Doweled Stools

[Nissim Avrahami]

Good day

I've seen a few posts about Doweling Jigs but.....$400.....is not exactly an amateur budget

I would like to share with you my "Amatorski" method of doweling on router table.

As for the method and the settings, you can see them on this old post that I made just an example of doweled frame
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=37602

Made of Oak (1¼ thick) and the "order" was "no finish"....well, I want to buy another tool, don't I....:)

Regards
niki


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[Nissim Avrahami]

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[Ben Martin]

Nice looking stooles Nissim.

Take a look at an old Stanley #59 doweling jig, I got mine for $30 off of eBay and would work better than a router table setup.

[Nissim Avrahami]

Thank you Ben

I took a look at the Stanly #59 and it reminds other jigs.

It's a personal choice...I prefer the router table because, no bushings, very accurate, the hole is made by router bit, and it's fast - no clamping - I just put the board, step on the pedal and in one second the hole is done...remove the spacer, "step on it again" and I finished.....unless I'm making a carcass with 4 or more dowels and than I use 3 or more spacers like for the carcass below...

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Here is my homemade one that gave me very good results but still slow and not as accurate as the router table...

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By the way, since Festool invented the Domino and I invented the "Rolling Mortise jig" for router table, I use mainly loose tenons for my joinery

Regards
niki