Shop Tips
Making a Safer Taper Jig
Oct 25, 2005
You can make a shop-built tablesaw taper jig safer and easier to use by adding a 1/8-in.-thick plywood or Masonite shelf to the bottom, and a hold-down clamp and a handle to the top. The shelf-and-hold-down combination holds the workpiece snugly enough to eliminate the balancing act that usually accompanies cutting tapers. The combination also lets you push the jig through as a unit with your hand far away from the blade. I find that the system is especially good for tapering narrow table legs.
Joe Vollas, Fall River, Mass.
Fine Woodworking Magazine, October 1991 No. 90
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