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Thread: Stanley #59 Doweling Jig
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1st March 2009, 09:58 AM #31
I think using a doweling jig doesn't negate the need to flatten and properly joint the edges. You still need to do these things well.
Having said that, I don't dowel when jointing edges. I do sometimes dowel for cheap commission pieces when the quote gives no time for mortise and tenons (for rails etc). My Silex 30 jig is very quick and easy (quicker that setting up a router and bandsawing tenons).
Stu
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1st March 2009, 05:26 PM #32New Member
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Stanley No. 59 Doweling Jig
Guys,
I have read and appreciate all of your comments. I am only a novice and learning so I have something productive to learn and do in my retirement. I want to learn how to make dovetail joints. Any comments or suggestions?
Ken
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7th August 2009, 04:54 AM #33New Member
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Stanley #59
After a little searching on the net I found copies of the original instructions and inserts
http://www.tooltrip.com/tooltrip9/st...misc/59man.pdf
http://www.tooltrip.com/tooltrip9/st...c/59insert.pdf
With the updated version (1970)
http://www.tooltrip.com/tooltrip9/st...isc/59man2.pdf
Thank you Stan Faullin
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7th August 2009, 02:51 PM #34
There should be some sort of tutorials or threads on this site about them Ken, try searching in the search tab just under your "Welcome, Kenneth" thing. Otherwise I would suggest either going to someone capable you might know to teach you, or buying an instructional book (there're plenty of sites on the web too)
My only advice would be to take your time, start small with just a couple of dovetails in soft wood like pine that you don't mind ruining, and go slow. It can be frustrating when you start, but will become very enjoyable and satisfying as you progress.
Also, my Dad has always told me to never mark out the spacing between your dovetails too accurately; he's never given a reason other to say that "That's How you gotta do it, good tradesmen always do like this." His teacher in Germany in the early fifties gave another apprentice no marks for his dovetails because he marked them out
I think it's kinda cool because if your dovetails are too perfect they can look machine made. I follow this rule on drawers anyway (You get pretty accurate by eye after a while but mark them out thoroughly if they're seen on the outside of the project.
Anyway I've gone on a rant. Have fun.
Dane