hjrudnick

I have just now tried Dovetailing with a Keller jig. I have never done this before so really don't know how to set the jig. I made some joints but had to much sanding to get them to fit. My question is this , How do I tweek the bits to get the joint to fit?

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bobj3

Hi Henry

1st. let me ask are you using the plunge router or the router table ? blind dovetails ? or ???, how thick is the stock ?.

You should NOT need to sand the joints,,,, you will have a small learing curve to get them right but the key is using a scap block to set the height of the bit. (on the router table)

Lock the stock in the jig ,move the bit to the blank stock and with the scrap block on top on the fingers move the bit up or down just so the bit is just over the top of the scrap block ( by 1/32" the norm)

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Bj

Did you know that you can make joints like the ones below with your new jig.
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Mark

Hey Henry, welcome to the community!

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curiousgeorge

Welcome Henry!
A good rule of thumb when making dovetails is: Heighten to tighten and lower to loosen. As Bj said you should not have to sand to make it fit so, if it's too tight lower the bid a tad or if it's too loose raise the bit a tad and make another test cut until you get a good fit.

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