@@pamtnman1515 If you have a router and a flat piece of plywood for the top and some scrap pieces of lumber to make a stand you can make your own table top router table. The Keller jig though is expensive @ $250on Amazon, but if the router bits that come with it are high quality it lessons the hurt some. So @ $250 and what ever you think the wood used to make your own table costs you I would say that is not just limited to pros. If you do not have a router you can buy a combo router/table for $150 made by Kobolt @ Lowes
Wow! I've never seen this before. By far the easiest dove tails I've ever seen. I've seen workbench mounted jigs where you take the router to the jig that seem to have a lot of setup involved. This method of taking a simple jig to the router table seems so much quicker and simpler.
I was impressed that despite the obvious attention to efficiency, you did not neglect eye and ear protection. Proves to me that being in a hurry is no excuse to cut safety corners.
Just came across your video, don’t know how and I’m not interested in making dove tail connexions or woodworking. But like someone else said too, I watched it untill the end. Very professional video, nice presentation, clear explanations and amazing results. I have great respect for skilled craftsmen who make quality stuff like you do. Maybe the combination of a quality presentation and craftmanship in woodworking did the trick for me to watch it till the end....
As an amateur with woodworker, i typically feel overpowered with the entire arrangement th-cam.com/users/postUgkxrYREG3-7f1Aqk9ams3ZESRNzGnfdUtyQ . Be that as it may, this arrangements drove me through with much clarity and effortlessness woodplans. Works i now work like a genius. That is great!
What a great demo, beautiful! The marking of that center line is key. So well done and captured perfectly on video. Now to figure out a way to mount my router on a table. Thank you!!
Thank you for a great instruction using a dovetail jig. I purchased a similar jig years ago and left it to collect dust, now to give it a go after watching your vid. Thanks again from the UK.
I have watched this several times and will keep watching it, because you make it look very easy and your presentation is outstanding Really appreciate this video
I keep watching this because you make it look so easy, can you please make a video just on your router table as I can see you seem to have made a quick release and this is very clever
Got my Keller Jig yesterday and gave it a try. After one minor adjustment, I was making perfect dovetails on my router table. This is truly the simplest, easiest, cheapest and best dovetail system out there. I can't imagine why anyone would make dovetail joints by hand! The instructions that come with the jig could use a little updating to show the router-table method shown in the video--or at least a link to it. Bob Hunter does a great job of demonstrating the process.
I mean listen to yourself. You complain about not having clearer instructions for your shop-bought jig and router table to do this. Doing things by hand doesn’t just teach you skills, it helps you understand how to solve problems and work things out yourself.
Thank you so much for this!!! I dream of having a woodshop like yours!! Saving this to use to plan my setup!! I learned more in this video about routers and dovetails than I have in all the others combined. I hope I can find more of your videos!!
I have no idea who has down-voted this. Great demonstration - i have this jig but use it so infrequently I have to refresh my memory as to how it works. Thank you for this. I ended up writing notes on my jig wood for future reference. :)
Amazing video. I am glad I listened all the way to the end, because more and more I feel I am missing a router table, but perhaps I could do something similar with a little more effort using a handheld router and clamps. I aspire to make boxes like you do.
You make it look so easy. The result of years of experience in carpentry-work. I wish that I could make a wooden-box as easily as you can. Thank you for putting your video on TH-cam.
have not bought this yet, but plan to. If I am doing just box joints rather than dovetail, do I still change bits, or use the same? never mind.. now I see one side is for tails and the other for pins.
Thanks for sharing Did my trade as a Shipwright 40 years ago and remember doing these joins the old fashioned way with a Dovetail saw and were made to do them until we got them to a similar finish as your router jig Love your shop and clear explanation Cheers.😊
Oh, wow! I'm going to have to find one of those jigs! I don't do Amazon (Bezos doesn't need my money. My local store does), but I didn't even realize there _was_ a jig for this process! A *whole* lot faster and more precise than using a saw! I'm glad I found this channel. 🙂👍🏼 The only thing is, I want to make really tiny boxes, like for gifts and such, to go with the special handmade earrings my friend makes, and I want to show her a sample to offer people, to even see if it's something that her clientele would be interested in, and that jig, even if I find one, is way, _way_ too big for what I'd be doing. 😄 I'll have to see if I can think of how to make one, then, for smaller projects. 🤔
Great video. I am new to making dovetail joints. I have and older craftsman jig to mount to my workbench. It appears to me that 2 boards at right angle to each other can be routed with handheld router. What is the advantage of using an expensive ( say a Keller) templates approach. I can see the benefit of using my router table. Would you show me some favor and recommend some less expensive jig templates. I think your approach is the way to go and could offer me more flexibility.Thank you Bruce
Very nice demonstration , As my Dad always told me , If you have the right Tools you can make Life Easier ! i’m a retired Woodworker myself who spent over 35 Years in Commercial AtchitetualWoodwork it’s also been my Passion and Hobby for over 40 years i personally do not Trust most brands of the QuickmGrip style of Clamps especially for Routing Purposes that have the Vibration i have not ever had traditional CClamp or PonynBrand F Clamps coevlose or get “bumped loose on me during Machining but i have had Quick Grips ?
