Router jig for cutting dovetail and box joints

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This is a router table-top jig that can be used to cut either box joints or the slots and tails for dovetail joints

In the slides below, I use a straight 1/4" router bit to cut box joints and the pins for dovetail joints; a 5/16" 8 degree dovetail bit is used to cut.
the dovetail slots.

The DRO makes it easy to accurately cut box and dovetail joints. Box joints don't have to be symmetrical; see examples in Fig. 14.

The main limitation for dovetail joints is the diameter of the dovetail router bit. 5/16" is the smallest I have found that can cut 3/8" thick material, which is what I typically use.




Bottom of guide bar is shown on the left of slide 3.