Using Jigs to Batch out Parts

Did you see the Peg Solitaire game video from last week? If not, check it out then hurry back here.

Since making that, I’ve had some requests for me to make more of this game. Now, I could go on and make them the same way I did in the video, but I want it to go much quicker. I want to be able to make 1 or 100 and have them all be the same. I decided to make a jig that would hold the pieces where they needed to be to make the cuts and mark the holes.

To put this together, I was drawing from my over 20 years spent in the manufacturing industry. I spent a lot of time fine tuning processes and operations trying to streamline things, and reduce the movement of materials. I’m pretty happy with version 1 of this jig. I’m sure I will find some things I need to modify and change, or that might even cause me to build a new jig. I’m open to the thought that this may not be the very best version of the jig, but its 100% better than the jig I had before. If you don’t start somewhere, you don’t know where you need to go. For now, this jig is great and its time to start making a few of these games.

Check out my process below, and please let me know what you would or wouldn’t change on a jig like this.

Here’s the Multi Size Printable Template if you want to use it.

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Tap and Die Set (upgraded version of mine) – https://amzn.to/2FL9j64
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