[blacklabbob]

Don't know why I waited until I'm 80 to start this hobby, but here I am. Got my new Keller 1500 dovetail jig, and after 6 tries finally got it to where I think it's adjusted properly on the mounting board. However, when I completed my trial dovetail, the pins are 1/8" too short and won't bottom out in the tails. Struggling to reason out why and it keeps me awake at night. Could it be that l didn't set the pin bit the same hight in the router as I did the tail bit? Any help would be appreciated. I use a Bosch 1600EVS.

 

[blacklabbob]

Thank you. I'll work on that.

 

[blacklabbob]

I may have been too quick in my answer last night.

Most often with finished through DTs the end grain of one board is flush with the face of the other board. That is determined by bit height, can be tricky to get perfect, it is common to make the end grain a little long, proud, then after the joint is glued trim the ends flush with a plane etc.

But maybe you meant the pins aren't wide enough for the gap between the tails? That would be a jig/template adjustment. Some photos would be great.

Pins are wide enough, just not long enough. Tried sending photo but didn't succeed. I'll see if I can do it.