Whilst perusing the 'dorking rags at the local newstand (and, I promise, not
looking at the grown-up ones) I picked up a Tools of 2005 issue. Either FWW
or Pop Woodworking.
Anyhouse - there was a mention of a New CMT Dovetail jig for about $129 USD
(*).
The only web reference I see is this one:
http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.asp?pricing=INC&pf_id=31934&recno=4&cid=9PVT6ZM4S863JVLQQG2JICDBRN93VPKC
The pictures match - so that must be it. Looks like CMT thinks the market is
right in the USofA.
Anybody know anything about this?
Still looking for a nice jig - better than Rockler/Harbor Freight, but less
that a Leigh.
(*) Note to Canadians, please be prepared to fork over $8,313,984.13...
It looks like any one of about a dozen clones that are sold by everyone
including the local grocery store.. ;~)
"patrick conroy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Whilst perusing the 'dorking rags at the local newstand (and, I promise,
> not
> looking at the grown-up ones) I picked up a Tools of 2005 issue. Either
> FWW
> or Pop Woodworking.
>
> Anyhouse - there was a mention of a New CMT Dovetail jig for about $129
> USD
> (*).
> The only web reference I see is this one:
> http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.asp?pricing=INC&pf_id=31934&recno=4&cid=9PVT6ZM4S863JVLQQG2JICDBRN93VPKC
>
> The pictures match - so that must be it. Looks like CMT thinks the market
> is
> right in the USofA.
>
> Anybody know anything about this?
> Still looking for a nice jig - better than Rockler/Harbor Freight, but
> less
> that a Leigh.
>
>
>
>
> (*) Note to Canadians, please be prepared to fork over $8,313,984.13...
>
>
"toller" <[email protected]> wrote in news:d6Tkd.3234$3G1.1266
@news02.roc.ny:
> I have the Harbor Freight version. The Shop Fox manual does not
work for
> it; the dimensions are different and incorrect.
> Just a warning to anyone dumb enough to buy a Harbor Freight jig.
> Apparently there is junk and there is junk.
Oddly enough, I've had the HF jig sitting in a box since last spring
and literally unpacked it for the first time yesterday. I piddled with
it for about 30 minutes setting it up, and on the third try made a
pretty good dovetail with 3/4" x 4" pine. The directions that came
with it were indeed crap (and the photos comically bad) but I adapted
the Woodcraft instructions with some tweaking. I think I paid <$30 for
the jig and bit, and am actually pretty pleased with it. I figure a
couple of hours messing around with it and I'll actually be able to
make some drawers.
-Derek
"johnson21710" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:zYSkd.702$nc.129@trnddc02...
> LOL, Our local grocery store has a deal going right now as a matter of
fact.
> If you spend over a hundred dollars in groceries for four weeks in a row,
> you'll get a coupon good for a free jig and a turkey.
>
> To stay on topic, I have the woodcraft version of this jig. I believe it
> cost forty dollars (USD) about a year ago on sale and included the bit.
> It's OK especially when I ditched the their manual and downloaded the shop
> fox manual for the version of the exact same jig. They at least took the
> time to write a decent manual.
>
I have the Harbor Freight version. The Shop Fox manual does not work for
it; the dimensions are different and incorrect.
Just a warning to anyone dumb enough to buy a Harbor Freight jig.
Apparently there is junk and there is junk.
LOL, Our local grocery store has a deal going right now as a matter of fact.
If you spend over a hundred dollars in groceries for four weeks in a row,
you'll get a coupon good for a free jig and a turkey.
To stay on topic, I have the woodcraft version of this jig. I believe it
cost forty dollars (USD) about a year ago on sale and included the bit.
It's OK especially when I ditched the their manual and downloaded the shop
fox manual for the version of the exact same jig. They at least took the
time to write a decent manual.
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> It looks like any one of about a dozen clones that are sold by everyone
> including the local grocery store.. ;~)
>
>
> "patrick conroy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Whilst perusing the 'dorking rags at the local newstand (and, I promise,
>> not
>> looking at the grown-up ones) I picked up a Tools of 2005 issue. Either
>> FWW
>> or Pop Woodworking.
>>
>> Anyhouse - there was a mention of a New CMT Dovetail jig for about $129
>> USD
>> (*).
>> The only web reference I see is this one:
>> http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.asp?pricing=INC&pf_id=31934&recno=4&cid=9PVT6ZM4S863JVLQQG2JICDBRN93VPKC
>>
>> The pictures match - so that must be it. Looks like CMT thinks the market
>> is
>> right in the USofA.
>>
>> Anybody know anything about this?
>> Still looking for a nice jig - better than Rockler/Harbor Freight, but
>> less
>> that a Leigh.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> (*) Note to Canadians, please be prepared to fork over $8,313,984.13...
>>
>>
>
>