AMERICAN WOODWORKER Mac Jics, FixTUuRES, AND TRICKS TO UNLEASH Your RouTer’s POTENTIAL BiLL HYLTON Coauthor of WOODWORKING WITH THE ROUTER More than 140,000 Sold!JiGs, FixTuRES, AND TRICKS TO UNLEASH Your RouTeRr’s FULL PortenTIAL Bill Hylton Photographs by Mitch Mandel illustrations by Bill Hylton and Frank Rohrbach MRwey ‘THE READER'S DIGEST ASSOCIATION, INC Pleasantville, New York/MontreatUntil now, it’s gone without saying, To Judi. Always to Judi. Copyright © 1996 by The Reader's Digest Association Ine. ‘Copyright © 1996 by The Reader's Digest Association (Canada) Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, ‘including photocopy, recording, or any other information storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of the publisher. “The author and editors who compiled this book have tried 1o make all of the contents as accurate and as correct as possible. Plans, iilustrations, photographs, and text have all been carefully checked and cross-checked, However, due to the variability of local conditions, ‘construction materials, personal skills, and so on neither the author ror Reader's Digest assumes any responsibility for any injuries sulfered or for damages or other losses incurred that result from the material presented herein, Ail instructions and plans should be ‘carefully studied and clesrly understood before beginning construction. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Hykon, Bil, Router magic * jigs, Fixtures, and tricks to unleash your router’ full potential / Bill Hylton ; photographs by Mitch Mande! illustrations by Bill Hylton and Frank Rohrbach. poem ISBN 0-7621-0185-7 (paperback) 1, Routers (Tools) 2. Woodwork. 3. Jigs and fixtures L Title. TT203.3.H94 1999 684 \083-de2t 9.24915 Reaper's Dicest InuustRareD RESERENCE BOOKS Editor-in-Chief Christopher Cavanaugh Art Director Joan Mazzeo (Operations Manager William J, Cassidy Adress any comments about Rowter Magic to: Reader's Digest Editor-in-C Reader's Digest Road Pleasantville, NY 10570 Reader's Digest and the Pegasus logo are registered trademarks of the Reader's Digest Association, Ine American Woodworker is a registered trademark of RD Publications, Ine. Visit our website at: wwa.seadersdigestcom Printed in the United States of America 5790864