Anybody out there have experience with the Rockler DT jig? I noticed it was on sale for $60 with a template guide and a DT bit. It looks similar to the HF DT jig.
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Yeah, I've used it. You can get some pretty tight 1/2 blind joints with it. You can adjust the tightness of the joint, which you can't really do with the porter cable. The template is plastic, but there is an offset system, which I'm not sure that the HF has. Overall it's a pretty good setup, no Leigh jig, but then at 60$...Keith Z. Leonard
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A better option, barely more expensive.
I know the site gets a dividend on click-thru orders from Rockler, but ...
The Rockler jig is $59.99 plus $8.99 s/h, or $68.98 delivered.
amazon.com has the Porter-Cable 4210 for $99 less $10 promotional discount, and free shipping, so $89 total.
This is not the full-boat 4212 kit that many of us recently purchased, but it's the same basic jig, lacking only some of the 4212's included accessories. It still includes the bit and guide bushing needed to do half-blind dovetails. For a newer-design, improved, all-metal jig -- especially THIS jig -- I'd spend the extra twenty bucks in a heartbeat.
EDIT: Keith, you must be talking about the older 4100 series P-C jig ...??? 'Cause with the 4200 series, you can definitely adjust the tightness of the joint ...Last edited by LarryG; 06-02-2006, 11:43 AM.LarryComment
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I am also very happy with my HF jig for half blind dovetails. It cost only $30. It has an aluminum template.
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I have a used one with no collet or bit. I'll sell it to you for $30 + actual shipping from 40383. I can post pictires if you're interested.Originally posted by CainGaryComment
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Larry, that could be, it's a matter of not having any play between the template and the bushing collar. It limits the play you can create in the joint.
It could have been an older version of the jig though.Keith Z. Leonard
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