Simple Router Dado Jig
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- You could use this easy to make dado jig in your shop!
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I've seen many other dado jig videos on youtube, but yours is by far the simplest and easiest solution. No fancy tools or exotic wood required. Great stuff.
9 years since you uploaded this and it is still far more simpler than so many others. Very easy to follow the steps. Well done bro!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Still one of the best dado jigs (simple and easy to make) i've seen on TH-cam.
I've been collecting plans for router jigs, and this has to be the simplest and easiest to build. I'll take it! Thanks.
Glad you found it helpful Warren! Best of luck with your jigs and thanks for the comment.
Great video!
(Try rotating the wingnuts upside down, it may be easer to tight the fence and won't be interfering on the workbench)
Wow, thanks for the wonderful comment/compliment! I like simple, easy projects and videos that are short, to the point and give your just the right amount of explaining. Sometimes they end up that way, sometimes not.
At least you say what you are using. I like that. No guessing about it. Thanks.
You're welcome!
thanks for the video. It was clear and I was relived to see someone use a jigsaw. Other videos say that they are using a plunge router to do it. I have a fixed base. Very encouraging
I finally made one of these last week and I've got to say, it worked perfectly. Thanks for the instruction.
Finally? lol Glad to hear it went well.
Trip, thanks for the video. Your jig idea worked great for me. I used some old laminate flooring as you did and that really works great because it's durable and slick. I ripped 1x3 oak planks in half to make the frame. Made mine just like yours but half the width. Thanks again.
Glad you asked, I love those things! Its a set, they are two pieces (drill bit and larger countersink drill bit) in one really. I don't really have a brand to favor as that is my first set, I think it's dewalt. You can get them off Amazon, just search "countersink set" and you will have plenty of options. Any more questions just ask.
Headed down stairs RIGHT NOW! Best jigamathing I've seen yet!
Haha Pete! Enjoy!
Nice job!! clean, easy and accurate. I extended the length of the cross rails to act like a Tee-square.
thanks for a great video!
Thanks for the comment, much appreciated. A T square is a great idea!
Real simple yet functional jig for routing a dado!
Wonderful! Hope it works well for you!
Thanks Rich, much appreciated.
Just what I needed & so well explained. You've gained a fan & follower.
Very simple, very precise...Excellent video...Explanations were to the point no excess chatter...Again...Excellent
Thanks John! That's how I like it. No excess chatter and clear.... Glad you enjoyed it. I don't make woodworking videos any longer though. To many fish in the pond lol Thanks for the great comment.
Thank you very much Quadrant for the comment, the like and for being a subscriber!
Your welcome! Thanks for the great comment! I really appreciate them.
Sounds like you have it going on! Good luck and I hope it turns out well.
how did I not see this sooner! this is awesome. making one in the morning.
+muneer24 Glad you think so! Hope it works out well for you.
Thanks for the great video. I'm making mine right now
Clean, and simple. Thanks.
You're welcome!
Seriously the easiest dado jig I have found today! Making it tomorrow morning!
+Jared Berger Glad to hear it Jared! Nice guitar!
Thanks! I ended up using 3/4 baltic birch with a 1/2" Mdf bottom
Jared Berger Yes, and the way this one is made your router bit doesn't even need to have a bearing.
thanks for a truly wonderfull video, nice and simple and to the point
Great looking jig.
Brilliant idea - I don't have many tools and dados always do my head in, this is a great idea!
Dados do me in to, I'm not a big fan of making them personally but they are nice once they're done. Thanks again for another comment Jonny!
Just made one, works great. Thanks
flatiron1969 Awsome! Glad you found it useful. I appreciate the comment and the fact that you are putting it to use.
Mine is complete😊 Wife can't wait to use it!!!!!
Excellent!
Nice Jig, Nice Build, Nice Presentation … Thank-you so much from a ‘new’ subscriber in Australia 🇦🇺
Thankya! I appreciate you subbing from over there!!!!
Thank you!
Thanks Trip; you rock!!!
+ROBERT DIXON You're welcome Robert! Glad you like it!
Thanks simple and easy to make . And a lot safer than with a saw .
Yep! You're welcome!
