Back in 2019, I created a thin strip jig as a way to cut thinner stock in a repeatable fashion. Thin strips might not seem desirable until you need one. The one I originally made wasn't well documented, so I started a new one. I'm going to run through it here. First I created a base by using dowels to join 3 pieces of wood together. Dowels are easy if you're starting out. You could, of course, create half lap joints, box joints or rabbet joints. Then I created an expansion bar, which is nothing more than a 3/4” piece of wood that you can add a cone head screw to…oh, and it's partially cut down the middle. Then I glued the expansion bar to the base. I created 2 arms. This is the first of the 2. I call this the measuring arm as we'll be adding a measuring stick to it for gauging how thick to cut our stock. It's also what houses the bolt and the wing nut on top. The second arm will be what I call the “Spring” arm. It will spring up before we go to cut thin strips. I added a 5/8's hole and a spring. Then added a hinge and epoxied and screwed each arm to it. Finally, I added a segment from a steel ruler, snipped. I used epoxy to attach it to the wood. To use it, we'll first square the stock. We'll set our gauge to the thickness we're looking for, we'll press the stock against the fence and then against the spring arm. After we've locked our fence, we'll slide the stock back and let go of the spring loaded spring arm. Then we make our cut.If you're interested in more detailed step by step instructions, I have a link for it on my website. I also have a material and tool used list: https://makethingswithrob.com/spring-thin-strip-jig/Here's the full step by step video:Thanks for looking!
Back in 2019, I created a thin strip jig as a way to cut thinner stock in a repeatable fashion. Thin strips might not seem desirable until you need one. The one I originally made wasn't well documented, so I started a new one. I'm going to run through it here.
