Do they still make a Doweling Jig?

[Larry Schwenk]

When growing up and working in my dad's cabinet shop we used a "doweling jig" (that's what we called it) to drill the holes for the face frames. It was just a small device with a table about 24" x 8" that could move left-right between stops that matched with the two holes for each joint. A small lever clamp held the board down flat against the table and you had it all way back against the fence. A simple router was mounted horizontal behind. You simply pulled a lever toward you which slide the router bit into the wood, pushed it back, turned the wheel which moved the table down and inch, and pull the router forward again for the second hole. Two perfectly spaced holes at the correct depth every time.

My grandfather's shop also had one so I'm thinking it was a production item and not specially made for us.

Anyone know what this was? More importantly is it still made?

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Ok, too much confusion, so I sketched up a picture of what it looked like.

file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/larry/Desktop/jig.jpg

[Maurice Ungaro]

Try Google: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&ei=Hk6FS8-tNYTQlAfp66GdAg&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&ved=0CBoQBSgA&q=doweling+jig&spell=1

[Vijay Kumar]

Yes they do. Check out Hartville tool or Lee Valley. They carry them.

Vijay

[Bob Oswin]

This one is the top performer at present:
http://www.dowelmax.com/

[Prashun Patel]

You might be thinking of the Dowl-It. That was a mainstay for a long while. Pretty accurate too.

http://www.dowl-it.com/

If you can get over 'i can't believe i spent $300 on a dowel jig' then the Dowel Max is really the way to go here. The only thing better for quick/easy joinery is the Domino, which is not more accurate, but quicker to use.

[Larry Schwenk]

Sorry, not interested in the simple manual doweling jigs (have some of them) that you clamp a board between and drill a hole.

I'm looking for more of what's today a boring machine, but a simple version using a router for drilling.

[Myk Rian]

Then a Doweling jig (thread title) isn't what you want.
Head on over to www.woodgears.ca (http://www.woodengears.ca) (I hope linking to another site doesn't get this deleted)for a sampling of one you can make.
His slot mortising jig may do it.
http://woodgears.ca/mortise/mortising_machine.html

[Chip Lindley]

Also called a Horizontal Boring machine. One- and two-spindle types. Old industrial machines include Newton, Oliver, Root, etc. Grizzly (and others) import new Chinese 1- and 2-spindle machines.

There are X-Y-Z router machines for slotting (and dowelling). The JDS Multi-Router, Richline Mortising Machine, and Woodtek come to mind.

Google search will reveal many shop-made router machines with movable tables which will bore dowel holes.

[Larry Schwenk]

Also called a Horizontal Boring machine. One- and two-spindle types. Old industrial machines include Newton, Oliver, Root, etc. Grizzly (and others) import new Chinese 1- and 2-spindle machines.

I've looked at the Grizzly G0540, but looking more of a table top version and not industrial type. That might work but would require a lot of work to tailor the bed and set up stops.