Mortise jig: an Insight

Carpenter woes

Making furniture is not an easy task. To make perfect and strong furniture one has to work with great precision. Carpenter’s many a time face lots of problems while making furniture’s especially when they have to make joints. Joints are an integral part of furniture and cannot be avoided.

When we think of making furniture we know that it will have many joints and to keep these joints strong and firm we need to mortise the woods from between whenever there is need for joints and this mortise is always rectangular in shape. Mortise is nothing but a cavity a carpenter makes in the wood to support a joint.

Jig that makes it happen

Jig is actually an instrument for wood work. A jig which is used to make cavity inside the wood for connecting the joint is called as mortise jig. The Jig is usually a piece of wood which slides over the table and helps in cavity making but it also depends on the size of wood. The jig can also be of different sizes and not necessarily of wood.

There are many techniques which carpenters try to use to make that cavity in the wood but many a times while making these cavities the wood gets spoiled so many carpenters use mortise jig which allows them to make perfect cavity in the wood.

Mortise jig is a one time investment for the carpenters and is very reliable because it gives very solid and strong joints which can handle any tension and pressure.

Design of mortise jig differs depending on what type of wood work one has to do, that is the shape and size of wood always vary and incase of small woods table top mortise jig can be used but for larger woods the size of jig vary and could also be metallic and the precision with which it makes a cavity is very high and strong.

Advantages of using Mortise Jig

1) It helps a carpenter to make perfect cavity inside the wood and the wood never gets wasted.

2) Mortise jig are very durable and can be used under extreme tension.

3) It saves time of carpenter and the wood work finishes faster than when done manually with chisel and hammer.

4) Using mortise jig is also soft on hand for the carpenters.

Is there any disadvantage of using Mortise jig?

Using Mortise jig has no disadvantage for the carpenters because it always helps in saving time and there is no loss of wood due to wrong cavity.

Is it difficult to operate?

The Operation of mortise jig is pretty simple and can be easily operated by any carpenter. Mortise jig gives very efficient wood cutting and can cut the wood with high precision. The jig is a very flexible instrument and can be used in all directions for wood cutting. The operation with mortise jig gives you right cavity for the joint in your furniture and not a single wood gets cut more than the desired cavity and the cavity obtained is uniform giving you a strong and efficient joint.