This is a translation of the jig for cutting dovetail joints that I made some time ago, but here I’m dedicating the corresponding mini-entry.
This jig (actually two jigs, one for the pins and one for the tails) can work very well for those who have a table saw with a blade tilt system. I still wonder how it would work on a homemade table saw made with a handheld circular saw. If anyone is thinking of making one, an alternative would be to use a sliding fence like mine on the router table to cut the tails similarly to how box joints are cut. This way, it would only be necessary to make the jig for cutting the pins.
It is a more precise method than routing dovetail joints with the router table and is faster than cutting dovetail joints by hand with a saw. But if we need to make many of these, the best option for a small workshop would be to get a dovetail jig for cutting dovetail joints with the router. It all depends on the quantity we need to make. Although many times what we seek with these guides and jigs is not speed but the precision that, as woodworking enthusiasts, we can’t achieve with our hand tools.
As always, you can find the link to this article (4 articles with their 4 videos with Spanish subtitles) from Woodgears in Spanish in the woodworking projects tab of this blog, and there go to Woodgears translations (No. 4).
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