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Home Blog Jig and template storage

July 9, 2011 By Al Navas

Jig and template storage

 

As I participate woodworking forums, I learn that owners wish to keep dust off their precious Leigh jigs. As a result, they build storage boxes, as the jigs might go unused for weeks or months at a time. On one of the forums I was asked if I have storage boxes for my Leigh jigs. My answer was “No”, as I use them often. In fact, I keep them on, and in a cabinet that is two steps from the workbench.

I have the D4R and the D4 sitting on their respective support boards on an old library cabinet. The FMT and the Super FMT are in a small cubicle below the dovetail jigs:

Leigh dovetail and FMT jigs

I don’t worry about keeping the dust off the jigs. The dust won’t hurt them; a quick going over them with the ShopVac and a large brush takes care of the dust. However, I do worry about damaging the F3 and F2 finger joint templates, and the M2 multiple mortise and tenon template; these are all used on the D4/D4R. As a result, I keep these templates in their original boxes:

Leigh F3, F2, and M2 templates

Until recently, I felt I did not care for the way I had the FMT guides in a drawer below the workbench, in their original holders. I got inspiration to re-purpose a box for this use from the Leigh Square Finger Joint Gallery (the last two photos):

FMT guide storage box

I suspect that the guide storage box will find a permanent home just in front of the dovetail jigs. Only time will tell. I  documented the build and the finish of this box in earlier articles (see the list at the end of this article).

For ease of access, I keep all jig-specific allen wrenches and guide bushings together, in a small hardware drawer. This way they are always handy, and I don’t have to fish through the rest of the wrench population:

Wrenches and guide bushings for Leigh jigs

I invite you to read more on the build of the FMT guide storage box, in these earlier articles:

The finished FMT guide box

I failed my finger joints

Curly maple and dye

A storage box with finger joints

Recipe for a box

— Al Navas


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About Al Navas

I love working with wood, and sharing here on the blog. I also love designing items that my clients will love having in their homes and offices. Please let me know if you need a special piece to share with your loved ones. Freelance, Legal, and Community Interpreter. Love photography.

Comments

  1. Ramón Vidal says

    July 11, 2011 at 1:01 am

    Al, you have very good ideas…
    and very good hands.
    Of course!

    • Al Navas says

      July 11, 2011 at 5:14 am

      Thanks, Ramon – Keeping the hands busy!

  2. julio Alonso says

    July 10, 2011 at 7:28 am

    You are fully equiped !! terrific Al

    • Al Navas says

      July 10, 2011 at 10:06 am

      Thanks, Julio! I try to use the tools 🙂

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