I cut several practice pieces using the Keller jig. I finally got the hang of it. I made the first series of cuts the one using the dovetail bit. This is on the box I am making. I then held that piece to the edge of the one to be cut with the strait bit and marked the line from the just cut one. When I tried to line up the line with a slot in the second templet it did not look good. Isn’t there supposed to be half a pin on the ends? I ended up with 3/4 of a pin on one end and none on the other. I am up a tree. I do not do well figuring things out and have to be toled in very simple terms. I still cannot remember the difference between pins and tails. It seems the piece would be unattractive with the spacing presented.
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Bonka:
Be careful around here.....If you are not handcutting these dovetails, you may get a heap of sh** from some folks in these parts.
Thank you,
Cheatah
I guess I will have to be in deep doo-doo. I am not hand cutting as many dovetails as I have to by hand. I suppose all of the purist use a panel saw to rip stock to thickness too. Thanks for the warning.
I don't think anyone will give you grief for not handcuttng dovetails. I do both. By hand and I use a Leigh jig. I don't know anything about a Keller jig. If someone doesn't respond who does, just post again in a few days.
Alan - planesaw
Bonka
You may want to try to increase the size of your font with your post. I couldn't read it, and many others MAY not be able to as well.
Jeff
Hey Bonka- I've used the keller for about ten years now- keep playing with it- as a matter of fact- run down to the big box store and get some nice wide pine boards or poplar or some other inexpensive product -(not ply- cheap ply blows out and takes all the fun out of your work)- spend a day working out all the kinks. I did the same and made a dozen storage boxes for the kids and wife for under the beds and stuff. If you blow out a tail-chop the box an inch shorter and try again- by the time the sun goes down you'll have boxes for your boxes and a skill that will be ready for a project you don't want to take chances on.
As for "3/4 tail and none" prob- just slide the board a little and make sure both sides have the same- 3/8 and 3/8 of a tail.
Even though the literature states there are no means of making variable spacing- you will figure out how to do it with ease once you spend the day with it.
good luck
dave
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