Dovetail Machine

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Hi Bj. Sorry, I don't understand your reply. Is my terminology " router jig " wrong? Being new to routing this could be so. Oldrusty

 

same thing at 1/3 the price.
Economy Dovetail Jig - Lee Valley Tools

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anything I have gotten from LeeValley over the decades has been 1st rate and customer service is 5 star plus....
buy it..
use it...
don't like it, send it back on their dime...

 

Hi Stick. What did you mean when Bj said " Same thing at 1/3 the price " You replied don't believe it for a heart beat. The next reply you went on to say that Lee Valley had a great reputation. Confusing. Oldrusty

 

anything from "Harbor Freight and Salvage" is not the same thing just a cheap knock off of someone else's product...

 

Many,Many sale the same one,Grizzly,MLCS,Rpckler,HD,Lowes,etc. I have the same one from HF and I can tell you for a fact it's the same thing..and all have the same error built in them.

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BJ and others,

You will tell from my questions that I do not own a dovetail jig.

My questions are, "What is it that folks find 'wrong' with some/ all dovetail jigs?", "What did you mean that they 'all have the same error built in them'?" and "What problem areas should people look out for when shopping for a dovetail jig ?"

I want to know for the day when I am in the market.

 

Hi PRD. I was about to ask the same question. What is this problem all the P.C. " knockoffs " suffer from and if they are all copies of the P.C. does the P.C. have this problem? More to the point does the Lee Valley jig also have this problem? I thought my original question was fairly simple but I guess I was mistaken. Oldrusty

 

Hi

The error in the dovetail jig is the finger templates that moves to the left and the right, it took me a long to put my finger on it and put in wood blocks to stop it and to the error in the clamp hold down system..

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D2926 1/2" Dovetail Template for H0983 Dovetail Jig
D3159 1/4" Dovetail Template

D2796 Dovetail Jig w/ Aluminum Template

Grizzly.com

http://www.grizzly.com/products/1-2-Box-Joint-Template/D3157
http://www.grizzly.com/products/1-2-Sliding-Dovetail-Template/D3156

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That's funny Stick

 

Stick; I agree, but the barn door was opened way back in the '60s. Back then it was Japan, and they were 'stealing' the business by making better products for less money. Now it's China and it's all about the bottom line as you said, quality be damned. (Remember the Kodak Instamatics? Talk about aiming for the lowest rung.)
There's a lot of reasons for domestic production disappearing ...but we can't talk about them; too political.

 

I don't do economic fraud either...
I may be one resistor but with enough voices things can change...

 

:sarcastic:Where are Bosch and Porter Cable routers made? - by coloradoclimber @ LumberJocks.com ~ woodworking community:yes4:

 

Bosch - Switzerland, Austria, Mexico...
the PC's I have are US...
the others are US also...