How to rout dados with a router dado jig

Name: How to rout dados with a router dado jig
Uploaded: 2026-11-01T01:17:55.199074+00:00
Duration: 27 s
Description: Rout dados exactly as wide as the shelf that goes in them, with rails set on the shelf itself.

Rout dados exactly as wide as the shelf that goes in them, with rails set on the shelf itself.

Chapters

0:00 Set the rails on the shelf
0:14 A thinner shelf

How to build one: Router dado jig

A router dado jig clamps across the panel with two rails. Setting the rails on the shelf itself makes the dado exactly the shelf's thickness, so it fits without measuring.

Transcript

0:03 The router dado jig hooks the panel's edge. Lock the rails on the shelf itself, three quarters here, line up your mark, and rout along each rail.

0:14 For a half inch shelf, reset the rails on that shelf. They run past both edges, so the router clears the crosspieces as the bit leaves the panel.