Nice to see I'm not the only young buck into wood working. btw sorry about your Auburn tigers, go dawgs! Thanks for the tips and tricks!
Perfect presentation, Trip! This is just like all videos should be presented. I subscribed and liked!
Hey thanks!
Thanks for the wonderful comment.
Good idea thanks....gotta go now and make mine...
Hope it turns out well for you! Thanks for another comment Douglas!
Nope, your no alone! Lol thanks. I was pulling for the Dawgs the other night against Bama!
The laminate surface of this kind of flooring, if sawing or routing, can, and does, chip like hell.
You can mostly resolve this by pre-scoring your cut line with a utility knife, before cutting.
I made this type of jig, without the hassle of adjusting knobs, by assembling so the gap is 30mm; I then use any size of bit, (biggest I normally use would be 1/2" with a 30mm Guide Bush.
Mark your Dado centre, plus a 15mm offset reference mark at each end.
Line up one edge of the jig....good to go.
If I want a Dado wider than 1/2", e.g. 3/4", I use a guide bush 1/8" smaller, this gives 1/4" lateral movement = Dado 1/4" wider.
(For all those that are about to shout about boards of a different width; I NEVER let the Dado run to the front edge, (it's as ugly as hell), always stopped Dado, so I always size my edge that enters the Dado, and THEN cut the Dado.)
I was using an MDF rail(all I had on hand). From the start of my dado to the end, it came out slanted. Im working on a new one tonight, hopefully it comes out better than the first
Nice video. Thank you. The tongue on one edge doesn't need to be pre-cut though as your router will be cutting that side off anyways. Great idea! I will make one of these too. Thanks.
That's true! Thanks for the great comment!
This is a great video for making what I hope will be a very useful jig! I do want to clarify something for a few people that are asking about the how the bit is guided without tearing up the jig. At about the 2 minute mark you see he trims off the base piece with the router so that the 2 inch strip of plywood will bump up against the router base plate before it would ever hit the laminated board. I believe this is why very early on he said you must only use this router with this exact bit when you use the jig. Make sense? I'm new to router use and was shopping for a guided bit before I saw this video. I think this will be way easier! I'll try to post some results on our fun project and adventure page Clark Family Adventure Tours (not a business, just a fun name). Thanks for making it simple!!!! (btw, if you like to kayak and explore, you really need to come up to the Pacific Northwest)
+Clark Family Adventure Tours Thumbing this one up! Well said Clark! I have watched a lot about yakking up there..... Maybe one day I'll get to give it a shot!
I really need this I also happen to have some left over flooring. Great video
+steven reno Awesome Steven! Enjoy it!
Sure will
I've never used a router before and, although I'm 76, I'm new to woodworking. Nevertheless, with your backup to support me, I finally managed to build it. It's definitely not pretty (even your wood is better looking), but it will do the job, and I learned so much by building it that I may do it again just to see what I am now capable of. Now I think I'm ready for those bookcases that I've been thinking of building, or at least their models (I have to proceed slowly). Thanks again. [If I could only find someplace where I could learn to use a router....]
Just type in youtube search box ' how to use a router ' or some thing similar and you will be amazed at the number of tutorials that you will get hope this helps cheers.
Very cool!
+AboveAverageBob Thanks Bob!
thanks
Thanks dude
Thanks for a great jig idea! The only thing I will do differently is to mount the bolts with the wingnuts facing upward instead of downward.
ast, yea that may be a better option. Thanks for the comment and the suggestion!
ast33ro just watched agree.. I sometimes have to work outside in the elements so no laminate for me .. I took the stuff I it in my house and tore it apart it is literally cardboard.. but laminate is slick and fairly durable and perfectly straight.. I like how long he made it. the wing nuts would probably we best on the top.. one other thing I would use drill and then tighten by hand.. be nice to have the adjustments be a metal insert.. probably overkill.
Simply brilliant
I agree, it is. I didn't come up with the idea myself however, just did it a little differently than is typical.
SailingandSuch
Using the floorboards as a smooth surface to run the router is a stroke of genius. I need to make one of these anyway so I think I'll take a lead from your design, thanks for sharing.
Yea, I thought it would make it a little easier to use and I had some extra on hand. Glad you like the idea!
good idea
Nice!
