Traditional Jigs & Fixtures for Handtools

Improve the Speed and Accuracy of Your Handtools When traditional woodworkers wanted to improve the speed, accuracy, and repeatability of their work, they developed ingenious jigs and fixtures such as shooting boards, a flexible straight edge, and a grasshopper gauge. But the vast majority of those clever devices eventually disappeared when powertool woodworking took over in the 20th century. The result? Anyone venturing into handtool woodworking today can often experience unnecessary frustration because they are unaware that simple shop-made aids can vastly improve their work. Traditional Jigs & Fixtures for Handtools changes all that. It re-introduces traditional user-made devices, expands upon those with more recent adaptations, and even includes some manufactured items. Most of the jigs and fixtures are simple to construct and use. And once you’ve tried them in your shop, you’ll quickly see they will make all the difference between frustration and satisfying success in your handtool woodworking. Inside you’ll discover: • Over 150 original, handdrawn illustrations. • Jigs and fixtures to improve holding, measuring, marking, sawing, planing, joinery, boring, assembly, and finishing. • Detailed techniques for using each handmade device. • A full bibliography and appendices, including an entire section on sharpening.