It Worked for Me: Simple Kerfed Lining Jig

by Lennis Laviolette

Originally published in American Lutherie #118, 2014



Cheesy as this is, it works pretty well. I got an old Ryobi battery-powered circular as a gift years ago and had never found a use for it. With this simple jig, I have dedicated the saw to making kerfed lining. You will no doubt improve the design.

A scrap of plywood or MDF serves as a table, and a pair of scraps with rabbeted edges guide the saw over the lining strips. I set the depth of cut one time, such that the distance between the blade and the table of the jig is the thickness of the web of the lining, and leave it permanently.