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  1. 18th July 2016, 10:19 AM #1
    brettule
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    Can anyone recommend a dovetail jig that will create largish sized dovetails for boxes? I'm thinking esky size or a little bigger. I know doing this by hand is the pure way but I'm interested in testing one out and comparing results to my hand cut ones.

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    We at the Bicton Men's Shed use the Incra jig and I have created drawers approximately 250mm in height using a 19mm dovetail. I had to start in the middle and work outwards to the edge on each piece because the Incra only has a working range of about 180mm. I had to work out the spacing required because the standard dovetail scale is designed for a 12mm dovetail.


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  4. 18th July 2016, 07:16 PM #3
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    Hi brettule,
    Leigh 24"dovetail jig can handle boards up to 24" wide up to 1 1/4" thick and the dovetails can be set to many different sizes along the width of the board I have done many blanket boxes 24" high over the years with mine a bit expensive way to go for a test though, although of late I have been getting back into doing then by hand for smaller boxes.
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