Tools and Jigs

Over the past few months I have spent quite a bit of time sorting out and re-arranging my workshop, so I think it is a good time to share with you, some of the tools and jigs that I use. Some of them are home made to suit particular phases of the work on Tididi.

Unfortunately I do not have fancy and expensive machinery and have to make the most of what I have, which neccessitates having to improvise a lot of the time. One of the First jigs I made (pictured above), was to cut scarf joints for the planks used to laminate the Keelson. Essentially it holds the timber at the correct angle and then has a carrier for the router which can slide from side to side on the carrier, while the carrier can move back and forth along the length of the scarf. Although this was for wide planks, it also came in useful for the stringers as a number of pieces of ttimber can be inserted side by side and all scarfed at the same time.

More tools and jigs to follow soon.