August 19, 20196 yr Popular Post Hmmm...do mine a bit differently.....no fancy jigs to build, nor fancy router bases to make... Did have to buy some goggles. I guess the vise could be called a jig... two lines, one for the dovetails themselves (base line?) the other sets where the base of the router is to stop....clamp the drawer front with the second line right at the top of the jaws.. I can either mark out the layout of the pins, or..just use the MK 1 eyeball, sighting down. Remove this from the vise, clamp to the bench top.. Hammer and chisel to clean up...use these pins to layout the tails... A few bandsaw cuts, cutting on the waste side of the lines ( more layout line you leave, the tighter the fit will be) After a glue up, and before things are planed smooth.... When there are a bunch to do....plus all the rest of the joints and grooves to make....less time building jigs = more time to build drawers... Of course, IF you feel you NEED all them fancy jigs.....
August 20, 20196 yr Great tip, thank you Steve. This topic has been split from the originating topic by Derek Cohen. Removing the waste from half blind sockets
August 20, 20196 yr 9 hours ago, steven newman said: Of course, IF you feel you NEED all them fancy jigs..... I got this in a drawer.... from HF.. I can't afford the expensive ones....
August 20, 20196 yr 2 minutes ago, Woodbutcherbynight said: I got this in a drawer.... from HF.. I can't afford the expensive ones.... I used to have one of those Gunny, exactly. I don't think I ever used it actually, finally it ended up at a friends home, I think he has used it successfully. Shortly after acquiring the HF jig, I was gifted a Porter Cable jig just like the HF, since I could only use one, one had to go.
August 20, 20196 yr Popular Post 6 minutes ago, John Morris said: I don't think I ever used it actually, Me either, but I might one day so I have this one. In a drawer labeled, Dovetail Jig. Oddly that drawer also has a bottle of Vodka and a small humidor for my cigars.
August 22, 20196 yr Author Long time ago...until I sold it....didn't really like using it.... It had issues with holding parts securely....guide collar froze up...gave up. Sold the jig. Saw one at menard's today.....$117.00.....ummmm, NOT. Yep...was a long time ago....building drawers for.. A Kitchen Island the Boss wanted made....drawer on each end... Seems she has painted this thing a light blue-ish gray....still in use, BTW
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