Woodworking jigs dont have to be complicated!

Ive been building some cabinets for a customer, and when I got to this stage I thought I would address the issue of jigs. Some of my jigs look like wooden robots, with clamps, stops, pins, and other gizmos sticking out to make them do what they should. However, as seen in these pictures, jigs can also be very simple. My goal here with the cabinets was to drill holes evenly spaced so that shelf pins could be installed and adjusted, as needed. I could have made a complex jig for this and drilled each hole with my router, but instead, Ive made a jig out of a piece of peg board. Since each hole in peg board is 1" apart, this makes it easy to drill the proper holes with a drill. Hint: circle the holes you are using! Jigs can be simple.

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