@fernwehwoodworking · Justin Nelson
Saved 2026-05-15 · Posted 2025-05-01 · Status: New
Our self-imposed design restraint for our Oxbend Windsor chair was ease of production. In an effort to hit prices that could facilitate high-end commercial projects, we forced ourselves to chant “simplify” - on repeat. We hit some big time savings by our use of 3d-printed, compound angle, drilling guides.
It can be tough to drill perfectly all the weirdly angled holes for a Windsor chair. We took the time to 3d model all these compound angles so that our 3d printed drilling guides lined up perfectly, via reference pins, into our cnc milled fixtures.
The result is that we can drill all 16 holes for a chair, 8 in the crest rail adn 8 in the seat, in just a few minutes, time after time.
A huge thank you to our friends @new_collar_goods for the 3d printing idea… if it weren’t for Jon we’d probably still be trying to nail the holes perfectly in some plywood compound angle drilling fixture 😂
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I’ve been amazed at how much use there is for a 3D printer for making tools and jigs for production. Well done!
What a perfect idea!!
My feed is so full of jigs for chairs that this one is the simplest I have seen by far! Kudos.
I love how innovation happens due to the need for problem solving. With modern tech at our disposal, we can keep it in house. Absolutely Well done, all the best to you and your success my friend.
Fantastic bit of thinking there 👏👏👏
So smart!
Really impressive! 👏👏👏
Fabulous example of 3d printing + woodworking 👏
Super Idea.🙌
This is sick
Yep - the 3D printer on our bench spends half its life making jigs, fixtures, guides, spacers, templates etc. So easy to do…
Working smarter not harder 🙌
Brilliant!
Sick!!!!! Love it
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