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Old 07-04-2009, 01:24 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Welcome to the forum Bob, for most of my long life I've interchanged the terms "box joint" and "finger joint" however, recently fellow member and good friend George (curious George) pointed out, quite rightly, that they were not the same, the box joint is square and used not surprisingly for boxes, whilst the finger joint is longer and tapered and used for joining boards length ways.
I'm sure that it's a jig for box joints that you're after and as mentioned by another good friend of mine, Dave, otherwise known as Dr. Zook, the Oakpark spacer jigs are cheap and simple. however, they don't supply to Australia. I got mine through yet another good forum friend. You may have gathered that this is indeed a very friendly forum where it's easy to form great friendships.
Because they don't ship to Australia, I'm sure they won't mind if you fabricate your own jigs.

For starters follow this link:

http://www.routerforums.com/table-mo...-park-jig.html
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The best advice that I can give a newcomer to routing is, learn to use the router mounted, this can be as simple as a board held in a vice, with the router firmly attached and a simple fence held with clamps, and when he/she feels competant and confident in it's use and is familiar with all aspects of safety, THEN, and only then proceed to learn how to use the router hand held. This is MY opinion, and may or may not coincide with that of the forum management, but is based on a lifetime of woodworking.


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