After doing all the shelves, move the stop block to the other side of the bit and finish the other slots on each shelf. Then, slide the shelf along the fence to cut one slot and rotate the shelf 190 degrees to cut a second one. Set the bit height to the depth of the slot needed. To cut the recesses in the shelf bottoms, I set up a 1/4" straight bit in the router table, set the fence for the distance from the front and back edges (37mm in his case) and set up a stop block to limit the length of the slot.
I've also used the method ferntree originally suggested. That allowed me to easily cut a slot along the side but stop before breaking through the front of the shelf. Worked fine except sometimes the sleeve came out with the bit and had to be reinserted into the jig.įor the slots in the sides of the shelf I used a 1/8" slot cutting bit in the router table. I put them into the jig bushings and then used a 1/8" drill bit. I have the Kreg shelf pin jig which has 1/4" bushings so I got some sleeves like theses. You can get a 3mm drill bit easily enough. The second calls for a 3mm hole, which is slightly smaller than 1/8", so it might be too loose in a 1/8" hole. The first, which I have used, calls for a 1/8" hole and that works well. I see they now have a similar item in other lengths. I've used these wire supports from Lee Valley: which are available in two lengths. I second the method Packard describes above.
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