Al Navas
02-02-2007, 1:19 AM
Continued from previous post...
6. Getting ready to cut the sliding dovetail sockets: Note the spacer, to prevent the router from tipping even a few thousands of an inch - the wooden spacer thickness was the distance from the bottom of the router sub-base to the surface of the boards, less 0.006", to compensate for the double sticky back tape thickness
7. I attached the wooden spacer to the bottom of the router sub-base with tape - the sub-base rides on the jig's fingers and the spacer rides on the panel
8.The sliding dovetail finished, after sneaking up on the final thickness with a total of four passes
9. A shot of the finished sliding dovetail from the other end - the finger bar is moved back ever so lightly after each pass on every side of the dovetail, until the final thickness is reached
10. Dry fit of the sliding dovetail - a little cleanup will be needed on all surfaces to make things look nice
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6. Getting ready to cut the sliding dovetail sockets: Note the spacer, to prevent the router from tipping even a few thousands of an inch - the wooden spacer thickness was the distance from the bottom of the router sub-base to the surface of the boards, less 0.006", to compensate for the double sticky back tape thickness
7. I attached the wooden spacer to the bottom of the router sub-base with tape - the sub-base rides on the jig's fingers and the spacer rides on the panel
8.The sliding dovetail finished, after sneaking up on the final thickness with a total of four passes
9. A shot of the finished sliding dovetail from the other end - the finger bar is moved back ever so lightly after each pass on every side of the dovetail, until the final thickness is reached
10. Dry fit of the sliding dovetail - a little cleanup will be needed on all surfaces to make things look nice
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