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Workpiece width
12,7 mm (1/2“) Through Dovetail
This 12,7 mm (½”) through dovetail template can be used with stock from 31,6 mm (1-1/4”) to 305 mm (12”)
wide with FD300 jig or to 610 mm (24“) wide with FD600 jig. For symmetrical pin placement, use this table as a guide:
#of Whole Tails:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Ideal
stock tails
mm
31,6
57
82,4
107,8
133,2
158,6
184
inch
1-1/4“
2-1/4“
3-1/4“
4-1/4“
5-1/4“
6-1/4“
7-1/4“
19 mm (3/4“) Through Dovetail
This 19 mm (3/4”) through dovetail template can be used with stock from 50,6 mm (2”) to 305 mm (12”) wide
with FD300 jig or to 610 mm (24“) wide with FD600 jig. For symmetrical pin placement, use this table as a guide:
#of Whole Tails:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Ideal
stock tails
mm
50,6
88,6
124,6
164,6
202,6
240,6
278,6
inch
2“
3-1/2“
4-7/8“
6-31/64“
7-31/32“
9-30/64“
10-31/32“
Set up
- Attach edge guides to the jig in the position indicated in the table above.
- Place X workpiece under front clamp bar, push tight against the edge guide and tighten the clamping knobs.
- Place a scrap piece under top clamp bar and butt against workpiece already installed. Scrap piece must be
6mm (¼”) thicker than workpiece. Be sure the top of front workpiece is flush with the scrap piece as shown in
illustration I5 .
- Tighten top clamp bar knobs.
- With the tapered slots of the template facing toward you, adjust template adjustment nut so that the sight
mark on the template aligns with the back of the workpiece, as shown in Illustration I6. Be sure template is
parallel to the workpiece.
- Loosen the screws that hold the template plate to the template brackets. Remove the plate but leave the
brackets attached to jig.
- Flip the template plate over so the parallel slots are towards are toward the front of the jig, then reattach the
plate to the template brackets.
Routing X workpiece – Tails
- Attach the 15,8 mm (5/8”) template guide to the router.
- Install the dovetail bit in the router.
- Adjust the cutting depth of the dovetail bit so that it equals the thickness of the Y workpiece
- Place the router on the template ensuring that the router bit does not touch the workpiece.
- Rout carefully from left to right following the fingers of the template with the template guide.
- Switch off the router and carefully remove from jig.
- Check that all slots are routed clean. If not, rout again.
- Remove X workpiece from jig.
Scrap stock must be 6 mm (¼”) thicker than workpieces. Without this extra thickness severe damage may
occur to your jig and router bit.
Only for FD600
- slide edge guide to line up sight mark on template to back of workpiece. Tighten edge guide locking
knob. Repeat for other side. Ensure template is parallel to workpiece.