What brand is that nice grey colored shop apron you have??? I need one! Nice video....I am making one of the jigs now out of some nice oak 1/2 by 2 and 1/4 inch oak ply....it'll be as pretty as a piece of furniture!
I would use a straight edge when attaching your plywood to ensure its straight. Any movement in that plywood will reflect in your dado. Nice job though.
Thanks! Good thinking.
You betcha Skeeter! lol
I know what I will doing in my shop in the next few days i just got a triton
and it great for router table but big for free handing this may help.
thank you
Your welcome Donald! I hope you shop time goes well, enjoy your new router. Thanks for the comment!
Nicely done. It looks like lining it up during use would be a bit of a headache, seeing as how you don't really have an available reference point for where your dadoes are that's not obscured by the jig itself.
Or am I missing something obvious?
Not sure if I understand your ? but I think it's fairly simple. Just make marks where the dado goes on one side of it, say 10" from the edge of the board. Then clamp the jig down with one edge on the lines, insert your material that will go in the dado and tighten the jig. Now after that you only need to clamp the jig on the next set of marks you measure. Make sense?
Newbie asks I noticed the predrill had a counter sink that was part of the drill setup. Is the counter sink part of the bit or an attachment that is between the drill and the bit? Do you recommend a brand and online place to purchase. Thank you.
Why do you have to use a router with a "round base"? Will a square base not work?
Great video! Thanks
I made a version of this out of King Starboard and it works great. Thanks for the idea!
Is there a particular reason why you put the wingnuts on the underside where they're a pain in the butt to adjust? Rather than cut through slots in the 2x12 pieces, I used a t-slot router bit and a t-bolt with easily accessible star knobs on top of the jig.
Stefinatrix I plan to build this with some modifications please excuse my ignorance on t slots I know his design is good and the t rail sounds more stable. have an outside bench that I made from salvage . if I need to put a screw hole in it no big deal.. here is my thought. and this can be done anytime put the jig parallel to the edge of bench put screws all the way thru bench... note I don't have a fancy bench I can refill later or keep them there for a another jig. now this gives me stability.. I take out the screws a replace them with bolts knobs would be idea remover to keep knobs a way from router handle.. this allows the jig to be removed and stored.. the knobs would stay with jig..
I was looking for ideas for a quick & easy dodo jig & came across your video. A great, effective, simple build. One thought however. If you need to make dado’s for 1/2” plywood won’t you need to use a bit smaller than 1/2” since plywood is undersized?
That is correct Doug ;)
Actually this one is different. The wood whisperer design does not have the guides screwed onto the aligning boards, this means you don't need a router with a guide bush or a cutter with a bearing as the router base runs along guides. This isn't a cheap imitation, it is a different design. Having said that, do you really think the wood whisperer did the first router dado jig? Just be thankful people do videos for us to share.....
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Howdy down there!
Hi Trip, Great Jig!
Question: Why do we have to use a router with a ROUND base?
(My DeWalt trim router has one square edge (which I thought I could use to ride along the fence))
Thanks!
You don't.... Just the only one I had ;)
I was looking through some of your videos to see this jig in action and can't find it, can you give me the link to the video. I started making one yesterday.
Thanks for the post, simple and functional.
fdc, I don't believe I have a video with this jig in action. I'm sorry for that. I hope yours turned out well though!
Nice idea but what stops your router bit from chewing up your fences/rails after 1 or 2 passes? Do you use this with a guided bit? Not all dadoes want to be the full depth of the bit cutter so the fences are going to get chewed aren't they? Thanks
did you ever find an answer to this? I am new to routing.. but after watching 10 videos that show this same setup, NO ONE has answered THIS question. I agree with you.. I feel like I am BOUND to have a shallow dado that puts the blade against the fence/rails and tears them up over time.. its not adding up for me.
He cut away part of the laminate with his router, using his fence to guide the cut. This results in the width of the laminate being exactly the same as the distance between his router's base plate and the router bit.
So as long as he always uses this same router, base plate, and bit... his base plate will hit the fence before the bit can cut any more material off the laminate.
If you wanted to use a different sized bit, you would need to re-create this jig for said bit.
