I have one of those generic dovetail jigs and need help. I have been using a 1/2" 14 degree bit and a 7/16 bushing with 1/2" template, and the fit is very tight, too tight to hammer together, but close. I have tried different depth and settings with no luck. Even tried different size bushings. I think this jig could produce reasonably good half blind dovetails but I haven't had any success. Gotta be a way! There are probably a lot of these jigs out there and someone must be able to use it to get good dovetails. Yeah, I know it is a piece of junk but I think if I can get it set up I will leave the bit in a spare router and just dedicate it for that purpose. No instructions came with the unit. What size bushing do you use and what bit? What depth of cut? Many thanks for any advice.
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