I want to use my router to make dovetail joints, so I am in the market for a jig. I see that Porter-Cable, Leigh, and Keller are popular suggestions. I will mainly be making replace drawers for dressers and perhaps some boxes for the wife and kids. I don't see needing to go over and inch and a half in the thickness of the boards I would use. Anyone have any favorites or those I should avoid?
Thanks,
John
Dovetail Jig Suggestions
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Re: Dovetail Jig Suggestions
Be careful buying Porter Cable tools these days... They got bought a few years ago, and now most of their tools are re-branded Chinese crap.
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Stay away from Porter Cable, most of it these days is overpriced Chinese junk.
The best two are Akeda and Leigh. Neither are cheap.
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Re: Dovetail Jig Suggestions
I'm no expert cabinetmaker by any stretch of imagination. However the two guys I know who do (or did) it for a living turned me on to Rockler for wood tooling like you describe. They seem pricey but it's seldom that you get what you want that you don't pay for.
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Re: Dovetail Jig Suggestions
One thing I will say is if you have a bunch of the older (good) Porter Cable tools as I do, DeWalt seems to be still stocking most of the parts for them.
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Re: Dovetail Jig Suggestions
Thanks. I would need to purchase a base plate for my Bosch router to use with this jig, but it would still be cheaper than the Leigh.Old Grafton wrote:I'm no expert cabinetmaker by any stretch of imagination. However the two guys I know who do (or did) it for a living turned me on to Rockler for wood tooling like you describe. They seem pricey but it's seldom that you get what you want that you don't pay for.
http://www.rockler.com/?sid=V9105&gclid ... gIExfD_BwE