woodsmith Shop do an episode where they made one?)

I realize it'll be a lot of bending over the TS to make my cuts. I think I've got 4 8 feet sections and 2 smaller sections to make. Ouch.

Also I'd rather got the TS route vs the router route as I think the TS will be more accurate, once I get the jig dialed in.

Got any plans/sites that show how to build one?

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