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I have the jig but never tried the variety of "fancy" joints, only the basic dovetails.
Setup is reasonably quick for regular DTs, at least I can do it faster that my Leigh jig (probably based on how often I've done each).
Fundamentally it is just doing a regular DT on the main board and a smaller mating contrast piece. Joint them together then cut the DTs again with a shallower depth and different cut widths.
The jig is just a sled that runs the board over the router table bit. The "magic" is the ability to move the fence in accurate increments for each pass. Marks on the indexing tape show where to set the fence for each pass. Really just eliminates doing the math.
With the DT router bits, one is limited by the shaft width at the narrow point of the pin/tail gap, but the spacing can be varied for stuff like a 1/8" TS slice to remove a box lid.
Something to try out when I have free time, but I always seem to be in a rush so getting fancy on corners usually means another design that I don't have to think about too much.
I have the jig but never tried the variety of "fancy" joints, only the basic dovetails.
Setup is reasonably quick for regular DTs, at least I can do it faster that my Leigh jig (probably based on how often I've done each).
Fundamentally it is just doing a regular DT on the main board and a smaller mating contrast piece. Joint them together then cut the DTs again with a shallower depth and different cut widths.
The jig is just a sled that runs the board over the router table bit. The "magic" is the ability to move the fence in accurate increments for each pass. Marks on the indexing tape show where to set the fence for each pass. Really just eliminates doing the math.
With the DT router bits, one is limited by the shaft width at the narrow point of the pin/tail gap, but the spacing can be varied for stuff like a 1/8" TS slice to remove a box lid.
Something to try out when I have free time, but I always seem to be in a rush so getting fancy on corners usually means another design that I don't have to think about too much.
