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Post by imahic on Mar 29, 2010 8:31:05 GMT -6
This is an offshoot of the PC jig post that Leo put up. I have the jig and had just started learning how to use it after it sat in my shop for over a year. As someone said, there is a bit of a learning curve but once you get past that it seems to work pretty well. There are a couple of links in that post that show how it works and from what I can tell, one can do several different types of dovetail joints with it. These are a couple of pics of what my dovetails look like after several attempts to learn how to set the jig up. Once you figure out the setup it works great.   |
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Post by Leo Voisine on Mar 29, 2010 10:01:29 GMT -6
That looks GREAT Mike.
I will be futzing with my Harbor Freight jig during the week. It only does half blind, but I am OK with that.
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Post by wisardd1 on Mar 29, 2010 11:34:24 GMT -6
were you trying to get the box joint on one side? It is kind of interesting.
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Post by imahic on Mar 30, 2010 15:19:31 GMT -6
No, wisard, I wasn't trying to. They are simply tails on one side and pins on the other. I think what you might be referring to is where I cut off the prior attempt and that is what you see in the photo. Each one of those boards was about twice as long as they are in that picture when I started. It took about 6 or 7 tries before I got that first joint right and that is the one I posted. I probably could have gotten it sooner if I had read the instructions better....lol. The PC jig will do several different types of joints including box joints. I haven't used it for box joints yet because I have another jig that I use on my router table that makes it really easy to do box joints. With it I can make 1/2, 3/8, or 1/4 joints.
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