Woodworker's Journal summer-2009, страница 38
Tail Jig (Side View) MATERIAL LIST Groove and Tail Jigs TxWxL 1 Groove Jig Base (1) 3/4" x 47s" x 12" 2 Groove Jig Arms (2) 5/8" x 2%" x 14V2" 3 Tail Jig Fence (1) 3/4" x 5" x 8" 4 Tail Jig Feed Tables (2) 5/8" x 2%" x 3|j 5 Tail Jig Base (1) 5/8" x 2%- x 14" Unlike any dovetail jig we've seen, the author's tail jig is clamped directly to the router base. With the router secure in a vise, the operation is smooth. Switching back to the groove jig takes a moment. to make: just a tall fence (piece 3) with small infeed and outfeed tables (pieces 4) all screwed to a base control and organization on your part. All of your (piece 5). Cut a small notch into the center of the pieces must be cut to length and sized before you fence to fit the bit, then assemble the pieces with start. And remember, once you set your router glue and screws. It's all clamped to the router's new depth, it cannot be changed until all of the cutting is 6" square plastic base plate. Rail stock will be run completed, vertically across the face of this jig, another advantage of the new base plate — you get a nice smooth Case Good Tips From an Old Pro surface with a small throat. When assembling case goods, it's helpful to use clamps to hold the sides and pull them together, in Using the Tail Jig case there is any bow in them. Also, it doesn't hurt Clamp your router in the inverted position. I used to clamp the sides at each rail until the glue dries, to just clamp mine in the tail vise of my bench, but And speaking of glue — polyurethane glue in a slid-now I use another jig to hold it more efficiently. ing dovetail is like grease. It Clamp the jig to the router base with the bit project- doesn't swell the wood like caring just past the edge of the fence. penter's glue, and it's not tacky The only trial-and-error adjustment in this system either. Sliding a fixed shelf into is arriving at the right width. Use scrap stock to position with any other glue is establish the proper size by adjusting the position an absolute nightmare. Just of the jig and testing the fit in the groove. Once you trust me on that, get it right, all of your cuts will be correct because you have not changed the depth of the cut. Reader Jack Gray is retired from While this system will guarantee you perfect slid- L & j. G. Stickley, Inc., founded ing dovetails when used correctly, it also demands by Gustav Stickley's brothers. summer 2009 43 |
