Workbench Progess & First Dovetails

[ssmith1627]

I picked up the HF dovetail jig for $30 the other day and made some attempts with it last night. Really not that bad considering I'd neve done anything like it before. You have to put some time into getting the adjustments just right but it doesn't seem that hard to figure out really. The pictures don't quite look like it but they were some very tight joints -- took a rubber mallet to get them together.

Got the boxes cut and assembled for my workbench and installed onto the base. Have to start with the oak plywood now that fits around the outside.

http://ssmith1627.myphotoalbum.com/v...album01&page=2

Inch by inch !

Steve

[JimD]

It looks like you have the bit depth correct and the stop that limits your depth of cut into the front piece but you don't have the side stops set right. A bit more work and you will getting "perfect" joints.

Jim

[gfrenzel]

Looks great. Dovetail joints are next on my list. Keep up the great work Steve.

[ssmith1627]

Thanks guys. It's a lot to absorb but it's certainly fun.

I agree -- the stops were pretty far off in the first try and still a bit off in the ones I did after that. Close but something like an 8th or 16th off. I think I have the fence a bit too far back as well -- so that needs some playing with. Also have to rethink the stops altogether to center the piece better...before trying to get the two pieces properly aligned, one to another. It's somewhere between really simple and really complicated ! haha

Steve