Why Didn't I Think of this Before? Essential Tool for Woodwork - Super Deluxe Model 

John, You’re always thinking and improving upon your own great ideas. Almost a genius..almost.

We would love to see some plans for this jig John.. cheers from Australia :)

You are very talented and encouraging. It nice to see someone that not afraid to face new challenges and build your own tools .👍🏽

Great idea! Thank you for showing this! That's what this job is about, I didn't realized that before my apprenticeship - I thought I'll build furniture right of the bat... but nooooo, there is the big fun of puzzling out every time new jigs! I love it! Greetings from cologne!

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Hello

It can be pretty dangerous routing a through slot in a narrow piece of wood, you'd have to use a jig or modified push block to hold it safely. Gluing might take the same time as to router it in a safe manner.

Thank you. I will make sure I get a lot more practice with a router before tackling anything requiting experience and confidence. I am aware that John makes things look easy because he is highly skilled and I am very aware that I am not. However, I am a keen student.

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Thnks for watch

Fukuda Router Tool The original adjustable square jig tool was designed by Mark Fukuda. Duplicate any square or rectangle shape precisely. The size of this tool is 12" x 12" for the max cutout size. Machined from 1/2” aircraft grade 6061 billet aluminum, brushed finish, clear anodized for smooth operation, knurled nylon adjustment screws and stainless steel stop screws.

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​ @Charles First and foremost, thank you Charles for responding. It is appreciated even if we may not agree on some finer points after this exchange of viewpoints... I can accept that I may offend some people's viewpoints...as stated that isn't my goal at all, but I do understand that it happens...Each person has their individual opinions and I won't belabor those...As for being..." straight-up wrong"...I would suggest that is perhaps misunderstanding my overall perspective...maybe?...After this post, please do share more if you think I am being offensive...or...just stating a fact that many "modern wood machinists" (regardless of their trade) hang onto because of (???) ego, ignorance of the entire history of woodworking or for some other reason that I am failing to understand... Since your trade is "Trimcarpentry"...(which by the way, from my perspective, is one of the most difficult trades to do correctly out there in woodworking...modern or traditional)... I think that your trade and craft is an excellent one to use as an example for comparison...and I thank you again for sharing your time to discuss it with me...As a teacher of these trade and guild arts, I really want to get a handle on the detachment that exists between what is true...Craftspeople and Artisans...was and what it has become today in the Guild Arts and Crafts...Your understanding and viewpoints about this (particularly because of your give trade!!!) is an important perspective as a comparative reference... I'm comparing your skill set to my own only to illustrate my given perspective and those I learned from (many of which were born between 1870 and 1890) not as a "I'm better than you," standpoint at all...Clearly trim work in architecture today or in the past takes great skill...The following questions/comparables are to both illustrate my perspective and to get you to perhaps broaden the metric by which you measure even your own work and skill sets... If I shared with you only a forest would you be able to take those trees from standing timber to proper trim materials with only hand tools and/or traditional skill sets even if you used some machines? Note...I use horse-powered tools a fair amount...and I'm not opposed to machines at all...I do use them and even electric ones regularly... Who would you have to assist you in harvesting and processing those trees if you did need some assistance? What methods would you use to facilitate the breakdown of the logs into bolts and then the bolts into issuing cants and further into usable stock for your craft as a Woodwright specializing in trim and paneling...as it would have been your trade 150 years ago? If the "fancy laser measuring tool"..." fancy miter saw"...and related tools of modernity were not available, do think most in your trade have the skills to conduct effectively and efficiently the tasks of your trade? Was the Woodwright of the 19century and later more knowledgeable and skilled regarding wood application modalities and means of service better than the modern Trim Carpenter as we find them today in "stick framing" architecture? Is both at the same level of "carpentry"...or is one more massively disconnected in actual skill sets and understanding of the craft and material that is wood? Please understand that many today (like yourself I am sure) take great pride in what they do, and have excellent skills in operating machinery that is more than impressive...Nevertheless, it has been my experience over the last 40 plus years of design, performance, and now teaching these trades, that it takes an "unskilled" person with interest and talent...a fraction of the time to start performing highly demanding tasks because they are relying more on machines and technology rather than an actual deep understanding of the medium (wood) and the tools to work wood... I have seen very talented DIYers pick up lasers, chop saws and related...modern wood matching and measuring tools...and perform tasks of excellent outcome and performance... that they simply could not perform otherwise without those tools... Give an apprenticed modern carpenter a laser measuring tool, show them the basics of its use, and ask them to measure something. They typically do an adequate and useful job of it...Then ask them to properly...angle and story pole a room for its trim...or... to take trammel and divider and bisect some given room geometry...Show an apprentice carpenter how to safely use a chop saw and cut some stock...most will do an adequate job of that task...but...if you asked them to go to a toolbox and pull out the proper hand saw to do the same job...and then operate that saw properly to do the requested task...many (most?) would fail miserably in my experience... I'm very pleased that we both...VERY MUCH...!!!... agree..." that people working the assembly line of cabinetry factory are not carpenters"...as they are most certainly only "wood machinists" to the lowest level of the trade (typically) ...I also want to stress that I do not discount that some today that only use and rely on machines are most certainly highly skilled, talented, and knowledgeable of their given trade...but they are also more "wood machinists" than they are true...Craftspeople and Artisans...as the trades and arts had been performed and some of us still do...I thank you again for your time to respond and perhaps continue this conversation. It's an important one, and I appreciate your time to have it...