DIY Self Centering Knife Jig

[Alston]

I'm sure I saw a thread on this with lots of pictures on here some years ago. I can't seem to find it now though. Was I imagining it or was it somewhere else?

[Alston]

Wow, 365 views of this post in two days! Obviously a topic of much interest.

[Zumanity]

I have been looking for the same but chose to have a go at making my own interpretation for lack of options here at a reasonable price for me.
Everything in the pictures were made in my small workshop using stock i had on hand and basic tools such as an angle grinder, Drill press and files.

[Zumanity]

The rest of the photo's that failed to upload.

[Ken S]

Andrew,

Your jig design looks like it has possibilities. When I developed the kenjig many years ago, I wanted to have a set up whichwould eliminate or at least greatly lessen the need to reset for individual knives. The constraint I encountered was the thread length of the jig shaft. Tormek knife jigs made before 1992 had longer threaded shafts. They were redesigned because some users were leaning on them.

I set up the kenjig to work with three preset jigs to accommodate the range of widths of kitchen jigs. Fine tuning was accomplised by how deeply the knives were placed in the jigs. To use 139mm Projection universally, I had to use the SVM-00 with the SVM-45. I found this clumsy. Your longer shaft would overcome this. As the end stop would be preset, threading would not be necessary.

Good design!

Ken