Originally Posted by
mauin1x
I'm really curious about building a cheap one from wood maybe
Wood has been used before. The two examples are both aimed at new to building people on a budget. The Jiggernaut as found here
Results for "bicycle frame jig" in all - Instructables is the more recent one. The other was from The Proteus manual and IIRC for the fork. Way back when I heard of stories of the Proteus version being easily charred by the torch
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Wood is fairly cheap and easy to shape with low cost tools but it is hard to keep to tight tolerances without fancy tooling. It is not super stiff and is affected by the temp and the humidity. I use wood for bench vise tube blocks and other work holding bits. I certainly wouldn't trust a wood jig to be well aligned, let alone any frame made on one. One more reason to have some sort of flat surface that will handle the alignment aspects. Andy