Does anyone have feedback on the "House of Tools" brand dovetail jig?

[Clint]

Here's the link:

I suspect it's a clone of many no-name brand jigs, made off-shore. The Leigh jig is out of my price range by quite a ways, for the number of drawers I make.

Thanks.

Clint

[Never Enough Money]

I'm not going to answer your question. Instead I'm going to answer a related question....

If you are doing just a few and want the low cost route, I'd recommend buying Peter Korn's book or Rob Cosman's video, some chisels, and a dovetail saw, and some sharpening stones... oh wait, that's getting to be pretty expensive.. Book or DVD ........ $20 chisels ............ $40-$250 dovetail saw ....... $20 to $150 sharpening stuff ... $100 to $200.

Plus you've got to spend time sharpening the chisels and practising....but you can make a larger variety with near perfection....

FYI #1. It took me about an hour and a half per chisel to flatten the backs and sharpen the blades. After the backs are flat, you never have to do it again, just sharpen the edges which takes minutes.

FYI #2. Using Peter Korn's method for through dovetails, it took me

3.5 hours to do my first five tails and corresponding pins. They looks pretty bad but were strong. The second attempt took half as long and looked much better. (I had a professional critique my first attempt). Since then, I'm around one hour for five tails and corresponding pins.

I plan to watch the dovetail jigs in action at the Denver Woodworker's show this coming weekend.....

[brian lanning]

I have the D4 and it was a painful purchase. I just couldn't bring myself to buy a dovetail jig without adjustible fingers. A few months (and projects) after buying the D4, I found this:

still like the D4, but I'm going to try this also. You may want to try this before investing in a jig.

brian