Aw shucks Ed, Thanks.
Mine IS a newer one from Rockler, but I'd have to say they look almost identical except for color. Also the right angle fixture you have has some notches on the side of the face piece that mine does not - not sure what the purpose of them would be. The fence is now an MDF fence - it looks like yours is aluminum? They now come with a DVD included that goes through the basic joints and set-up that makes it pretty easy, but they still require some practice and I'm constantly keeping an eye on the paper manual. There's a companion manual that gets more involved in the exotic joints like double dovetails - I don't have that yet, but am planing on picking one up.
There is also the cadillac version that's all aluminum with some more bells and whistles and a longer fence, but that'll run you around $385 US I believe. For my purposes and dollars (I think the jig itself was around $60) the model you've shown suits me just fine.
Thanks again! |