First Leigh Dovetails!......gloat and pic

[Arnie Grammon]

I got in on the sub-$300 deal right before Christmas at Rockler..(gloat)...but just got the bushings and adaptor for my router on Friday. The router I used was a Makita 3621 1 1/4....worked fine. If needed, the same bushings fit on my m12v Hitachi. Here's the proof.......
http://www.woodworkersweb.com/modules/gallery/albums/albus48/First_Dovetails_003.sized.jpg
Sorry for the picture quality.

I must of gotten lucky......I nailed it the first time. I used 5 boards.....1 to test cut and get the feel for the cut, and 4 to make the test box. I was ready for major frustration....like I normally experience....and it never happened. All in all, I am very pleased with the jig.

Now on to more challenging exploits :cool: !

Arnie

[Stefan Antwarg]

That's funny! The very first thing I made when I got my Leigh looks EXACTLY like yours. It was just to test it out. I put a rabbit in the top pieces and made a lid too. Now I just keep random junk in it. Looks Good!

Stefan

[Kelly C. Hanna]

Very nice!! Congrats on the new jig!!

[Frank Pellow]

Congratulations. The Leigh Dovetail Jig is nice, eh! And, I really really like the manual.

I plan to buy the jig sometime. I went to a 4 hour hands-on course at Lee Valley a couple of weeks ago and we made a similar box.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Congrats Arnie!

[John Shuk]

Congrats. The box looks pretty nice. Make sure you keep it.
John

[Jim Becker]

Excellent results, Arnie! Ya gotta love good tools with great manuals--especially when you get such a wonderful deal on them! As scary as the Leigh looks at first, it's one of the nicest tools to work with. IMHO, of course.

[Jerry Olexa]

Great results AND that is an excellent jig @ a great price!!

[Arnie Grammon]

Thanks for the pleasant comments.........I cannot believe I finally have a D4.....it's taken me a lot of years to realize this dream.

On a philosophical note.....I believe everyone should (at the very least) attempt to make hand cut dovetails BEFORE they purchase a dovetail jig. Once you have painstakingly cut dovetails by hand, you will truly appreciate this machine.

Arnie

[Fred Voorhees]

Congrats on the acquiring of the Leigh jig. I have had mine for a couple of years and in my opinion, they can come out with new fangled jigs for dovetails, but they just can't top the Leigh. It makes dovetail joints "almost" like kids play! Now - go out and make some dovetails!!!