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I need to make a number of drawers and was thinking of buying a Leigh jig, but then I thought to myself "How often will I actually use it". So this is the plan I have forumated.
1. Cut tails by clamping all drawer sides together and then run over dovetail cutter mounted in router table. This should be quick and means all tails will be cut at the same time.
2. Cuts pins by use stop on the end of the router table fence. I was also thinking of using spacers which I keep adding between piece being machined and router fence. This then ensures equal spacing between pins ?
Interested to hear if anyone else has any good tips. The £200 that I was going to use for the jig can then go towards a quiter extractor unit.
Thanks
1. Cut tails by clamping all drawer sides together and then run over dovetail cutter mounted in router table. This should be quick and means all tails will be cut at the same time.
2. Cuts pins by use stop on the end of the router table fence. I was also thinking of using spacers which I keep adding between piece being machined and router fence. This then ensures equal spacing between pins ?
Interested to hear if anyone else has any good tips. The £200 that I was going to use for the jig can then go towards a quiter extractor unit.
Thanks