If you're a lumberjack, sawyer, or carpenter, I'm interested!! I have always enjoyed making things out of wood (and I'll admit steel as well). I've finally got to the point in my life where I can take my hobby up a notch. I'm moving up from circular saws and screws to table saws and dovetails.
I recently tried to get the harborfreight dovetail jig to work. It's not a bad concept, and is VERY affordable. However, I couldn't find a single one that was square and flat... . Very disappointing. So, I had resigned myself to spending about 3 or 4 times as much on the Porter Cable jig when I ran across this little beauty.
$47 at Menards. Much better quality, as this is cast instead of bent plate. Clamp is also very near the cutting surface which is nice as well. That is one nock I have against the other jigs. The clamp is over 6 inches away from the actual jig. It is VERY small though, so lots of re-positioning if you're cutting more than about 4 inches. It does come with a very handy tool to re-position the jig in a previous cut, so that's nice. Haven't made any joints yet, so jury is still out. The other thing that is nice is that you can use this on a table or with a hand held router.
I recently tried to get the harborfreight dovetail jig to work. It's not a bad concept, and is VERY affordable. However, I couldn't find a single one that was square and flat... . Very disappointing. So, I had resigned myself to spending about 3 or 4 times as much on the Porter Cable jig when I ran across this little beauty.
$47 at Menards. Much better quality, as this is cast instead of bent plate. Clamp is also very near the cutting surface which is nice as well. That is one nock I have against the other jigs. The clamp is over 6 inches away from the actual jig. It is VERY small though, so lots of re-positioning if you're cutting more than about 4 inches. It does come with a very handy tool to re-position the jig in a previous cut, so that's nice. Haven't made any joints yet, so jury is still out. The other thing that is nice is that you can use this on a table or with a hand held router.