the jig's up

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Originally posted by Eben
I made a jig for this tonight and it was wayyy easier. Granted, you have to leave the square stock nubs on the end of the plug, but all it is, is a board with a strip of wood on one side. Clamp it to the drillpress and all of your holes will be inline. Just slide the plug down the strip of wood. This will work for big plugs, small plugs, fancy plugs, and in my case, ugly plugs

Make all ur blanks the same size put a stop in front an just flip it around to do the front an back holes.a stop on the ban saw works the same way for the lip cuts.Depth an height.I do it like that keepin the ends on i drill the hook holes eyesholes an lead hole.then i cut the lip slot.I don't make 20 at a time.more like 2 or 3 then i get bored an wanna make something else but a quick jig keeps things nice.A neat jig for the lathe just clamp a plastic profile piece to the tool rest an a small c clamp on my pointy thing.not elaborate but gets the job done.for a stop on the tailweight holes I use a scrap piece of the blank up on the drill bit.i used to do everything by eye.I would mark the center holes with a 3/4" piece of lath lay it on the 1 1/2 stock on the edge an it will be pretty close to center i would adjust right or left if i had to.I make alot of quick jigs at work u be suprised what u can do with a set of clamps.