I picked up a D4 yesterday, spent a few hours watching the tape,
reading the manual, assembling the jig, making a box. I've been
looking for a good jig for some time, my wife has been pushing me to
get one (thanks to Mike at American Sycamore), this one works great,
joy prevails.
OK, enough playing with the new toy, I've got a project to finish, it
does not require dovetails, time to clean up and get back to work. So
where do I put this thing? I do not think it was intended to be
disassembled after use, and it will not fit back in the box. The edge
guides hang down in front so it has to sit on the edge of something. I
can probably figure a way to put a cleat on the back to hang it up,
but that leaves the edge guides exposed and likely to be damaged.
I have a good sized shop, but not so big that I can dedicate permanent
bench space to this monster. It's too long to fit inside any of my
current cabinets. I can clamp it on the edge of a shelf, but that
makes it hard to reach the stuff behind it. After assembling, even the
basic jig has a number of loose parts that I think should be kept with
the jig - manual, driver, bolts, wrench, crosscut bar, router bits,
etc.
I'm thinking it needs some sort of stacking trays or boxes. Maybe a
deep lid that would come off the top and sit underneath in use to
raise the jig up. Maybe a compartment or drawer to hold the pieces and
manual. Maybe part of it could serve as a router stand like in the
manual. (Why do I keep thinking up projects for the shop instead of
for the honey-do list?)
So how do you other D4 owners store your jig?
Part of the aforementioned joy is that I have been wanting this jig
for several years but could not locate a sufficiently long crowbar to
get one out of the store. Months of Ebay watching found most going for
nearly full list price. My local Rockler's is moving and having a
clearance sale in preparation. While making a fourth pass through the
emptying shelves, looking for small shop supplies I didn't need but
might someday, I found a plain cardboard box leaning alone under a
shelf of bandsaw blades. And yes, when I tilted it out, I saw in plain
black type, "Contains one Leigh D4 dovetail jig".
All items were 30% off.
Larry Kraus wrote:
> I picked up a D4 yesterday, spent a few hours watching the tape,
> reading the manual, assembling the jig, making a box. I've been
> looking for a good jig for some time, my wife has been pushing me to
> get one (thanks to Mike at American Sycamore), this one works great,
> joy prevails.
Mine stays semi-permanent mounted to my bench since I use it so much.
However, I saw an article in I believe Woodwork magazine 6 months ago
that was a very simple fold down stand/storage device.
It wasn't specific for the D4, but for any dovetail jig. It featured
fold down legs which you could clamp to your work surface. When done,
fold them up, and hang the whole thing on a hook on the wall.
This is the most complete solution I've ever seen (and the only one, hehe):
http://www.newwoodworker.com/d4case.html
Personally, I mounted the jig to a box, per the manual's suggestion, and I
place that on a shelf under one of my workbenchs with a canvas cloth over it
to keep the dust off. The box provides a good place to store things - if
needed. It is a bit big and cumbersome to store. I'm building a 6' run of
floor and wall storage cabinets and I am thinking the jig will fit nicely on
top of one end of the wall cabinets. We'll see.
Mike
"Larry Kraus" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I picked up a D4 yesterday, spent a few hours watching the tape,
> reading the manual, assembling the jig, making a box. I've been
> looking for a good jig for some time, my wife has been pushing me to
> get one (thanks to Mike at American Sycamore), this one works great,
> joy prevails.
>
> OK, enough playing with the new toy, I've got a project to finish, it
> does not require dovetails, time to clean up and get back to work. So
> where do I put this thing? I do not think it was intended to be
> disassembled after use, and it will not fit back in the box. The edge
> guides hang down in front so it has to sit on the edge of something. I
> can probably figure a way to put a cleat on the back to hang it up,
> but that leaves the edge guides exposed and likely to be damaged.
> I have a good sized shop, but not so big that I can dedicate permanent
> bench space to this monster. It's too long to fit inside any of my
> current cabinets. I can clamp it on the edge of a shelf, but that
> makes it hard to reach the stuff behind it. After assembling, even the
> basic jig has a number of loose parts that I think should be kept with
> the jig - manual, driver, bolts, wrench, crosscut bar, router bits,
> etc.
>
> I'm thinking it needs some sort of stacking trays or boxes. Maybe a
> deep lid that would come off the top and sit underneath in use to
> raise the jig up. Maybe a compartment or drawer to hold the pieces and
> manual. Maybe part of it could serve as a router stand like in the
> manual. (Why do I keep thinking up projects for the shop instead of
> for the honey-do list?)
