How easy are these to make,,,,

[thecoder]

The Steve Maskery stuff on youtube looks great some really good ideas,I am thinking about buying the dvd set but concerened that the jigs may be a tad too complicated for a beginner like me....

What do you guys that have made them think ?

 

[thecoder]

I guess not that easy judging by the number of replys lol

 

[MickCheese]

The idea of a jig is to allow you to cut something to size easier and more accurately than doing it without and in a shorter time.

It's no good if you need a jig to make a jig. I have not tried Steve's jigs but have seen a few that have been made. The jig needs to be made accurately so, if you take your time, accurately dimension the stock and are careful in the assembly I don't think they would be too difficult.

So ask yourself: Can you cut a board to size and will it be square? Can you follow instructions? Will you get enough use out of it to gain an advantage over just cutting your wood without one? Will it make your table saw / band saw safer.

Mick

 

[Jensmith]

I have used the DVD to set up my Bandsaw and that certainly helped enormously. I've not made any of the jigs but there have been some made by people on the forum.

Depends if you need to make the things that the DVD's cover... do you need a circle cutting jig or to cut tennons on the bandsaw or table saw? for example

 

[woodshavings]

I think the DVD set is a good buy.
I have made a couple of his jigs and also used his Bandsaw set up info.
The jig ideas and instructions are not too difficult, and since they are jigs, mistakes can be rectified before you use them on your projects.
He also has some very simple but excellent tips and ideas - e.g. his push sticks.
HTH
John

 

[beatsme]

I didn't really find them very easy to make, but then again, I am very 'not good' with such projects haha. It's useful to have a guide to use as a direction, so you might find it easier than I did.

 

[Harbo]

What Woodshavings said - very straight forward to make.

Rod

 

[Steve Maskery]

Well, what can I say?
Whether you find the jigs easy or difficult to make will depend on your level of skill and the tools you have available. Some, like the Ultimate Tablesaw Tenon Jig, are more complex, even though they use only the same basic techniques. It's a bigger project, but not intrinsically more difficult. Other jigs, like my cross-mortice jig or the track setting gauge, are very simple and just require you to drill holes and glue bits of MDF together. I can't tell you whether or not you will find them easy, but they are all straightforward, and of course, you can start with the simple ones and move onto the more complex later.

Many of my jigs use the same techniques time and again - embedded nuts, diamond keyways, etc - so even if you make a bit of a mess with the first one, the second will be better. You will be building your skills just by making them. And because they are made mainly from scrap, the financial cost, even if you do cock up, is small. Just have another go. They all work as advertised and I've used all of them myself for many years. The only ones I no longer use are a couple of the earlier tenon jigs because the UTTJ and the UBTJ have superseded them, but they are still excellent solutions if you have only a router. If you have specific problems, you can always give me a call and I'll try to help out.

I also offer a no-quibble money-back guarantee, so what have you got to lose? In 5 years of trading no-one has taken me up on it, so I think that's a pretty good track record.

Cheers
Steve