VARIABLY SPACED HALF-BLIND DOVETAIL PROCEDURES
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Chapter 9 Super Jig-12-18-24 User Guide
QUICK REFERENCE REMINDERS
9-32 Rout all four ends of the pin boards keeping the inside
face
i
of the boards away from the jig.
Note: When making drawers you may prefer to use through dovetails
on the rear corners.
9-33 Assemble the box. As with through dovetails, it doesn't
matter which edge of any of the boards are at the top or bottom,
the box will still fit together e.g. pin board “A” can be up either
way.
X
A
A
X
Y
Y
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9-QR1 Half-blind (HB) tails: Drawer sides (tailboards) are
clamped vertically in the jig. The inside face
i
of the drawer
side goes away from the jig body. The finger assembly is in the
H
HB TAILS mode, set to the thickness of the drawer side. Use
bridge pieces where required
.
9-QR2 Half-blind (HB) pins: Drawer fronts (pinboards) are cut
with the board clamped horizontally in the jig. The inside face
i
of
the drawer front faces away from the jig body. The finger assembly
is in the
h
HB PINS mode, and again set on the thickness of
the drawer side (but adjusted for a flush fit, see 9-28 to 9-31).
9-QR3 On the Leigh Superjig, all half-blind dovetails are routed
using the e7-Bush or a
7
⁄
16
"[11,1mm] diameter (min. depth
1
⁄
4
" see
page 67) bush. Instructions for end-on-end dovetails are at www.
leighjigs.com/support.php. Scroll down Bulletins to “Superjig/
D1600 End on End Dovetails”.
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7/16"[11,1mm]
Thickness of
Tail Board
Thickness of
Pin Board
Depth of
Cut
Dovetail
Bit
Guidebush
Diameter
up to 1"[26]
7
/8" -1" [22]
~
3
/4" [19]
No.80-8
up to 1"[26]
3
/4" -up [20]
~
5
/8" [16]
No.101-8 e7-Bush
up to 1"[26]
5
/8" -up [16]
~
1
/2" [13]
No.112-8 or
up to 1"[26]
9
/16" -up [14]
~
7
/16" [11]
No.120-8
7
/16" [11,1]
up to 1"[26]
1
/2" -up[12]
~
3
/8" [9]
No.128-8 guidebush