Hi everyone, I've read topics on this site over the years but just joined because I have a question that I'm hoping someone to help me answer.
I purchased a Leigh D4R Pro for our pro dovetail jig and I am having some difficulty getting the sides of the pieces to align correctly. I've made sure that the boards are set in the jig properly, all of the boards of the same with and square and I follow the instruction manual to a T.
I haven't signed up with the photo service so I can't post a photo at the moment but if you can imagine a box put together with dovetail joints and having two of the sides stand taller than the other two sides. It's only up by about an eighth of an inch but I've tested it twice and am getting the same results.
- I'm using a Bosch router, same router for dovetail and straight bit, no changes to the guide bush
- outside faces stay out, away from the jig with each end routed
- stock is tight to edge guide extruded from jig and square to fingers on top each time
- stock is two sample pieces cut from same piece of wood
- I know the guide bush is somewhat elliptical so I'm routing with the router in the same orientation each time.
- Guide bush is set to 10 for through dovetails, as RXd in manual
In theory it should come out perfect but the only variables here are are in flipping the finger assembly and obviously the change from dovetail to straight bits.
Anyone ever experienced this and know what to do to fix it other than manually planing or sanding the excess?
Thanks in advance.
I purchased a Leigh D4R Pro for our pro dovetail jig and I am having some difficulty getting the sides of the pieces to align correctly. I've made sure that the boards are set in the jig properly, all of the boards of the same with and square and I follow the instruction manual to a T.
I haven't signed up with the photo service so I can't post a photo at the moment but if you can imagine a box put together with dovetail joints and having two of the sides stand taller than the other two sides. It's only up by about an eighth of an inch but I've tested it twice and am getting the same results.
- I'm using a Bosch router, same router for dovetail and straight bit, no changes to the guide bush
- outside faces stay out, away from the jig with each end routed
- stock is tight to edge guide extruded from jig and square to fingers on top each time
- stock is two sample pieces cut from same piece of wood
- I know the guide bush is somewhat elliptical so I'm routing with the router in the same orientation each time.
- Guide bush is set to 10 for through dovetails, as RXd in manual
In theory it should come out perfect but the only variables here are are in flipping the finger assembly and obviously the change from dovetail to straight bits.
Anyone ever experienced this and know what to do to fix it other than manually planing or sanding the excess?
Thanks in advance.