Thread: Depth of Cut for "Loose" Sliding Dovetails?

G'day,
If the tails are too wide (which is often the case) all you have to do is use the micro adjust. adjust a 1000th" each time, remember to rout both sides of the tail. You'll soon get a good fit. Its always better to have the tail a little big than too small, you can take it away, but cant add it on eh.

When it says you can adjust the depth of cut for a loose sliding dovetail, it means exactly that. Cut the dovetail trench , then for the pin, If you bring the router bit down a couple of thou" you'll get a smaller dovetail, and a looser fit. If you do this, be very careful not to bring the router bit down too much. Personally I havent needed to do this.
Hope that helps.
Cheers

The motto for incra is "heighten to tighten; Lower to loosen". This means to make the dovetail fit loose simply lower the bit a couple hairs and your there.