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 ingeniousjigs and fixtures such as shooting boards, a flexible straight edge, anda grasshopper gauge. But the vast majority of those clever deviceseventually disappeared when powertool woodworking took over inthe 20th century.

The result? Anyone venturing into handtool woodworkingtoday can often experience unnecessary frustration because they areunaware that simple shop-made aids can vastly improve their work.Traditional Jigs & Fixtures for Handtools changes all that. Itre-introduces traditional user-made devices, expands upon those withmore recent adaptations, and even includes some manufactured items.Most of the jigs and fixtures are simple to construct and use. Andonce you’ve tried them in your shop, you’ll quickly see they will makeall the difference between frustration and satisfying success in yourhandtool 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.