This is an amazing video. Thank you very much for making it and for all the great tips and advice. I bought the jig and used it yesterday and was really happy with how my first dovetail joints came out. Excellent work and teaching!👍👍
Being totally new to woodworking, thanks for your video. Your closeup of the instructions on the side of the jig helped explain things a lot. Namely that 2 router bits are used, and the pieces you cut explained the relationship of the cuts to the jig. Square profile of the jig -with dovetail bit going through creating a straight channel on the side of the drawer,the more angular shaped side of the jig recreating the matching dovetail by cutting it with a straight bit.Flipping the same side rather than rotating it made sense if you were not using the centre of the side to decide on the positioning to avoid /match errors.
Dude. You have a major talent for teaching. This was right on point and kept my attention throughout. Everything was highly relevant and tightly focused. I now know how to use my jig because of your instruction. Very well done.
FINALLY! a video that "actually" shows you how to use this Jig. This video just poped into my feed and I am so glad that it did. So many wood working videos gloss over details to feed the "algorhythm"
I love the way you taught this. As a teacher myself (not tech ed) I appreciate your delivery method. Your students are lucky to have you as a teacher!!!
Would have been better had he shown how to setup and cut the next pin board. Do you use the other side of the jig? how do you orient the board? ugh.. so confusing!
Ugh….you’re such a great teacher….you share so thoroughly….I’m so disappointed that you haven’t made any other videos….and hope you feel inspired to hit that record button again soon :)) Thanks so much!!
Wow, I was just about to go see what other videos he has because he is so thorough in his explanation. I guess it'd be very hard to find time to teach professionally and run the channel at the same time, and clearly teaching is something he excels at.
I have had this jig sitting in my garage for a few years. The other day I thought I would try to figure out how to make the through dovetails using the mini template. I have been looking at the manual and watching RUclips videos while trying to make some do this for 3 days. After watching your video, it started making sense as far as how to do this and not have two corners diagonally from each other being either too high or too low. As soon as I started flipping the tail sideboards end for end instead of spinning the pieces 180 degrees it started to work. Thank you for posting this video. I think I should remember how to do this after doing things wrong for 3 days. I am sure when I use the larger template it will work the same way. I am running out of wood to make scrap pieces to learn on. I think I will be able to try a small box using some really nice wood. The wood scrap I have been using is 2 X4's that I cut in half using the bandsaw and sending those through the thickness planer to get all the pieces the same thickness. I think my wife has been thinking I should make a casket for myself after this. Just kidding......
I have been hand cutting dovetails for 40 years but arthritis is getting to me. A friend recently gave me the same jig so I can keep making boxes and drawers. Thanks for the video.
Mr. Anderson, my last woodshop class was in junior high school in 1976. Now in my old age I'm coming back to woodworking. Your video really helped me figure out the Porter Cable jig. Thank you!
Thanks. This is a great tutorial. Thanks for pointing out possible problems. It looks like you could have easily done the joint right the first time, but showing us what might go wrong and how to fix it helps. I'm ready to try one!
Ryan - totally fabulous video. VERY explanatory. I used my 4213 jig several years ago, and you brought me right back up to speed. No head scratching required! Thank you Thank you!! Porter Cable should include this video in their packaging - save a lot of time for buyer - they OWE you!!
You most likely weren't even born yet when I took wood shop in high school. I wish I'd had you as my teacher. I found my way to your channel to learn how to do this. After watching this video I'm confident I can! Thank you!
Thanks for the video, well done. Got my new porter cable jig today and plan on trying it out tomorrow. Like the way you measured router bit depth with the wood.
Please make more videos. The way you instruct is easy to understand. You take the intimidation out of learning something new. You can see by the comments that many people had bought this jig, but let it set for years without trying it. With the encouragement of your video, they now want to try it! I heard one time that the definition of encouragement is “to pour courage in” …..this is what you’re really good at!
I want to say first and foremost what an amazing and educational video. I will definitely be a subscriber going forward. This video was well thought out and to the point in which I was able to understand, and I enjoyed watching it. Companies like Porter Cable would benefit from having you do instructional videos like this in the future for their products. I can tell you after reading Porter Cables instructions I was still at a loss. They need to understand that some people learn from watching instructional videos better than from reading it from a manual. Again thank you and your team for providing a great video. Now it’s time to get some projects done without the frustration.
if this is to kids in say high school, i'd suggest the advice that ends at 7:45 about the letting the router stop, i'd suggest reminding them that if they lift off right before it stops they will get more and more careless with the method, possibly eventually leading to an error... especially in a school setting, but anywhere.
