Multi-joining system

A workpiece joining jig assembly comprising:

• a template holding jig for holding a template for use with a router for routing a workpiece, the template holding jig comprising:
• a template support defining a template support plane;
• a workpiece support defining a workpiece support plane extending perpendicular to the template support plane;
• a template attachment attaching a template to the template support;
• a template providing a plurality of router guide regions extending through a top surface and a bottom surface of the template, the bottom surface of the template abutting the template support;
• a vacuum arrangement providing a flow path for a flow of dust generated by routing a workpiece with a router guided by the router guide regions;
• wherein the vacuum arrangement includes a router support removably attached to the template proximate the plurality of router guide regions, the plurality of router guide regions being in the form of a plurality of open ended slots of the template;
• wherein the vacuum arrangement further includes a dust collector removably attached under the router support on an opposite side of the template, the dust collector operably couplable to a source of vacuum;
• wherein a dust collection cavity is defined by the router support and the dust collector, the dust collection cavity being positioned, at least in part, below the template support plane;
• wherein the template includes a first mounting cavity proximate the open ended slots and a second mounting cavity proximate the open ended slots, wherein open ended slots are located between the first mounting area and the second mounting area;
• wherein the router support includes a first arm having a first tab and a second arm having a second tab and a longitudinal member extending between the first arm and the second arm, wherein the first arm and the second arm define a gap facing the plurality of open ended slots;
• wherein the first tab is received into the first mounting cavity, the second tab is received into the second mounting cavity to removably fix the router support to the template;
• wherein the dust collector has a first side, a second side and a third side extending between the first side and the second side, wherein the dust collection cavity is surrounded, at least in part, by the router support, the first side, the second side and the third side;
• wherein a first mounting flange extends from the first side of the dust collector;
• a second mounting flange extends from the second side of the dust collector;
• a first channel is defined by the first arm of the router support;
• a second channel is defined by the second arm of the router support;
• wherein the first mounting flange is received in the first channel and the second mounting flange is received in the second channel to mount the dust collector to the router support.