>
>
> So how do you other D4 owners store your jig?
>
>
>
>
> Part of the aforementioned joy is that I have been wanting this jig
> for several years but could not locate a sufficiently long crowbar to
> get one out of the store. Months of Ebay watching found most going for
> nearly full list price. My local Rockler's is moving and having a
> clearance sale in preparation. While making a fourth pass through the
> emptying shelves, looking for small shop supplies I didn't need but
> might someday, I found a plain cardboard box leaning alone under a
> shelf of bandsaw blades. And yes, when I tilted it out, I saw in plain
> black type, "Contains one Leigh D4 dovetail jig".
>
> All items were 30% off.
>
"Larry Kraus" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I picked up a D4 yesterday, spent a few hours watching the tape,
> reading the manual, assembling the jig, making a box. I've been
> looking for a good jig for some time, my wife has been pushing me to
> get one (thanks to Mike at American Sycamore), this one works great,
> joy prevails.
>
> OK, enough playing with the new toy, I've got a project to finish, it
> does not require dovetails, time to clean up and get back to work. So
> where do I put this thing? I do not think it was intended to be
> disassembled after use, and it will not fit back in the box. The edge
> guides hang down in front so it has to sit on the edge of something. I
> can probably figure a way to put a cleat on the back to hang it up,
> but that leaves the edge guides exposed and likely to be damaged.
> I have a good sized shop, but not so big that I can dedicate permanent
> bench space to this monster. It's too long to fit inside any of my
> current cabinets. I can clamp it on the edge of a shelf, but that
> makes it hard to reach the stuff behind it. After assembling, even the
> basic jig has a number of loose parts that I think should be kept with
> the jig - manual, driver, bolts, wrench, crosscut bar, router bits,
> etc.
>
> I'm thinking it needs some sort of stacking trays or boxes. Maybe a
> deep lid that would come off the top and sit underneath in use to
> raise the jig up. Maybe a compartment or drawer to hold the pieces and
> manual. Maybe part of it could serve as a router stand like in the
> manual. (Why do I keep thinking up projects for the shop instead of
> for the honey-do list?)
>
>
> So how do you other D4 owners store your jig?
>
>
>
>
> Part of the aforementioned joy is that I have been wanting this jig
> for several years but could not locate a sufficiently long crowbar to
> get one out of the store. Months of Ebay watching found most going for
> nearly full list price. My local Rockler's is moving and having a
> clearance sale in preparation. While making a fourth pass through the
> emptying shelves, looking for small shop supplies I didn't need but
> might someday, I found a plain cardboard box leaning alone under a
> shelf of bandsaw blades. And yes, when I tilted it out, I saw in plain
> black type, "Contains one Leigh D4 dovetail jig".
>
> All items were 30% off.
>
I just keep mine on a shelf, and the little bits and pieces in a drawer.
Sorry its not very elegant, but it works for me.
On Wed, 25 May 2005 15:01:38 GMT, Larry Kraus
<[email protected]> wrote:
>All items were 30% off.
Screw this trying to help you store your Leigh jig;
YOU SUCK!
--
LRod
Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite
Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999
http://www.woodbutcher.net
Proud participant of rec.woodworking since February, 1997
I mounted mine on a board, with a cleat on the bottom that can go into the
vise on my bench. It is easy to mount in the vise, and when done I loosen
the vise and store the jig on its end, standing up in a corner like a
naughty boy.
Steve
"Larry Kraus" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I picked up a D4 yesterday, spent a few hours watching the tape,
> reading the manual, assembling the jig, making a box. I've been
> looking for a good jig for some time, my wife has been pushing me to
> get one (thanks to Mike at American Sycamore), this one works great,
> joy prevails.
>
> OK, enough playing with the new toy, I've got a project to finish, it
> does not require dovetails, time to clean up and get back to work. So
> where do I put this thing? I do not think it was intended to be
> disassembled after use, and it will not fit back in the box. The edge
> guides hang down in front so it has to sit on the edge of something. I
> can probably figure a way to put a cleat on the back to hang it up,
> but that leaves the edge guides exposed and likely to be damaged.
