Industrial Dovetail Jig - Vermont American

THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBES THE PROCEDURE TO
BE FOLLOWED FOR CUTTING CORNERS 2 AND 4
CORNERS 2 AND 4 are cut in the same way as 1 and 3
except they are positioned on the right side of the Dovetail
Jig as shown Figure 54.
CAUTION
• BEFORE MAKING ANY CUTS
MAKE SURE THAT THE BIT WILL NOT CUT INTO THE
BASE OR ANY OTHER COMPONENT OF THE DOVE-
TAIL JIG. THIS CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE DOVE-
TAIL JIG.
CAUTION
• NEVER LIFT THE ROUTER
UPWARDS WHEN THE ROUTER IS ON AND THE
ROUTER BIT ROTATING OR WHEN THE GUIDE BUSH-
ING IS NEAR TO OR TOUCHING THE TEMPLATE. THIS
CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE DOVETAIL JIG.
FIGURE 54
AUXILIARY TEMPLATE SUPPORT
(AS NEEDED)
FRONT OF THE BASE
TOP OF THE BASE
DRAWER RIGHT SIDE
“INSIDE SURFACE” SHOULD BE VISIBLE ON THIS SURFACE
NOTE: WORKPIECES WILL BE POSITIONED ON THE JIG AS
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• After the cut has been made, the workpieces should look
like those illustrated in Figure 53.
• The finished front, back, and sides should look like those
in Figure 46.
• Before gluing the front, back, and sides together,
some provision must be made for installing the bottom,
such as dadoing or cutting a groove around the
inside of the drawer parts.
• Your drawer is now ready to be glued together.
“INSIDE SURFACE” SHOULD BE
VISIBLE ON THIS SURFACE
DRAWER BACK