Hey rick, I bought the Journey man jig. I'm a little unsure on how to mount the backing block. I might be over thinking it. Do you have an easy explanation? Wood size etc. Thanks
I didn`t intend to use this woodworking book, *TopFineWoodworking. Com* but instead curious about it. I had been truly amazed after trying it. It never dissatisfied me in my desire to have more information about the art of wood working. I discovered several topics such as wood types as well as designing your workshop..
Wow fantastic clear precise and beautiful photography. The best demonstration I have seen. Just getting into carpentry, what are the specific bits you used. Can I please have the plans for your jig. I don't mind paying. Thanks.
Easier... the word IS easier, you can put a none too bright, or inexperienced person inside a nice shop and get a mi mixed bag of results, from tepid carpentry to injuries, damaged tools and fire, the gentleman has a very very very nice and spotless shop, hats off to him, and his kind sharing of knowledge, I sincerely wish I will have time & health to learn carpentry, above my very crude actual level Blessings!!
I bought small cordless makita router for 150€(180$), took a pine board I found laying around, made it flat, freehand routed a small slot for my router to sit it just so I wouldn't lose too much on bit height, you can use 2 saw horses to screw the whole set up down, make sure you drive the screws bellow the surface and you are set. Oh you will probably need to buy the bits for router to make dove tail joints, but it should be around 200€(240$) for the whole setup, takes time to set it all up but it is 1/4 of the price of a decent router table with bits and jigs
That's how I started out Nathan. I'm a (retired) electronics technician who, after watching a few woodworking videos four years ago, now has an almost complete workshop in his (still carpeted) spare bedroom. Hybrid table saw, 14 inch bandsaw, planer, drill press. Until I get my garage situated for the workshop, or build one in the corner of my yard, I use my tablesaw as my workbench and square stock on with my planer and tablesaw. Works out great for smaller things. I'm working on a blanket chest right now that I think may be the limit in size for that size of a space.
How do you know when the router bit has cut all the way through your side piece without damaging your jig? Do you have a “sacrificial fence board” attached to the jig?
Yikes. Sorry I'm late to woodshop class. Love the video. I'm just getting started. Can u tell me the name of the pin? Bit. And where I can order 1. I'm new to this. Thanks.
great video we have an idea how to make like this i need tools like this good job keep on sharing videos very helpful to us thank you my friend nice to meet you thank you again godbless and keepsafe always
Hi!! I have a question hope you could help me, My english is not so good since I never been in USA. On the video I noticed you changed the dovetail cutter bit to a cutter bit the same size as the first but I saw different bearing size, on the first one what is the bearing size of the dovetail cutter bit? Normally a dovetail cutter are sold without bearing. Thanks
This is great to learn about dovetailing overall. Nice to see this. This was just four sides to form four sides. Maybe I missed something. What about the bottom or top of this to form a box? If it was a drawer, there would be a bottom piece. What would I do with this?
Well the tutorial was about making dovetails, but if you wanted to complete the box you would probably use a different routing bit or multiple cuts from a circular saw on each plank to create a groove lengthwise on all the pieces that is the thickness of your chosen box bottom. And be able to apply some glue or not and slide all your pieces together
This video was very well done. Great editing! No nonsense just get 'er done! I have a dovetail jig on order, but it's not a Keller. I hope I'm not disappointed!
It looks like there is space on both sides of that router blade where the cut could be made anywhere in between the spaces in the jig. I'm not using the right terms because I'm very new to this. Hopefully I'm getting my point across.
So the second router bit is angled? It looks like a straight bit on camera. I thought you normally used the same router bit to match up angles. Now: have not made these yet, hence why I may be wrong.
Yes, one bit is shaped like a dovetail: it follow the straight slots in the jig. The other bit is a straight bit: it follows the angled guides on the jig.
