dovetail marker Robert Wearing style

[madge]

Hi all, does anyone know if there is a commercially made version of the dovetail marker detailed by Robert Wearing in the resourceful woodworker?

 

[Jacob]

Just use a sliding bevel. When you get good at it freehand is the normal way. Gadgets lock you in to inefficient processes.

 

[DTR]

I made myself a dovetail marker out of a scrap of walnut, quick and easy

 

[Paul Chapman]

Don't know of any commercially-available ones, but easy enough to make from a piece of Perspex. I cut this out with a router



Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[madge]

Thanks for the replies, I'll have a go at making one. Hadn't thought of using perspex, very tidy job Paul. Do you find it easier to use than a conventional saddle marker type?

 

[Paul Chapman]

I'll have a go at making one. Hadn't thought of using perspex, very tidy job Paul. Do you find it easier to use than a conventional saddle marker type?

Yes, I find it very good for the reasons Robert Wearing mentions in his book.

Just a bit more information on how I made mine. I screwed the perspex to a piece of MDF (you can see the countersunk holes in the previous picture) and drew the shape out oversize on the MDF. I then clamped a straight edge on the oversize drawing and used my router (on a slow speed with a 1/4" cutter). I have a large square base fitted to my router which makes it very accurate in conjunction with a straight edge. I then planed the edges of the jig with a finely set block plane to get them exactly parallel with the two slots.



Cheers :wink:

Paul