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Switched from dovetail jig to hand cutting about 6 months ago, my drawers look worse but I actually enjoy my shop time now
Spent $180 on a Porter Cable jig that cut perfect tails in 10 minutes, but after 6 months of hand sawing in my garage in Tulsa I'm never going back to the jig even though my gaps are still hit or miss.
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roses6912d ago
That line about enjoying your shop time now really hits home, I did the same thing a couple years back and never touched my jig again. What helped me with the gaps was slowing way down and marking my lines with a knife instead of a pencil, then sneaking up on the cut with a sharp chisel. My tails still aren't perfect but they got a lot closer once I stopped rushing to beat a clock.
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