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Appreciation post: finally stopped fighting my cheap jig and my dados came out clean
I spent $45 on a cheap adjustable dado jig about a year ago because I thought I could make it work with some shims and patience, and honestly it was the worst money I've dropped on woodworking stuff. The thing flexed so bad that my 3/4 inch dados came out at like 51/64 on one side and 23/32 on the other, which meant every shelf in a pantry cabinet I built for a neighbor in Tacoma wobbled. I kept telling myself I just needed to clamp it harder, and I burned probably 6 hours over a few weekends messing with it before I got fed up. Last week I finally just built a simple router jig out of a piece of 1/2 inch ply and two straight boards, cost me nothing since it was all scrap, and my first test cut was dead on. Did a whole set of adjustable shelves for that same neighbor's laundry room in an afternoon and they slid in like butter. I know it sounds dumb to celebrate a piece of scrap plywood, but getting rid of that flexy jig felt like a weight off. Has anyone else had luck building their own jigs for stuff like this, or do you just spring for the good ones right away?
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