Yesterday one of the Plumbers on the job showed me a wood box - quite
old- that had very small dovetails. I told him I thought they were
handcut, but the flooring guy said the Leigh can cut those. I don't
do much D/T work and only have an old P-Cable.
If anyone has a Leigh could you let me know how small it is capable
of. I assume the bit would dictate the actual size but the machine
dictates the spacing - correct?
Hi Joe,
I just started to use the Leigh but it looks like it can be adjusted
down to about the bit's width or 1/4" if I am reading the chart
correctly.
http://www.leighjigs.com/cutters-d16.php
Cheers, JG
Joe wrote:
> Yesterday one of the Plumbers on the job showed me a wood box - quite
> old- that had very small dovetails. I told him I thought they were
> handcut, but the flooring guy said the Leigh can cut those. I don't
> do much D/T work and only have an old P-Cable.
> If anyone has a Leigh could you let me know how small it is capable
> of. I assume the bit would dictate the actual size but the machine
> dictates the spacing - correct?
the Leigh jig can cut dovetails pretty much as smallas your bit gets. The
problem with smaller ones is that the fingers can only get so close
togehter. The smallest interval bewteen the tails is about 1" (maybe 3/4).
that means that you can cut tiny (say 1.4") dovetails, but they'll be pretty
far apart....
To cut the small ones you also have to buy a different dovetail and straight
cutter......
--JD
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> Yesterday one of the Plumbers on the job showed me a wood box - quite
> old- that had very small dovetails. I told him I thought they were
> handcut, but the flooring guy said the Leigh can cut those. I don't
> do much D/T work and only have an old P-Cable.
> If anyone has a Leigh could you let me know how small it is capable
> of. I assume the bit would dictate the actual size but the machine
> dictates the spacing - correct?
>
You could presumably move the jig over a half inch and cut a second
pass to get them closer together.
jd wrote:
> the Leigh jig can cut dovetails pretty much as smallas your bit gets. The
> problem with smaller ones is that the fingers can only get so close
> togehter. The smallest interval bewteen the tails is about 1" (maybe 3/4).
> that means that you can cut tiny (say 1.4") dovetails, but they'll be pretty
> far apart....
>
> To cut the small ones you also have to buy a different dovetail and straight
> cutter......