dowel jig

[jimmi]

Hi to you all i am looking to buy a dowel jig .Can anybody tell me which they think is the best one to go for many thanks for any info :?:

 

[PaulH]

Jimmi,

Welcome to the Forum.

Have a look here for a discussion related to your query.

Paul.

 

[Pete Robinson]

Hi Jimmi,
I don't know what you are intending to dowel or if you want a dedicated doweling machine which are available at a hefty price, I thick Mayfell make one, but the Trend mortise and tenon jig has the capability of dowelling.

 

[guyos]

I can recommend the joint genie. very acurate and easy to use.

guyos

 

[jimmi]

Hi thanks for the quick reply the joint genie looks just the job ,bit expensive but looks a good bit of kit .If it works as good as the video shows then its worth its money ,How do you find it Guyos is it as good has they say it is ? Great forum right place to find all your woodworking needs many thanks to you all

 

[guyos]

Jimmi

The Joint Genie is very accurate and as simple to use as you see in the video. Only I could make a mistake with it because I had something caught under the clamp, but I soon fixed that.

I since bought the Beadlock system to compare, wasted money, the joints misalign for no reason, regardless of the precautions you take.

The Joint Genie wins every time, I have since expanded the system, now I have the 8 and 6mm bars and drills. you wont regret buying it.

guyos

 

[jim_hanna]

I recently was putting together a plywood case and wanted to put a couple of dowels at each joint for alignment. I have a commercial dowel jig but it only allows one hole to be drilled before I have to move it.

I made up a quick plywood jig to drill out multiple holes for 8mm dowels at one go.

B&Q sell 10mm external diameter mild steel pipe, nominal 1mm thickness. The internal diameter is just a shade less than 8mm.

I used a drill press to make some right angle 10mm holes in the plywood, cut a few lengths of pipe (after boring it out to 8mm) as sleeving and just pressed these in with a little glue to hold them in place. Another piece of plywood is used as a fence.

I just align against one of my parts to be jointed using one face of the jig and then flip the jig over and use the opposite side of the jig when marking the other part.

As long as the plywood has one straight square edge and the holes are drilled square on the drill press then the holes will align.

Placing the centre of the 10mm holes approx 9mm in from the edge roughly centres the dowel in 18mm stock and allows clearance for a stop collar on an 8mm drill.

Pictures tell a better story.

http://193.61.130.207/imagetest/0288.jpg is a picture of the completed jig

http://193.61.130.207/imagetest/0287.jpg is a picture of the pipe being drilled out to 8mm

http://193.61.130.207/imagetest/0289.jpg is a picture of the A side of the jig being used

http://193.61.130.207/imagetest/0290.jpg then the B side

http://193.61.130.207/imagetest/0291.jpg shows the two components

http://193.61.130.207/imagetest/0297.jpg is a (poor) picture showing one of the sleeves half inserted

http://193.61.130.207/imagetest/0292.jpg is a picture of my commercial jig


These pictures are not on a public server and will only be available for a short time.

What’s the best way to put pictures on this site?

 

[woodchip]

great pics and jig Jim. I'm deffo going to build one. I have the trend beadlock and its pants.

I opened a free account with photobucket and upload my pictures there, and then put a link in my post.

hth

 

[Raggy]

Nice jig you made there Jim, I use photobucket for all my images as said above

 

[jimmi]

Hi thanks for all your reply,s i have bought a joint genie its on offer the 8mm long and short bars plus 6mm for 10 GBP extra , hopefully its in the post let you know how i get on with it many thanks