Make a test joint before cutting into the material you plan on using for your enclosure.
Finger joint box plans.
Your jig will likely have to be fine tuned after its initial setup.
The blade setup determines how deep the pins and sockets are on your joint.
There are a lot of terrific adjustable jigs you can buy or build that will allow you to create box joints of all different sizes and if you plan on making a lot of projects with box joints a.
However as you ll see in the following steps a perfectly fitting clean box joint is easy to quickly create with a simple box joint jig for your table saw.
Strong great looking and quickly made box joints are an especially good choice when you have a large number of items to produce.
Box joints look best when they are cut to match the thickness of your stock.
Plus it looks great on your projects.
In this article we ll make a jig for cutting 1 4 wide fingers in 1 4 thick stock see the drawing below for the precise dimensions of the joints.
A box joint is a very strong way to join boards together because there is so much surface area for gluing.
To make them you need your tablesaw a miter gauge a dado set and a simple shop made jig fig.
Free box joint jig woodworking plan waiting until the price is right to acquire a box joint jig.
Box joints are a strong sturdy and attractive alternative to dovetail joints while a through dovetail joint is stronger than a box joint it s also more complicated to create.