TexasTimbers

Jordy,

You're right, I bet I would have to live on the streets if I was trying to sell that contraption for beans. Thankfully I'm not.

As to the duct tape, looks can be deceiving is all I can tell you. You'll just have to take my word for it or roll your eyes, but that thing was solid as a rock.

Another poster made a similar comment and I responded that I could have thrown the thing like a frisbee and it wouldn't have come apart, and that was not an exaggeration. But I wasn't using cheapo wally world $3.99 per roll duct tape.

You know there is a perception today amongst many woodworkers that everything in a shop has to look as good as it works. It seems the days of "quick and dirty" have no place in todays sterile, hospital-like environments.

Jigs don't have to look pretty, and you don't have to spend 3 hours making a jig you'll use once or twice for 5 minutes (although that sometimes is necessary).

As long as the jig is safe and accurate, that's all you need. This jig was both. I will agree with you however, looking at it from the outside it appears to be neither!

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justin2009

Everything in my garage works much better than it looks... BTW, what is an elder tree? - Let me rephrase that - is there a Texas name for that tree?