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garryjc · 10-13-2007, 04:37 AM

I am building a chest of drawers. The sides are solid oak. The drawer dividers will be web frames. The web frames will fit in dovetails that have been made into rebates on the sides. The 1/2 dovetails will be 1/4 deep and centered in a 1/8 deep rebate.

I have cut a hardboard jig with 1 inch routes where the web frames will connect with the frame. The idea is to use two routers, each with a 1” guides. Run one router with the 3/4 cutter 1/8 deep and then run the dovetail cutter. This should center the dovetail in the rebate.

I have tried a couple of times and it seems as though the dovetail is off to the left when I look through the jig at the cut into the timber.

**bobj3** · 10-13-2007, 10:09 AM

Hi garryjc

What band name of dovetail jig are you using

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Rebated

1. To cut a rabbet in.
2. To join by a rabbet.

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garryjc · 10-13-2007, 11:19 PM

The jig is a piece of hardboard with a 1" cut to guide the router. It is not a commercial jig at all.

cbsjoez1935 · 10-15-2007, 03:24 PM

Gary,

Have you checked to make sure your bits are centered in the guide bushing?

JoeZ

10-13-2007, 04:37 AM	#1
garryjc Registered User Jr. Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 11 View garryjc's Gallery	Report This Post! Rebated Dovetails I am building a chest of drawers. The sides are solid oak. The drawer dividers will be web frames. The web frames will fit in dovetails that have been made into rebates on the sides. The 1/2 dovetails will be 1/4 deep and centered in a 1/8 deep rebate. I have cut a hardboard jig with 1 inch routes where the web frames will connect with the frame. The idea is to use two routers, each with a 1” guides. Run one router with the 3/4 cutter 1/8 deep and then run the dovetail cutter. This should center the dovetail in the rebate. I have tried a couple of times and it seems as though the dovetail is off to the left when I look through the jig at the cut into the timber.
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10-13-2007, 10:09 AM	#2
bobj3 Forum Contributer Supreme Forum King Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Littleton,Colorado U.S.A. Posts: 8,298 View bobj3's Gallery	Report This Post! Hi garryjc What band name of dovetail jig are you using ========== Rebated 1. To cut a rabbet in. 2. To join by a rabbet. ========== __________________ PodCast videos RWS on YouTube http://www.routerforums.com/86898-post1.html Besure and click on the Up Arrow key ▲ on the Youtube video, you can select other youtube videos on router tables http://www.woodworkingonline.com/?s=dovetail Machine Cut ▼ http://www.woodworkingonline.com/200...cut-dovetails/ http://www.woodworkingonline.com/woo...podcast-store/ http://www.woodshopdemos.com/menu2.htm Bob J.
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10-13-2007, 11:19 PM	#3
garryjc Registered User Jr. Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 11 View garryjc's Gallery	Report This Post! The jig is a piece of hardboard with a 1" cut to guide the router. It is not a commercial jig at all.
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10-15-2007, 03:24 PM	#4
cbsjoez1935 Registered User Forum Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 122 View cbsjoez1935's Gallery	Report This Post! Gary, Have you checked to make sure your bits are centered in the guide bushing? JoeZ __________________ JoeZ If you never made a mistake, you never tried anything
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