> I have a good sized shop, but not so big that I can dedicate permanent
> bench space to this monster. It's too long to fit inside any of my
> current cabinets. I can clamp it on the edge of a shelf, but that
> makes it hard to reach the stuff behind it. After assembling, even the
> basic jig has a number of loose parts that I think should be kept with
> the jig - manual, driver, bolts, wrench, crosscut bar, router bits,
> etc.
>
> I'm thinking it needs some sort of stacking trays or boxes. Maybe a
> deep lid that would come off the top and sit underneath in use to
> raise the jig up. Maybe a compartment or drawer to hold the pieces and
> manual. Maybe part of it could serve as a router stand like in the
> manual. (Why do I keep thinking up projects for the shop instead of
> for the honey-do list?)
>
>
> So how do you other D4 owners store your jig?
>
>
>
>
> Part of the aforementioned joy is that I have been wanting this jig
> for several years but could not locate a sufficiently long crowbar to
> get one out of the store. Months of Ebay watching found most going for
> nearly full list price. My local Rockler's is moving and having a
> clearance sale in preparation. While making a fourth pass through the
> emptying shelves, looking for small shop supplies I didn't need but
> might someday, I found a plain cardboard box leaning alone under a
> shelf of bandsaw blades. And yes, when I tilted it out, I saw in plain
> black type, "Contains one Leigh D4 dovetail jig".
>
> All items were 30% off.
>
You're a very lucky guy to find one for 30% off.
Now that you've got such a nice dovetail jig, why don't you design and build
a nice dovetailed box to store it in. Add spaces in it to hold all of the
accessory parts and design it to hold everything in a way that will protect
it all, but allow easy access to it. Make it from a good quality wood and
finish it like a piece of furniture. It will then show off what fine work
you can do with it.
I just got one of their FMT jigs and am presently planning to do the same
for it. I picked up some 1/2 inch Baltic Birch last Monday to make it from
and will start on it as soon as my latest project is complete, which will
probably be sometime next week.
--
Charley
"Larry Kraus" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I picked up a D4 yesterday, spent a few hours watching the tape,
> reading the manual, assembling the jig, making a box. I've been
> looking for a good jig for some time, my wife has been pushing me to
> get one (thanks to Mike at American Sycamore), this one works great,
> joy prevails.
>
> OK, enough playing with the new toy, I've got a project to finish, it
> does not require dovetails, time to clean up and get back to work. So
> where do I put this thing? I do not think it was intended to be
> disassembled after use, and it will not fit back in the box. The edge
> guides hang down in front so it has to sit on the edge of something. I
> can probably figure a way to put a cleat on the back to hang it up,
> but that leaves the edge guides exposed and likely to be damaged.
> I have a good sized shop, but not so big that I can dedicate permanent
> bench space to this monster. It's too long to fit inside any of my
> current cabinets. I can clamp it on the edge of a shelf, but that
> makes it hard to reach the stuff behind it. After assembling, even the
> basic jig has a number of loose parts that I think should be kept with
> the jig - manual, driver, bolts, wrench, crosscut bar, router bits,
> etc.
>
> I'm thinking it needs some sort of stacking trays or boxes. Maybe a
> deep lid that would come off the top and sit underneath in use to
> raise the jig up. Maybe a compartment or drawer to hold the pieces and
> manual. Maybe part of it could serve as a router stand like in the
> manual. (Why do I keep thinking up projects for the shop instead of
> for the honey-do list?)
>
>
> So how do you other D4 owners store your jig?
>
>
>
>
> Part of the aforementioned joy is that I have been wanting this jig
> for several years but could not locate a sufficiently long crowbar to
> get one out of the store. Months of Ebay watching found most going for
> nearly full list price. My local Rockler's is moving and having a
> clearance sale in preparation. While making a fourth pass through the
> emptying shelves, looking for small shop supplies I didn't need but
> might someday, I found a plain cardboard box leaning alone under a
> shelf of bandsaw blades. And yes, when I tilted it out, I saw in plain
> black type, "Contains one Leigh D4 dovetail jig".
>
> All items were 30% off.
>
Mine sits on the top shelf of a small bookcase next to the bench,
which normally holds an assortment of tools anyway. The guides hang
in front of the shelf edge, and it pretty much takes up the whole
shelf.
Alternately, build a tortion box for it to be based on instead of a
sheet of ply. Make the box just tall enough so the guides clear, and
build a few small drawers for it to hold the loose bits.
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