Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
Back in 2019, I created this thin strip jig as a way to cut thinner stock in a repeatable fashion. Thin strips might not seem desirable until you need one. A thin strip must be, like all wood that we mill, the same thickness throughout. If we’re using several thin strips, it should go without saying that we want all of those thicknesses to be the same.
I had seen others create this jig but didn’t like their designs as they seemed clunky and cumbersome. The idea of a hinge and spring…’sprung’ to mind as it would pivot the arm away from the face of the table saw allowing me to cut the thin strip unobstructed.
Free online instructions that go with this video: makethingswithrob.com/spring-thin-strip-jig
0:00 Intro
0:16 1. Creating the base
3:35 2. Expansion bar
5:57 3. Bolt caution
7:15 4. How the expansion bar works
7:40 5. Gluing the expansion to the base
9:53 6. Measuring arm
12:46 7. Spring arm
13:10 8. Hinge problem solving
14:45 9. Epoxying the hinge
15:06 10. Adding a spring
16:52 11. Finishing the arms
17:51 12. Measuring stick
19:25 13. Usage
Back in 2019, I created this thin strip jig as a way to cut thinner stock in a repeatable fashion. Thin strips might not seem desirable until you need one. A thin strip must be, like all wood that we mill, the same thickness throughout. If we’re using several thin strips, it should go without saying that we want all of those thicknesses to be the same.
I had seen others create this jig but didn’t like their designs as they seemed clunky and cumbersome. The idea of a hinge and spring…’sprung’ to mind as it would pivot the arm away from the face of the table saw allowing me to cut the thin strip unobstructed.
Free online instructions that go with this video: makethingswithrob.com/spring-thin-strip-jig
0:00 Intro
0:16 1. Creating the base
3:35 2. Expansion bar
5:57 3. Bolt caution
7:15 4. How the expansion bar works
7:40 5. Gluing the expansion to the base
9:53 6. Measuring arm
12:46 7. Spring arm
13:10 8. Hinge problem solving
14:45 9. Epoxying the hinge
15:06 10. Adding a spring
16:52 11. Finishing the arms
17:51 12. Measuring stick
19:25 13. Usage