So if you were in the business of building kitchen cabinets, and producing say i complete kitchen per month all by yourself, would you still use this method of dovetailing the drawers?
I'm getting ready to build kitchen cabinets and I'm wondering if placing sacrificial 1/4 inch Luan on both sides of the boards being routed would prevent the splintering tear-out I see happening in this video.
What router are you using in that table? I love the quick change. I have a Bosch box type table I never use because it's a pain in the rear to use my skill plunge router and would like to have a dedicated router for table. Thanks
Plunge routers are a huge pain the router table. Not sure of the brand of router in the video, but it's the motor of a fixed-base router in a router lift. It's out of production now, but it is a Woodpecker Quick-Lift. That quick-lift feature is now incorporated into their PRL lift: www.woodpeck.com/prl-v2-precision-router-lift-3735.html
So with the making of this video you have just ensured that anyone with enough money and some practice can make a dove-tailed box, which means it is no longer really a special skill of excellence to make one. Thanks for that.
I just want to say how much I appreciate you speeding things up and not forcing me to watch you do the same thing over and over at speed.
10 years later and seeing this video gave me the confidence to make my first dovetail box. Thanks so much! it worked like a charm!
All I need is a router table and a Keller jig… a substantial investment probably limited to professionals
@@pamtnman1515 If you have a router and a flat piece of plywood for the top and some scrap pieces of lumber to make a stand you can make your own table top router table. The Keller jig though is expensive @ $250on Amazon, but if the router bits that come with it are high quality it lessons the hurt some. So @ $250 and what ever you think the wood used to make your own table costs you I would say that is not just limited to pros. If you do not have a router you can buy a combo router/table for $150 made by Kobolt @ Lowes
@@richardlug6139 thank you
Wow! I've never seen this before. By far the easiest dove tails I've ever seen. I've seen workbench mounted jigs where you take the router to the jig that seem to have a lot of setup involved. This method of taking a simple jig to the router table seems so much quicker and simpler.
I liked the way this was presented, straight and to the point, very quiet with no distractions with loud music.
I was impressed that despite the obvious attention to efficiency, you did not neglect eye and ear protection. Proves to me that being in a hurry is no excuse to cut safety corners.
I love that your 12 minutes included a test piece
Cleanest shop in the world.
coz nobody works there!
Just came across your video, don’t know how and I’m not interested in making dove tail connexions or woodworking. But like someone else said too, I watched it untill the end. Very professional video, nice presentation, clear explanations and amazing results. I have great respect for skilled craftsmen who make quality stuff like you do. Maybe the combination of a quality presentation and craftmanship in woodworking did the trick for me to watch it till the end....
So far the best approach to dovetails joints thanks for the video
As an amateur with woodworker, i typically feel overpowered with the entire arrangement th-cam.com/users/postUgkxrYREG3-7f1Aqk9ams3ZESRNzGnfdUtyQ . Be that as it may, this arrangements drove me through with much clarity and effortlessness woodplans. Works i now work like a genius. That is great!
What a great demo, beautiful! The marking of that center line is key. So well done and captured perfectly on video. Now to figure out a way to mount my router on a table. Thank you!!
I used to party with Bob in college. He has calmed down a lot since the late 80s
I call the 80's my lost decade...
Thank you for sharing this. I inherited these jigs and didn't know how to use them.
This is just like a Rachel Ray 30min meal. All the ingredients are magically prepped and ready to go into the dish
A perfectly produced tutorial, many thanks
Thank you for a great instruction using a dovetail jig. I purchased a similar jig years ago and left it to collect dust, now to give it a go after watching your vid. Thanks again from the UK.
What a great and simple way to make dovetail joints on a router table! Just what I was looking for!
I want to know where I can get the jig at 1:54
That’s what I’m missing.
Since you and the jig make it look so easy, I bought this jig kit from Keller.
I have watched this several times and will keep watching it, because you make it look very easy and your presentation is outstanding
Really appreciate this video
it is very easy when you have a jig and a bit that do literally ALL the work for you.
@@GifCoDigital Right? And he doesn't state what the bit size is.
I keep watching this because you make it look so easy, can you please make a video just on your router table as I can see you seem to have made a quick release and this is very clever
Got my Keller Jig yesterday and gave it a try. After one minor adjustment, I was making perfect dovetails on my router table. This is truly the simplest, easiest, cheapest and best dovetail system out there. I can't imagine why anyone would make dovetail joints by hand! The instructions that come with the jig could use a little updating to show the router-table method shown in the video--or at least a link to it. Bob Hunter does a great job of demonstrating the process.
