In Jigs & Fixtures, students learn that one of the woodworker's secrets is the ability to design as well as make jigs and fixtures. These jigs and fixtures are then used to save time and to improve accuracy and quality of work while greatly improving safety.

This specialized course will deal with the concepts of fixture, jig and tooling design. Materials, clamping devices and associated hardware used in the design and building of jigs and fixtures will be studied and applied. "Tricks of the trade" are also an integral part of this course. Students will have the opportunity to apply these principles to machines and tools such as the table saw, router, router table, band saw, radial arm saw and others.

Working in production teams, students will mass produce a router table in the Fall semester. In the Spring semester, students will mass produce a tenon jig, a mortising fixture, a dado/dovetail jig, a sliding cross-cut jig for the table saw, a box joint jig, a finger joint jig and an overarm router fixture for the router table.

FENCE PROJECT - FALL 2001

The photos below show a few of the steps performed by the team during construction of the fences. Detailed notes about the project together with photos can be viewed on a 17-page PDF document (371KB).

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