Splining Jig

The previous post shows the hope chest that I built for a friend.  A necessary part of that project was building a splining jig so that I could cut spline grooves in the 45 degree corners of the box and other applications.  I had never done splines in my projects, and was excited to finally be doing so as splines are an unusual, but decorative element of corner reinforcement and it would add another design option for the projects that I build.  In essence, the splining jig holds a piece of wood that has an edge cut at a 45 degree angle.  This wood is clamped to the jig with the 45 degree angle registered to the surface of the table saw and situated to have the table saws blade in line with where you want the spline groove to be cut.

  Here is the jig:

  

    The jig is built to sit over the table saws fence in a snug fashion, but loose enough to allow it to be moved along the fence so that you push the material to be cut through the blade.