To be fair, there is one reason you'd still do it by hand... Not everyone has a router table or even hand router.
You can’t imagine why people would make stuff by hand? Because machines are noisy, expensive and teach you zero skills.
I mean listen to yourself. You complain about not having clearer instructions for your shop-bought jig and router table to do this. Doing things by hand doesn’t just teach you skills, it helps you understand how to solve problems and work things out yourself.
Whhheeerreeee has this video been for the past twelve years of my life? Niiice.
Thanks. I use another brand jig which is very similar. I learned a few tips from this video....
Thank you, making woodworking accessible to all. Even I want a router now 😀
Thank you for taking the time to produce such a great video! I love your style, your calm and the entire production! Thank you!
You do woodworking too? A man of many talents, Chef JP! Nice to see you here.
Very nice video and work. I have a few of these plates and never used them. My PC jig is just too handy.
Thanks
Great demo, thanks Stefan, Australia
That was an excellent demonstration. I have wanted to learn how to do this for a long time and you really laid it out well. Thank you.
Thank you so much for this!!! I dream of having a woodshop like yours!! Saving this to use to plan my setup!! I learned more in this video about routers and dovetails than I have in all the others combined. I hope I can find more of your videos!!
could this jig be used for box joints as well? using only a straight bit of course
Awesome procedure and thanks for making it look so easy
Hmmm. My father used to keep bees and made his own beehives. The jig is still there or should be and I always wondered how it worked.
This is the easiest way I’ve seen it done! Thanks!!
I have no idea who has down-voted this. Great demonstration - i have this jig but use it so infrequently I have to refresh my memory as to how it works. Thank you for this. I ended up writing notes on my jig wood for future reference. :)
Very good tools
I've learned more than I can remember from Bob Hunter. Great wood worker and a great person to boot!
Where did you get that jig? Great video
Amazing video. I am glad I listened all the way to the end, because more and more I feel I am missing a router table, but perhaps I could do something similar with a little more effort using a handheld router and clamps. I aspire to make boxes like you do.
Peachtree Woodworking has a good tutorial here on you tube showing on to do it with a hand held router.
I enjoyed your video and thank you for educating me on this for when I’m ready to make some furniture. I can’t give you enough thumbs up.
I have the same Keller dovetail jig. I made perfect dovetails first try, right out of the box, no table, just a router.
How would you do it without the stability of a table?
Zakary DeLaura
Picture the whole table flipped upside down and get creative.
Richard, how thick is your piece of wood that you hooked your Keller jig to?
I have the same haircut.
I think we use the same barber.
@@bobmoe9221 👍😃
You make it look so easy. The result of years of experience in carpentry-work.
I wish that I could make a wooden-box as easily as you can. Thank you for putting your video on TH-cam.
Bro the router and the jig did all the work
@@Balls607 and it makes the joints look like they were machine mass produced. The only skill here is using the jig correctly.
It’s so easy with that router bit
Good work sir good information
Nice and perfect tool
CAN YOU SHOW HOW YOU MADE THE LID PLEASE
That’s one clean shop !
Beautiful & VERY ELEGANCE
have not bought this yet, but plan to. If I am doing just box joints rather than dovetail, do I still change bits, or use the same? never mind.. now I see one side is for tails and the other for pins.
Hello! I’m late to the party - just found this video recently. Is there a way to use this jig for box joints?
Thank you for sharing, why did you change the router bit? I need one of the jigs
Thanks for this video. Do you have one for your jig.
Thanks for sharing
Did my trade as a Shipwright 40 years ago and remember doing these joins the old fashioned way with a Dovetail saw and were made to do them until we got them to a similar finish as your router jig
Love your shop and clear explanation
Cheers.😊
Peter, you are wrong. Only the best things are made by hand. machines help but nothing beats a true Craftsman
This man is like the Bob Ross of woodworking.
8 1/2 years later it is still the simplest way I've seen so far. Great!
Nah Bourbon Moth Woodworking's method is easier.
Great job Sir👍👌👍♥
Oh, wow! I'm going to have to find one of those jigs! I don't do Amazon (Bezos doesn't need my money. My local store does), but I didn't even realize there _was_ a jig for this process! A *whole* lot faster and more precise than using a saw! I'm glad I found this channel. 🙂👍🏼
The only thing is, I want to make really tiny boxes, like for gifts and such, to go with the special handmade earrings my friend makes, and I want to show her a sample to offer people, to even see if it's something that her clientele would be interested in, and that jig, even if I find one, is way, _way_ too big for what I'd be doing. 😄 I'll have to see if I can think of how to make one, then, for smaller projects. 🤔
I'd suggest a Leigh jig for anything other than the size box shown here. th-cam.com/video/HPYw1vhmHDg/w-d-xo.html
Nicely done, well-shot, to the point, and informative. Thanks for taking the time.
