hey all, I’m making the mahogany table that Mario Rodriguez showcased in last months FWW. I have a question as to how he ran the sliding dovetails in the leg rail. I get how you can run one side on a router table against the face but how would you the other without having your cut be so far away from the fence. It’s been suggested to me to run it backwards but that still feels a little shaky to me. If anyone has any expreince with this table and it process or any suggestions I would appreciate it. Thanks and good luck with all that is dear.
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anyone, anyone? I'm still in the dark about runnning these dovetails with the same setup. any suggestions would be appreciated? Thanks.
You could try cutting them by hand. That would eliminate the need for all of the jigs and what sounds to me like a really iffy (from both the safety and precision perspectives) operation.
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Lee
he's cut two sliding dovetails into a leg rail for the stretchers to attach to. now he says in the article that he does it on a router table. Both dovetails are about an inch from the shoulder of the tenon on the leg rail that joins to the leg itself. I can understand how he could lay the leg rail down on the table and use a stop for one side but how would he cut the other side of the leg rail. it seems to me he would have to switch the fence on the table from one side of the bit to the other. If you can think of any other ways he might get it done I sure would be interested. I have toyed with the idea of cutting them by hand and I also dug up an article from FWW on tapered sliding dovetails which seem pretty easy to cut by hand so I might take that approach if I the router table technique doesn't pan out. thanks for respopnding.
Leigh D
Leigh, I'm guessing here since I don't have the article but when I'm putting a sliding dovetail on the end of a piece, such as a stretcher or rail for a case, the piece stands perpendicular to the router base rather than flat on the table. If you'd like I could probably give you a quick version of how I do sliding dovetails with a router. Try imagining the workpiece perpendicular to the table and see if that clears anything up, like I said, I don't have the article.Lee
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