Jebediah Eckert
05-30-2015, 8:27 PM
After PMing a few people on here who had the jig I decided to get one when I had a 10% off at Woodcraft. I have never owned, or used, any type of purchased jig before.
The jig took about 10 minutes to put together and appears to be well made. The directions are quality but made me nervous reading them, it just seemed too complicated. I re read them getting ready to give it a try and they made more sense as I did the steps. I guess it was just me the first time around because they made perfect sense as I went.
The jig will do through dovetails, half blind, rabbet dovetails, and finger joints. I decided to try the half blind because that joint is cut all at once and the others here are two set ups to do. Plus I have never done half blinds before and I plan to use that the most. I can cut through dovetails by hand, decent anyways, but slow. The few projects I want to do will benefit being able to do them faster, and are more functional projects so I don't mind not doing them by hand. I did like the idea of using this jig on the router table. For me it seems to be easier to control, although I never tried the other way.
This is is the first attempt right out of the box with the suggested fittings. I do have a good router table and lift (craigslist find) so I'm sure that helps. As others have mentioned a mirror would help otherwise you have to lean over and look over the front so you can see what your doing. Dust collection was reasonable when using the fence to collect the dust.
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Here is the second and
Third try after a few adjustments.
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314668
Im happy with that for sure. $300 is a lot of money but at least it works.
I guess I will give through dovetails a whirl next. I Have some shop drawers I need to make.
The jig took about 10 minutes to put together and appears to be well made. The directions are quality but made me nervous reading them, it just seemed too complicated. I re read them getting ready to give it a try and they made more sense as I did the steps. I guess it was just me the first time around because they made perfect sense as I went.
The jig will do through dovetails, half blind, rabbet dovetails, and finger joints. I decided to try the half blind because that joint is cut all at once and the others here are two set ups to do. Plus I have never done half blinds before and I plan to use that the most. I can cut through dovetails by hand, decent anyways, but slow. The few projects I want to do will benefit being able to do them faster, and are more functional projects so I don't mind not doing them by hand. I did like the idea of using this jig on the router table. For me it seems to be easier to control, although I never tried the other way.
This is is the first attempt right out of the box with the suggested fittings. I do have a good router table and lift (craigslist find) so I'm sure that helps. As others have mentioned a mirror would help otherwise you have to lean over and look over the front so you can see what your doing. Dust collection was reasonable when using the fence to collect the dust.
314671
314669
Here is the second and
Third try after a few adjustments.
314672
314668
Im happy with that for sure. $300 is a lot of money but at least it works.
I guess I will give through dovetails a whirl next. I Have some shop drawers I need to make.