[sreilly]

Hey Guys it's been a while. And I'm way late in getting these done but I would very much like to do 4-5 small dovetail boxes for my granddaughters. My intent is to do some through dovetails and have a variety of ways to get this done. I have the Incra system that will do them although it's been a few years since trying, I have the Panto Router that was recently acquired, and then the good old Leigh Dovetail jig that has not been assembled yet. I'm inclined to want to use the Incra but setting that up has been a challenge and I'm too late at this stag to try and hand cut my 1st dovetails. The Panto router may be the easiest to do... The top will not be hinged but rather rabitted to fit with 3/4" while the boxes themselevs will be 1/2" cherry and maple with a 1/4" bottom set in a grove. Hope this makes sense.

But back on point, is there a guide for proper sizing of such boxes? Some dimensional rule of thumb?

Thanks for any feed back.

 

[sreilly]

I have both the Incra and Leigh and have used both for dovetails. I recommend the Leigh. In my opinion, it's much more versatile and easier to set up..

Thanks for the reply.

Which Leigh jig do you have? I recently acquired the D4RPro 24" specifically for a blanket chest and some other larger dovetail projects. The chest does the 18" tall main section of chest. I caught it on sale and before the coming price increase. The unit came with their dust collection adapter which looks like it works extremely well. My old PC jig always left me with tons of sawdust. I need to get some practice wood and get this jig dialed in. Looking for some good videos showing the setup and dialing in of the cuts......