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JointCAM Dovetail
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 4:11 pm
by johnb
Trying out different things and wanted to try and replicate the Incra double dovetail. I got close but did not think about the second dovetail being a half blind so my first cut was too deep. Finished it off with another through dovetail instead.
The program is great. Now that my machine is setup and I have learned JointCAM settings I was able to do this with no test cuts.
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Re: JointCAM Dovetail
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 5:36 pm
by G-Force_Admin
Awesome.
At some point I have plans to do a tutorial on double dovetails. But I have a lot on my plate right now.
Do you find that you need to adjust the Clearance setting? On my machine I use a setting of -.002 to get really tight fitting joints. I think this may vary with different bits, though.
Re: JointCAM Dovetail
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 9:19 pm
by johnb
On the through dovetails i used a clearance of +.002 and it is still pretty tight. On half blind i needed -.002 using the same dovetail bit.
Re: JointCAM Dovetail
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 11:14 am
by myxpykalix
hey successful login! JohnB I think those dovetails are great but do you have any pictures of your vertical vise holddown? great job
Re: JointCAM Dovetail
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 12:36 pm
by johnb
Re: JointCAM Dovetail
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2014 6:00 am
by AuS MaDDoG
Nice work John,
and thanks for sharing the photos !!
Cheers
Tony