Dovetail Jig
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VIDEO: Wine Cabinet Joinery
Chris Marshall explains how to cut perfect through dovetails for his cherry wine cabinet with the Leigh D4R Pro dovetail jig and a router.
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Dovetail Jigs: Handy Options to Handwork
With a quality router jig, a little patience and some diligent practice, you can add a variety of half-blind or through dovetails to your projects. Some dovetail jigs also cut box joints and more.
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March/April 2020 What’s in Store Roundup
Take a closer look at the tools featured in the March/April 2020 What’s in Store, including offerings from Wood-Mizer, Milwaukee and Leigh.
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VIDEO: Routing Half Blind Dovetails with a Jig
Chris Marshall demonstrates his process for using a router to cut half-blind dovetails using Rockler’s Complete Dovetail Jig.
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Leigh Vacuum & Router Support
New Porter-Cable dovetail jig accessory provides dust collection and improves router stability. It installs in minutes with no modifications to the jig.
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VIDEO: Using a Simple Jig to Hand Cut Dovetail Joints
In this video, Chris Marshall demonstrates how a simple jig makes it easier to cut the pins and tails with a hand saw.
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General Tools EZ Pro Dovetailer II
General Tools and Instruments has added new features to its E-Z Pro Dovetailer II Jig.
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Simple Things Done Well
Did you kick off 2011 with any resolutions? Initially I didn’t think I would, since they never seem to stick. But, I’m going to adopt one after all: Keep it simple, and do it well.
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December Issue Sneak Peek
There’s a December issue of Woodworker’s Journal headed to your mailbox soon, and this issue is dedicated to one of our all-time favorite tools: the router. Here’s the inside scoop on what you’ll find.
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Dovetail Confessions
Okay, true confession time: I’ve never cut dovetails by hand. There, I said it.
It’s probably not a big thing to admit, really … lots of us woodworkers don’t cut and chop pins and tails the “old school” way. Sure, I can steer my router through a dovetailing jig with the best of them, and there’s nothing wrong with that. But for me, a woodworking editor for gosh sakes, I feel like I’m admitting some deep, dark secret. I’m supposed to know this stuff to be a card-carrying shop writer, right?
Well, wrong.