Jay B you asked this a long time ago so you might have solved this yourself but if you fit a guide bush to the bottom of your router it stops it chewing into the sides. You would use the same guide bush went making the jig.
Do you have a supply list for this? Would be extra bonus to have a printable PDF :) I have been wanting to build shelves using dadoo joints, so thanks so much for video!! What is the bit that you use on router??
Thanks for the comment! I apologize I do not have a PDF supply list. It's not a whole lot of supplies and I think I mention them all in the video. Plywood, laminate flooring pieces, and a few bolts and wing nuts. I'm pretty sure I'm using a 1/2" straight bit, any straight bit will work really just be sure to use the same one every time you use the jig.
I wonder if using Plexiglas for the base part would allow you to better see where you are cutting and add precision?
Possibly, although your router would be blocking where you are actually cutting....
May I ask a perhaps silly question, why are the adjustable knobs on the bottom? Not the top.
So your router can go all the way to the end of the jig without hitting them ;)
Thanks very much for your video tutorial.
One thing I'm a little concerned about is when your building this, you don't use a square. Are you confident (because of experience) that holding the pieces together, the result will be square?
Would you advise the lesser experienced, to hold/clamp a square when setting up for screwing components together?
Looking forward to your response before I start to build, and thanks again for a great design and taking the time to do the video.
+Bruce Lee You betcha Bruce!
How you square it properly is with your measurements. Lets say you need a dado for a 3/4" piece of plywood 10"down the board. Measure 10" down on each side of the board and make a mark. Take one side of the jig and clamp it to the board being dadoed. Then take a piece of 3/4" scrap and use it as a spacer so your dado is perfectly sized.
Now as long as your first 10" measurement is correct on each side you will be square every time.
Hope that helps!
+SailingandSuch
Thanks for that, but I was referring to the actual construction of the jig......should a lesser experienced woodworker use a square, T square or speed square to set up for drilling and screwing components together?
Nah, no need to square it up. Just be sure that the "fence" your router rides against is straight and it squares itself.
would it not be easier to put the wing nuts on the top to save reaching under the jig
I flipped them so that my cord or other things don't get caught on them. Feel free to flip them
the wood wisperer made one of these on feb 2011 copy if your having trouble making yours watch the original not a cheap imitation!
In your video you said that if this jig was used, that the same router bit used (during construction) had to be used when making dados. Why (If I heard correctly) is that?
You router bit diameter cuts specific to the guides on the jig. If you use a smaller one, your cut line will be away from the jig cut line. if you use a lalrger diameter, you will be cutting your jig.
Maybe this is obvious, but how to you stabilize the piece you're working on with this jig? It seems like any clamp you use to hold it to your bench would interfere with the jig. For that matter, how to you mount the jig to the workpiece to prevent it from moving around? Finally, it seems like it would be easier to use if the wing nuts were on the top. Since you made this video 4+ years ago, have you needed to tweak your design to make it easier to use?
Never had any issues. I guess just be creative with your clamps. You can actually clamp botg and the workpiece to the table with the same clamps. Yes, wing nuts on top would be easier. No, I didn't use it to much and don't woodwork as much as I used to.
Hmmm, not straight how? Sounds like your guide that run the router against may have a bow in it and may not be straight. Also, your router base may not be perfectly round or centered to the bit and rotating the router could throw it off (mine is like this and I have a mark to keep against the guide).
you to use router bits that have bearings on this right.
+James Ready You don't. Just a simple straight bit will work. The fence on the guide takes the place of the bearing.
No Sawdust Collection at all... on anything? You must spend a lot of time cleaning.
Good video!
I made one of these this weekend. I tried it out and found that the dado I was cutting wasn't straight. It was a 16th off.
Nice jig. Are there any plans available?
+Hans de Groot No, sorry but I don't have any plans for it. I guess I should huh?
+SailingandSuch Should be nice. :-)
But I´ll try to make one without plans.
Good deal, it's not horribly complicated.
How do hold the work down while you router
Clamps ;)
easiest dado jig.... get a 4' level, clamp it to the board.... straight dado jig
Yep, that works!
You spend all the time making the jig but you don't demonstrate how it works. What's the point.?
The point is to use the jig to creat dado's ;)
i dont need this