Have to agree with Thomas, and Lance here. No mention of the setup for ajoining pieces, or the other side of the same board. How do you situate it to get the boards to match ?
ok, a few things here that he's not showing. 1) After setting up the 'sacraficial' board (the one on top), position the vertical piece(the one you want) by placing the that stock plumb w/ the finger in the jig. 2) Set the 'black' stop, but it up to that vertical stock. 3) Cut/route your piece - you may get 'tear out' depending on the wood species. 4) Next is the 'mating' piece. In the case of 1/4" box joints.... Abut a 1/4" spacer to that 'black' stop - Cut / route your piece. The result will match up - no need to 'trim' the width as he did; that alters the height of your box and an unecessary step. 5) To cut the same piece, but opp. side, rotate that piece, (I rotate mine, CCW), making sure your layout/cutout is the same as the original side. Finally, what you'll have (for a 4 sided box, is (2) pcs w/ the same cuts on both ends, and (2) pcs w/ opp. cuts of that original but same cuts on both ends. Also, when using this jig, if your stock is 'smaller' than shown in this vid, , use finger clamps to hold down your stock when the jigs clamps cannot. Cutting Dovetails, is a completely different story / setup. Contact me here if you're interested in that setup.
I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge. I just got the Porter Cable Jig a couple days ago. Have watched several video's after work and experimented on several pieces of wood. I think I will come to like it a lot especially with people such as yourself sharing there knowledge. I want to make some dovetails but am mostly interested in box joints at this time. Looking to make a keepsake box. Thanks again.
Have to agree with Thomas, and Lance here. No mention of the setup for ajoining pieces, or the other side of the same board. How do you situate it to get the boards to match ?
only showed half of what you need. Showed cutting the first board, but not the second
It’d been more useful to include cutting the mating piece to connect to the one you cut because the set up is different.
ok, a few things here that he's not showing. 1) After setting up the 'sacraficial' board (the one on top), position the vertical piece(the one you want) by placing the that stock plumb w/ the finger in the jig. 2) Set the 'black' stop, but it up to that vertical stock. 3) Cut/route your piece - you may get 'tear out' depending on the wood species. 4) Next is the 'mating' piece. In the case of 1/4" box joints.... Abut a 1/4" spacer to that 'black' stop - Cut / route your piece. The result will match up - no need to 'trim' the width as he did; that alters the height of your box and an unecessary step. 5) To cut the same piece, but opp. side, rotate that piece, (I rotate mine, CCW), making sure your layout/cutout is the same as the original side. Finally, what you'll have (for a 4 sided box, is (2) pcs w/ the same cuts on both ends, and (2) pcs w/ opp. cuts of that original but same cuts on both ends. Also, when using this jig, if your stock is 'smaller' than shown in this vid, , use finger clamps to hold down your stock when the jigs clamps cannot. Cutting Dovetails, is a completely different story / setup. Contact me here if you're interested in that setup.
I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge. I just got the Porter Cable Jig a couple days ago. Have watched several video's after work and experimented on several pieces of wood. I think I will come to like it a lot especially with people such as yourself sharing there knowledge. I want to make some dovetails but am mostly interested in box joints at this time. Looking to make a keepsake box. Thanks again.