Tom Gattiker
02-26-2004, 8:36 AM
Anyone using this DT guide successfully?
I am referring to the jig. It clamps on the board to guide the saw (& has a magnet). It is Item number 05T02.01 and/or 05T02.02.The product name is actually "dovetail saw guide" but it is not the thing that you use just to trace layout lines.
The instructions are not clear as to where you should position the guide with respect to the hashmarks on the work piece. Cover the line? Just touching the line, but not covering it? Split the line? Is this the same for the pin board and the tail board. Also which side of the board to you attach the jig to when cutting the pins (inside face or outside face).
For the pin board the instr say place the guide "right on the mark". Does this mean split the mark?
Note, instead of laying out the DT's and pins as with hand cut dovetails, the instructions for this jig instruct you to make hash marks simultaneously accross both boards. Since the procedure is (I think) unique to this jig, I would really like to hear from someone who is actually using the jig.
Thanks.
I am referring to the jig. It clamps on the board to guide the saw (& has a magnet). It is Item number 05T02.01 and/or 05T02.02.The product name is actually "dovetail saw guide" but it is not the thing that you use just to trace layout lines.
The instructions are not clear as to where you should position the guide with respect to the hashmarks on the work piece. Cover the line? Just touching the line, but not covering it? Split the line? Is this the same for the pin board and the tail board. Also which side of the board to you attach the jig to when cutting the pins (inside face or outside face).
For the pin board the instr say place the guide "right on the mark". Does this mean split the mark?
Note, instead of laying out the DT's and pins as with hand cut dovetails, the instructions for this jig instruct you to make hash marks simultaneously accross both boards. Since the procedure is (I think) unique to this jig, I would really like to hear from someone who is actually using the jig.
Thanks.