What a Dado Set is Not Good For.

Sep 03, 2003 2 Replies
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JackD

On Monday I used the same technique for a small project I was working on. With no router and no dado blade I didn't have much alternative. I like your tenon jig. It got me thinking that if I attach my 90 and 45 degree jigs back to back (so it rides over the fence) it will be…

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My mood swings and the rather hot(100's) weather around here the past weeks have kept me from working much on completing my nightstand(aka somnae) that I mentioned here some week(s) ago. In making some parts for the thing I though I'd try making some of the frame joints a different way than I had in the past. FWIW the following documents what I went through in my conversion away from using my dado set to make lap joints.

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On Monday I used the same technique for a small project I was working on. With no router and no dado blade I didn't have much alternative. I like your tenon jig. It got me thinking that if I attach my 90 and 45 degree jigs back to back (so it rides over the fence) it will be just about perfect.

-Jack

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