Cutting an oval by hand can be tricky and usually involves lots of sanding to smooth and fair the curve. Luckily there s an easier way. By creating an elliptical jig you take the math out of the process and create smooth evenly-shaped ovals in a snap.

Make large ovals for table tops or smaller ovals for cutting boards and much more.

Woodworking In the end I enjoyed making this jig it didn t take long and it s amazing how something like this can change your outlook on woodworking just by the fact that you can now make an oval table top the without this jig would be a much larger chore. Insert a pencil into the trammel and rotate. This for use in an upcoming project where I needed to cut an elliptical top fo Make the Base A shop-made jig is pretty easy to make with a few scraps and a handful of jig hardware. You ll need a piece of 3 4 plywood that measures 18 square to get started. In this video I show how I build a shop made oval cutting jig for your router.

Position the jig on tthe center of the cross. These are the distances that you will put the screws through on the trammel. Unlike circles ovals and ellipses can be a challenge to draw are easy with an e In this woodworking video I show you how to make a jig and draws ellipses. The result is a perfectly formed oval. Figure out half the width and length of the oval.

To use the jig lay out a center cross on the object on which you want to draw an oval.

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