John, You’re always thinking and improving upon your own great ideas. Almost a genius..almost.

We would love to see some plans for this jig John.. cheers from Australia :)

You are very talented and encouraging. It nice to see someone that not afraid to face new challenges and build your own tools .👍🏽

Great idea! Thank you for showing this! That's what this job is about, I didn't realized that before my apprenticeship - I thought I'll build furniture right of the bat... but nooooo, there is the big fun of puzzling out every time new jigs! I love it! Greetings from cologne!

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And so it has been throughout the history of mankind. From the humble wheelbarrow we now have road-trains and rail trains several kilometres long.

Oh I can relate, it even happens as I go. I also have that happen in my regular job all the time, except that since it's writing software, I can modify things before they go out in the world an infinite number of times without having to redo them from scratch. With woodworking it's a bit more cumbersome ha ha, and I find myself planning a lot more from the start to avoid wasting material, including playing around in CAD a lot (too much?) before building anything ... And ever there I end up redoing part of the stuff ...

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It can be pretty dangerous routing a through slot in a narrow piece of wood, you'd have to use a jig or modified push block to hold it safely. Gluing might take the same time as to router it in a safe manner.

Thank you. I will make sure I get a lot more practice with a router before tackling anything requiting experience and confidence. I am aware that John makes things look easy because he is highly skilled and I am very aware that I am not. However, I am a keen student.

too late. prior art.

Sadly, although this is a very nice idea, it is not worth patenting because (a) John has given the instructions for copying it, and (b) if a big company wants to just steal it, they will. If this makes John unhappy, he can hire a lawyer at $200/hr and sue them. They already have a building full of staff lawyers. He'll go bankrupt trying to enforce his patent. This kind of fight is only worth engaging in if billions of dollars are at stake. That was the case for the patent on the laser, and, even in that case, it took decades of lawsuits and millions of dollars to enforce the original patent.

@@paulkolodner2445 I suppose I said it as some kind of capitalist compliment but you're so right!

@@paulkolodner2445 Thus spake Negative Nellie, the epitome of a prophet of doom. By your logic nothing should ever be patented or copyrighted as it will likely be stolen anyhow and the cost of pursuing litigation will far outweigh any lost income. No doubt your computer is full of pirated software, music, videos, games, etc. No doubt you allow and encourage people to take for free that which you labour to create and rely on for your income. FYI - the fact that John has published the plans does not preclude him from subsequently applying for a patent / copyright and, provided no one else has beaten him to it, being awarded said patent / copyright. Equally, anyone who reproduces John's invention can try to beat John to apply to register a patent. However this YT video would greatly assist John to contest such an application. Patents and copyrights protect a product from reproduction for COMMERCIAL use. Being granted a patent / copyright results in publication of the 'plans' for the product, which can then lawfully be referred to and applied for PRIVATE use, for reasonable educational purposes and for reasonable reference purposes. Possession of your pirated software, music, videos, games, etc. equates to theft of property and / or receipt of stolen property, not breach of patent / copyright. If you subsequently reproduce those pirated items with the intent of further distribution, THEN you have breached one or more patents / copyrights. The logical option, and the one taken by MANY wise inventive and creative 'John's' out there, is to take out a patent / copyright and SELL said copyright, possibly with ongoing commission / royalties, to a large company that deals in such matters. The vast majority of 'clever tools' found in your local 'Tools-R-Us' were designed and developed by 'backyard' inventors like John and the patent sold to a large tool manufacturing company that has resources sufficient to protect its interests - and to commercially produce the item. (There's not much point having a patent if you lack the financial resources to produce the item.) Your assertion that it is pointless to patent the design of this tool is extremely myopic.

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Fukuda Router Tool The original adjustable square jig tool was designed by Mark Fukuda. Duplicate any square or rectangle shape precisely. The size of this tool is 12" x 12" for the max cutout size. Machined from 1/2” aircraft grade 6061 billet aluminum, brushed finish, clear anodized for smooth operation, knurled nylon adjustment screws and stainless steel stop screws.

Okay I have built it now and it works great and was thinking of how and what to adapt it to use for the dado tool you recently made