Thanks so much. Great intro to the Porter Cable Dovetail Jig. I just got my jig and this video gave me the confidence and excitement to use it for a project I'm working on. Would love more videos. As a teacher, you may be too busy to do all the editing but I am sure you have students that would love to help (for a small fee of course). Whoever did your video did a great job! You do such a great job of explaining. Good teacher!!!
You are an excellent teacher, thank you! Finally received the deluxe jig (after 5yrs on my Xmas list) and now I feel completely ready to get started. Happy to have found you and subscribed.
Thank you for sharing. I would recommend a very light climb cut from right to left then follow the full guide. It will prevent chip out of the face of the piece you are working on.
Would you not follow the guide on the climb cut? Trying to understand what you mean by a light cut. Thanks for this response...was wondering how you keep that chip out from happening.
@@daveevans7151 Yes a very lite climb cut not entering the fingers much just to score the face then proceed from the left using the entire jig. Ive never had chip out doing it this way. By the way this isnt my idea, Ive seen it in many posts over the years so I tried it and it worked
Mr. Anderson, I am pretty sure, I have daughter older than you, so when you started this video, Hello this is Mr. Anderson, I was like what..? I replayed it several times to make sure I heard you correctly. I hope this makes you laugh, because it was funny, no disrespect at all meant by my humor,. Anyhow, back to the video, I was looking for some jigs or mounts for this particular jig to make when I came across your video. I want to say thank you for a very clear and concise introduction and instructional video for this tool I appreciate you taking the time to make this video. I hope you, and your family, and students all have a safe and happy week, and happy new year sir. Thanks again, PS, you got a new sub. Dale
So well explained, you must be a woodshop teacher! I wish I had your class in school. They teach girls nothing useful in school. This was excellent. Every aspect of the tool explained, and demo of dovetails was illuminating. 3:43 - I spotted a spelling mistake on the tool instructions. Look to the upper left. It should say OFFSET, not OFFEST. Tsk. Tsk. And below that, another spelling mistake. OUTSIDE, not OUTISDE. Porter Cable is hiring semi-literates. This was a beautiful demo. Such a joy. Especially as there was no obnoxious music during the video and my ears don't hurt. Thank you so much, Ryan! Your students are lucky people. Make sure that you have women/girls in your classes too. We need to learn these skills.
Several years ago I was gifted this dovetail jig (used but very good condition) but it did not include instructions.... admittedly, out of laziness, I have not gone online to find the instructions or a tutorial video. Today, I ran into your RUclips video and, thanks to you, am ready to dust off my dovetail jig and give it a go. THANK YOU so much!
Thank you for your instruction 👍🏼… very informative & yju were the first instructional video available… I bought a jig almost like yours same brand , your details are on point 🤙🏼… good stuff
Nice video. If I may provide some perspective: I would add that you need to use the centering guide tool to center the router base with collar prior to use. Another addition (and understand you need to be able to speak to instruct), while you stress safety with allowing the router bit to fully stop before moving your router, stress safety with respect to respiration. Wear a respirator (and add some dust collection if you can) to save those lungs. Too much dust is blown around using the router. Thanks for the tutorial. Been a while since I used my jig and this was a great refresher.
Liked this video. One thing missing is an explanation of how the jig tightens or loosens the joints. I never done dovetails and do not have a jig such as this. I assume the piece with the dovetails does not get any adjustment; it is what it is. The piece with the fingers is what get adjusted for a nice fit. Since the template for the fingers are angled, sliding the template back or forward will allow for slightly thinner or thicker fingers. Moving the template towards the rear will allow for more material to be taken off creating a thinner finger; this is done if the joint will not go together. Move it forward to make the finger thicker; this is done if the joint is loose.
Very well done. Thank you. If you teach like that in the shop, I hope that your students know how lucky they are. Instant subsrciber. Keep up the good works.
1 second ago A well prepared demonstration. I think you gave too little emphasis of the stop blocks on both sides. You mentioned the necessity for them because you were doing more than one drawer, but an actual demonstration of setting the stop blocks would have emphasized their importance by actually showing it. When you had to reset the template a mention that the stop block made sure the pins remained oriented properly as they were deepened. Still a good demonstration of an extremely useful woodworking tool. Thanks.