Great video. I am new to making dovetail joints. I have and older craftsman jig to mount to my workbench. It appears to me that 2 boards at right angle to each other can be routed with handheld router. What is the advantage of using an expensive ( say a Keller) templates approach. I can see the benefit of using my router table. Would you show me some favor and recommend some less expensive jig templates. I think your approach is the way to go and could offer me more flexibility.Thank you Bruce
Nice videos i am very enjoy with your video 👍👍👍👍👍👍 well done for you
"Greetings Wood worker"
NICE JOB !!! ... CONGRATULATIONS !!!
Very nice demonstration , As my Dad always told me , If you have the right Tools you can make Life Easier ! i’m a retired Woodworker myself who spent over 35 Years in Commercial AtchitetualWoodwork it’s also been my Passion and Hobby for over 40 years i personally do not Trust most brands of the QuickmGrip style of Clamps especially for Routing Purposes that have the Vibration i have not ever had traditional CClamp or PonynBrand F Clamps coevlose or get “bumped loose on me during Machining but i have had Quick Grips ?
I Just bought the jig and have been wanting to try it. I was just a little uneasy, but your video great tips and advise. Thanks
Hey rick,
I bought the Journey man jig. I'm a little unsure on how to mount the backing block. I might be over thinking it. Do you have an easy explanation? Wood size etc. Thanks
Rick McQueen Hey. Rick, where did you buy the jig? Mike
I didn`t intend to use this woodworking book, *TopFineWoodworking. Com* but instead curious about it. I had been truly amazed after trying it. It never dissatisfied me in my desire to have more information about the art of wood working. I discovered several topics such as wood types as well as designing your workshop..
Wow fantastic clear precise and beautiful photography. The best demonstration I have seen. Just getting into carpentry, what are the specific bits you used. Can I please have the plans for your jig. I don't mind paying. Thanks.
I wish my shop was that clean.
well done ! I to would like to see your router set up & quick releases. new hobby for old retired GI. thanks.
Very nice joint.
As I always say, everything is easy when you have all the right tools.
So true
and when all you work benches aren't covered in junk
add a little know and experience(practice). the hardest part of solving any problem is to get started, and putting the tools away when your done...!
You don’t need a router to make joints use a jig saw
Easier... the word IS easier, you can put a none too bright, or inexperienced person inside a nice shop and get a mi mixed bag of results, from tepid carpentry to injuries, damaged tools and fire, the gentleman has a very very very nice and spotless shop, hats off to him, and his kind sharing of knowledge, I sincerely wish I will have time & health to learn carpentry, above my very crude actual level
Blessings!!
What I learned from this video is that I need a router table. Lol thank you for the information and instructions.
same here :)
I just got a kobalt router and table kit for like $165. It's worth at least a few hundred dollars.
I bought small cordless makita router for 150€(180$), took a pine board I found laying around, made it flat, freehand routed a small slot for my router to sit it just so I wouldn't lose too much on bit height, you can use 2 saw horses to screw the whole set up down, make sure you drive the screws bellow the surface and you are set. Oh you will probably need to buy the bits for router to make dove tail joints, but it should be around 200€(240$) for the whole setup, takes time to set it all up but it is 1/4 of the price of a decent router table with bits and jigs
I have no idea why I'm watching this. I work in IT. I have a hammer and a screwdriver. It was very calming though. Thanks!
Thank you for teaching me that
I work in IT and STILL do woodworking at home
Elba Roark same here! Sometimes people that work with computers want to actually do something with their bare hands ;-)
That's how I started out Nathan. I'm a (retired) electronics technician who, after watching a few woodworking videos four years ago, now has an almost complete workshop in his (still carpeted) spare bedroom. Hybrid table saw, 14 inch bandsaw, planer, drill press. Until I get my garage situated for the workshop, or build one in the corner of my yard, I use my tablesaw as my workbench and square stock on with my planer and tablesaw. Works out great for smaller things. I'm working on a blanket chest right now that I think may be the limit in size for that size of a space.
I work in IT, and when back home every day I work in my woodwork atelier.
