Leigh FMT PRO, User Manual

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Frame Mortise & Tenon Jig User Guide
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Chapter 7
SPECIAL JOINTS
7-37 Doweling
Sometimes where the strength of a mortise
and tenon is not required, doweling may be a suitable alternative.
A bonus use of the FMT Pro is its ability to provide very precise
dowel hole boring. Turn the left hand guide pin down to “zero
free play” in the mortise guide slot. Simply use one or both ends
of a mortise guide slot for positioning while plunging the dowel
holes, or...
7-38
...make up your own row of dowel hole guide holes in a piece
of plywood or MDF which can be retained in the guide recess with
small flat head screws, using the four countersunk holes through
the table. Make this auxiliary “guide” dimensions:
4
5
⁄
32
➀
x 3
3
⁄
4
➁
[105 x 95mm]. Don’t forget, you can use the table
movement and limit stops to double or quadruple the number
of hole positions in the ends or side edges of boards; all precisely
indexed to each other.
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Doweling