Making a Small Parts Planing Jig With Micro-Adjustment

The best handmade DIY micro-adjustable small parts planing and tapering jig made from Oak, Ash and mahogany with hand cut dovetails.

[@manfredhauptreif7285]

Great design, esp the micro adjuster is genius!

[@mikeswoodencreations5712]

Thanks @manfredhauptreif7285 Really appreciate you taking the time to comment, definitely is a handy little jig, Thanks again.

[@warrenwright6]

Excellent. Best design for this type jig iv seen yet

[@mikeswoodencreations5712]

Thank you Warren Wright, for such a simple design it does work really well, glad I made it as it gets used a lot, anyway thanks again for the comment. 🤝

[@mrtablesawful]

One of my favorite things about woodworking is seeing the different solutions and approaches to a given problem. Your jig is awesome and I am very tempted to make this version over others that I've seen. I will look for you plans on your Facebook page. Well done! I have been inspired!

[@mikeswoodencreations5712]

Thanks for the comment, I’m really sorry for the late reply, I am still dealing with a head injury I had a while back so very behind with everything, thanks again for taking the time to comment, means a lot reading them 🤝

[@manfredhauptreif7285]

Great precision work!

[@mikeswoodencreations5712]

Thank you @manfredhauptreif7285 Really appreciate the comment 🤝

[@bryantretheway3809]

This will help with a tapering jig I’ve been thinking about. Thank you!

[@mikeswoodencreations5712]

Thanks for the comment Bryan and I apologise for the late reply, hope you managed to get your jig made 🤝

[@rich_jg5705]

Useful little jig. Look forward to more of your videos.

[@mikeswoodencreations5712]

Thanks for the comment Rich, definitely handy jig to have around and all going well should be plenty of new videos coming.

[@DRJMF1]

Thank you. The ere a large parts jig available ? I need to make hardwood sash window components to same thickness and don’t want to buy expensive machinery. Eg use a number 7 jointer plane on a sled with adjustable height.

[@aaalharmi]

Nicely done with or without the lockdown👌🏽

[@mikeswoodencreations5712]

Thank you Ayman, appreciate you taking the time to comment (sorry for late reply)

[@gdpjm]

Nice work.

[@mikeswoodencreations5712]

Thanks for the comment @gdpjm, much appreciated

[@davidc3808]

Hi Mike. I’m planning on making one of these jigs so I’ve watch a number of videos recently. I do like your design. With the adjusters working independently do you have much trouble setting it for parallel pieces? Also, with being partially sighted I struggle with low lighting. The light fitting you have that extends over the vice would be ideal for me. Could I ask where you got yours? Thanks. Dave UK.

[@aragorndedolor4171]

Nice little jig. I only just discovered your video as I'm searching for a jig to create my own veneers. I'm just wondering how fine, what minimum thickness you can plane a piece of wood too? I'm guessing that little piece of wood you worked on is approximately 5x5 mm. Can you achieve a veneer thickness of 2 mm, 1 mm, I doubt this jig can go any size thinner? Greetings from Thailand.

[@mikeswoodencreations5712]

Thank you Aragorn De Dolor, I hope I answer this correctly, so the thickness off the veneer can be adjusted on how much set you have on your hand plane, even if you set your plane to a very deep setting you will still have very thin veneers, (the Japanese are very good at this technique but never seen them use a jig) as far as the width goes, that would all depend on the width of your plane and the jig, you can go smaller than 5x5 mm, you just have to support the piece with a couple of wedges, (really hard to explain what I mean here) you can go as small as you need, you just need to make supports/wedges to hold it in position, hope that makes sense, do you have access to a bandsaw? Thanks again for the message and greetings from England.

[@talderson1]

I think this is pretty clever. Have you noticed any down-side to this? Specifically I am curious if there's any wobble on the ends? Thanks for sharing.

[@mikeswoodencreations5712]

Hi Terence, thanks for the nice comment, small parts jigs are awesome and you wonder how you’ve managed without one for so long, so are so good at sneaking up on a perfect fit while keeping everything square and parallel, I don’t have any trouble with wobble towards the ends, I find a bit of candle wax applied now and again and keeping your plane reasonably sharp definitely helps, if you can definitely use a hardwood to as they can wear quite quickly, candle wax also helps with that problem, hope this helped 🤝

[@joaoluis1744]

muito fixe

[@mikeswoodencreations5712]

Thank you 🤝

[@user-ip3yw8hc1k]

💥💥💥👌👍🤝😎

[@mikeswoodencreations5712]

Thank you for the nice comment, much appreciated, glad you liked the video 🤝

[@chiparmstrong842]

Do you have a parts diagram?

[@mikeswoodencreations5712]

Sorry @chiparmstrong842 I Dont but I’m more happy to draw something out for you and email it across, Computers are not my strength!

[@alexyeo8401]

@@mikeswoodencreations5712 I would also be interested in some plans. Thanks!

[@roydaley3413]

Hi Mike, great jig. What is the link to your facebook page? Thanks

[@mikeswoodencreations5712]

Hello Roy, sorry for the late reply, for some reason my Facebook page has disappeared, or I’m doing something wrong and can’t find it, computers not my strong point!! I will get my girlfriend to have a look when she gets a sec and let you know very soon, thanks

[@TheScrapkat]

Hi, do you have a plan for this? Thanks

[@mikeswoodencreations5712]

Hello, I was meant to have a website up and running with all the information/plans but had some setbacks, what I will do is put some drawings on my Facebook page for you and anyone who is interested, I believe the link is in the description but will add it if not, give me a few days and I will get it sorted, Thanks

[@TheScrapkat]

@@mikeswoodencreations5712 Thanks

[@mikeswoodencreations5712]

I’ve not forgotten, just been very busy, will upload the plans at some point tomorrow, sorry for the delay 🙃

[@Belg1970]

@@mikeswoodencreations5712 Link??