Great video. Clean simple.very easy to follow. No need for thumbs down. Im a joiner in uk.been in business 30 yrs . Look forward to next video.👌👌
Is it a Makita RT0700?
How do you lift the router? Can you show the construction please ?
Very unique way of carpentry, thanks for sharing...
How do you know when the router bit has cut all the way through your side piece without damaging your jig? Do you have a “sacrificial fence board” attached to the jig?
That looks like the perfect box size. You said your width was 4 1/4....What length did you go with?
Yikes. Sorry I'm late to woodshop class. Love the video. I'm just getting started. Can u tell me the name of the pin? Bit. And where I can order 1. I'm new to this. Thanks.
great video we have an idea how to make like this i need tools like this good job keep on sharing videos very helpful to us thank you my friend nice to meet you thank you again godbless and keepsafe always
Hi!! I have a question hope you could help me, My english is not so good since I never been in USA. On the video I noticed you changed the dovetail cutter bit to a cutter bit the same size as the first but I saw different bearing size, on the first one what is the bearing size of the dovetail cutter bit? Normally a dovetail cutter are sold without bearing. Thanks
This is great to learn about dovetailing overall. Nice to see this. This was just four sides to form four sides. Maybe I missed something. What about the bottom or top of this to form a box? If it was a drawer, there would be a bottom piece. What would I do with this?
Well the tutorial was about making dovetails, but if you wanted to complete the box you would probably use a different routing bit or multiple cuts from a circular saw on each plank to create a groove lengthwise on all the pieces that is the thickness of your chosen box bottom. And be able to apply some glue or not and slide all your pieces together
@@shoyrushoyru How do you cut the grooves for the bottom without the slots being visible on the ends once the box is assembled?
This video was very well done. Great editing! No nonsense just get 'er done! I have a dovetail jig on order, but it's not a Keller. I hope I'm not disappointed!
Did you receive your dovetail jig? What make is it? Does it do the job well, or are you disappointed?
It looks like there is space on both sides of that router blade where the cut could be made anywhere in between the spaces in the jig. I'm not using the right terms because I'm very new to this. Hopefully I'm getting my point across.
Nicely done.
Excellent video, extremely helpful, thank you!
This seems so much easier then using my rockler dovetail jig. I'm getting rid of that and doing it this way for now on.
So the second router bit is angled? It looks like a straight bit on camera. I thought you normally used the same router bit to match up angles. Now: have not made these yet, hence why I may be wrong.
Yes, one bit is shaped like a dovetail: it follow the straight slots in the jig. The other bit is a straight bit: it follows the angled guides on the jig.
Great job and great video. Thank you
Could you tell us what size and type of material you made the handle out of. It looks like it's made of 5 pieces of wood.
Glad to see you use ear defenders?
Thanks for this. I inherited this dovetail jig from my dad but did not know how to use it. Well done
Great video. A friend of mine sent it to me. I appreciate you making it more understanding how to get perfect dovetail joints. Great video.
So if you were in the business of building kitchen cabinets, and producing say i complete kitchen per month all by yourself, would you still use this method of dovetailing the drawers?
I'm getting ready to build kitchen cabinets and I'm wondering if placing sacrificial 1/4 inch Luan on both sides of the boards being routed would prevent the splintering tear-out I see happening in this video.
WOOD magazine, only if stock never varies in thickness.
choim dachoim, gauge a knife line where the cuts will fall. This should also confuse people into thinking the joint was cut by hand.
Very easy to understand. Thanks.
What router are you using in that table? I love the quick change. I have a Bosch box type table I never use because it's a pain in the rear to use my skill plunge router and would like to have a dedicated router for table. Thanks
Plunge routers are a huge pain the router table. Not sure of the brand of router in the video, but it's the motor of a fixed-base router in a router lift. It's out of production now, but it is a Woodpecker Quick-Lift. That quick-lift feature is now incorporated into their PRL lift: www.woodpeck.com/prl-v2-precision-router-lift-3735.html
Where do you buy the jig?
It seems very simple
What are the "tail" vs. "pin" boards?
Awesome video. Thank you
Great video.
What are the 2 router bits that are needed for this please?
A dovetail bit that matches the angles on the jig and a straight bit. The bits are more-or-less proprietary to the jig, and usually come with it.
So with the making of this video you have just ensured that anyone with enough money and some practice can make a dove-tailed box, which means it is no longer really a special skill of excellence to make one. Thanks for that.
What the thickness of that board? What’s your bit size? Can you update the description with that information?