| Forum topic by poopiekat | posted 122 days ago | 161 views | 0 times favorited | 2 replies | ![]() |
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122 days ago |
I like to handcut through-dovetails, I use an old Sears jig when I make half-blind ones like for drawers. I enjoy cutting the tails, but the pins, well that’s another story! So, I wondered if I could make a sliding jig, similar to the common crosscut cradle that a lot of you have made. I theorized, if I made a pivoting backboard, that would do, say 7 degrees in either direction of the sawblade’s line of cut, clamped my workpiece to it, and made two cuts, one 7 degrees to the left, then pivot it 7 degrees to the right and make the other cut…what would it do? So… with the sides of the pins cut, and waste chiseled out…I then transfer the lines to the adjoining pieces… and cut them by hand, and get a reasonable fit right off, with some minor rasping and paring. My question: Can anyone think of a reliable way to jig up matching tail cuts on a table saw? It’s a real brain-teaser, has anyone ever attempted such a device? -- If stradivarius was alive today, he'd be using Gorilla Glue. |
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