Simple Groove and Dado Router Jig That Works

[@FatNormanCoathanger]

You're one of the *BEST* blokes on any woodwork/ workshop videos.

[@CasualDIY]

@@FatNormanCoathanger thank you kindly 👍 😊

[@shastriramtahal7805]

One of the best router jigs not requiring a pattern bit. Thanks you saved me some money.

[@CasualDIY]

Glad you liked 👍

[@Planty3125]

Very simple elegant jig, without a pattern bit.

[@CasualDIY]

Thank you for watching

[@gaz740]

Super simple but really useful. Great jig Tomasz.

[@CasualDIY]

Glad you liked it 👍

[@geoffreycoan]

That’s a neat jig Thomasz. Added it to my “to make” list. Thanks 👍

[@CasualDIY]

I bet it will come in handy for sure 👍

[@Micha_Ba]

Dado jigs sind nun nichts neues, aber Du erklärst immer sehr gut und es ist immer eine Freude ein Video von Dir zu schauen!

[@CasualDIY]

Vielen Dank für Ihre freundlichen Worte.

[@jameseconleyjr7868]

Excellent. Easy and effective.

[@CasualDIY]

Great to hear!

[@iainrutherford184]

Great job Tomasz 👏

[@CasualDIY]

thanks

[@FabricaBenedicta]

Ok. This is a simple and good solution. Love it! I'll have to make myself one of these for my own shop! Thanks!!

[@CasualDIY]

Thank you for watching 👍

[@FabricaBenedicta]

@@CasualDIY absolutely!

[@dennisgregson8119]

Hi Tomaz, Great video for dado jig. How wide did you cut the plywood supports pieces?

[@CasualDIY]

The front and back ones? The thicker ones? If so they are 4.5cm wide

[@johnpenman1548]

Hi Tomasz, An excellent video on the groove and dado router jig. I will probably use your approach to make my own jig.👍

[@CasualDIY]

Well worth having one around 👍 thank you for watching

[@MCsCreations]

Excellent work, Tomasz! Really great jig! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@CasualDIY]

Thank you kindly my friend 👍

[@dannymurphy1779]

Great demo Tomasz. I have had a mental block for a long time as to how you clamp everything down on this jig but you have given me some solutions, ie the sacrificial board and the one handed clamp. This is the sort of jig that is a lot easier to use when you have an MFT. A couple of holes in the sacirificial board and then you could use the MFT holes to keep it from shifting. Thanks for the vid.

[@CasualDIY]

Glad that my video was helpful. Thank you for watching 👍

[@nialstewart8263]

Good idea to use the thinner ply on the base so you gave plenty of scope for the plunge depth on the router. 👍

[@CasualDIY]

Yes it gives you more options that way.

[@clayedwards987]

Excellent. Thanks

[@CasualDIY]

Thank you kindly for watching

[@JoyTrev42StSt]

Hi Tomasz, have you considered adding a diy mft style hinge (like a tracksaw hinge similar to Peter Millards plywood version) to your jig and fixing it to the back of your bench so that you can just hinge it back against the wall out of the way? The hinge would allow accommodating different thicknesses of stock to groove. Just an idea!

[@CasualDIY]

That's a good idea actually. I will be thinking of similar solutions for my new workbench. I got it planned out already but I find myself adding and changing things constantly 😅

[@barry.w.christie]

I've seen this type of jig many times, but yours is a nice and simple implementation ... I'd add a positive stop for the router at one end so that you can do stopped grooves just by clamping the jig at the relevant point on the item being cut👍 Referring to the title, I'm glad you didn't show the jig that didn't work 🤣

[@CasualDIY]

I wanted to actually add that feature with stops to this jig but in the end I keep it as simple as possible.

[@chrisybradshaw8594]

awesome Tomasz,I was a little curious as to what is it that you have on your fence ?

[@CasualDIY]

On the table saw fence?

[@chrisybradshaw8594]

yes on the table saw fence looks like alloy angle extrusion @@CasualDIY

[@steventhibodeau841]

How do you manage a sawdust clean tablesaw

[@CasualDIY]

Vacuum it every other cut 🤣

[@secobaairways4585]

Have you decided to keep your brother's Metabao table saw in preference to the Evolution Rage 5S?

[@CasualDIY]

Oh that will depend on my brother when/if he wants it back. I'll have some videos on it soon as I had some solid experience with it now.

[@gvnrchmnd]

The lip you left on the ply cannot be 50mm. That would have been half the width of your 100mm ply. More like 10-20mm max I would have said.

[@CasualDIY]

Camera angles xD