Really amazing RUclips!!!! I played like 4 others. They were like, I don’t want to insult your intelligence by demonstrating this. Then they ended. I was like, Insult my intelligence? Insult me…..? PLEASE INSULT ME!!!! DO YOUR WORST!!!! 🤷♂️ I don’t know. Thanks for the RUclips!!!!
wow great video really nice explanation at least now i found out how to use that tool more or less 😆now the only thing missing are the tools & a lot of practice but i will be going back to this video for sure i had no clue on how to use or make dovetails best video so far👍👍👍👍👍👍
I have this same jig. Built a nice decided box keep all the parts in. I hardly ever use this jig because it takes so long to fool around with all the setup. I even dedicated 2 routers to this one jig. Unless I absolutely need dove tails, I find a simple box cutting jig works better. Joints are stronger than the wood. Plus 10 times faster to cut. Good video though. Thanks
Great video. I struggled with setting mine up too but you explain the process very clearly. As for setting the bit depth, I didn't trust their system. I use a ~6x6 piece of scrap material of the right thickness, bore a 1.25" hole in the middle and, with the router upside down, use the flanged side of my speed square to adjust the height. Works well for me!
Need to remember that while you can technically be off center very slightly with your tails because you can flip the board over to keep the same edge to the same edge, you can NOT do this with when cutting the pins. The board must be essentially perfectly symmetric to the pins template guide. If your pins (i.e. front or back) board is off toward one direction even a little, the top/bottom the left side edge of the front & back pin board will interlock warped with the top/bottom alignment of the right side of the on the front & back pin boards by the amount you're asymmetric/off center. That is, if your front pin board for example is offset even 1/32" toward the left on the template guide, your tail (side board) will be higher or lower by 1/32" on the left vs the right result in a twisted box.
Per Porter Cable recommendations, you should have a same thickness scrap along both sides under the top clamp so that the clamp doesn't bend over time. When doing through dovetails this is much less likely to affect your actual drawer board, since the tails and pins board are clamped by the front facing clamp, when doing half blind dovetails, your final workpiece is the one sitting under the top clamp so supporting the clamp along its total length can have an impact.
great vid i have the dewalt de6210 which i think is the same as your portercable jig had it for years but never used it but after watching your video i will be getting it back out the box you were very informative and put it in simple terms thank you very much really helped me
a friend of mine worked at Lowe's and told me that the DeWalt is more professional and Porter cable is made by them but made for home woodworkers and is a little less expensive. I have a DeWalt Router and I love it. Not too good at using it yet. I will be looking into this dovetail jig.
@@carasmussen27 Stanley Black and Decker is the parent company. They own a majority of the brands you see at the big box stores. Different levels of quality, features and price depending on the consumer. In terms of power tools, it basically goes (Pro/Contractor to Homeowner) DeWalt > Porter Cable > Craftsman > Black and Decker
I notice you leave your router on its end. Don't do this, if the motor is hot it will need air to cool down plus its just waiting to get knocked over and you have a sharp bit exposed. If you pull the router from the work and just lay it on it's side it can spin down and cool while you get on. Thanks for demoing this jig, I nearly bought one but couldn't visualise how the work pieces would be reliably put in place and cut right - I don't want to risk exotic hardwoods! I'll practice on crap first. :D
Great video. I do wish you had also shown setting up the router. I’m having difficulty setting mine up so was a bit disappointed I couldn’t reference your method.
You don't want to be flipping that tails board the way you show it. You want to rotated it so that A=>B on one end lines up with B=>A on the other end. This will match the distance to the edge of the board on both the tails board and pin boards.
Right! You lay out your 4 pieces and mark the inside and then label each corner going clockwise with matching letters or numbers on the pin and tail boards and do them in order and when put them together in order the little bit they are off center will match up. The owners Manuel shows this with a better explanation.
During the depth setting, I was concerned about the possibility of the bottom of the cutter making contact with the jig base. However, I then noticed that this type of jig has a rounded front edge which prevents permanent damage.
Great Video I would add that the brass nuts that adjust the template in and out don't lock down well, so many people add a 3/8-16 nut behind (away from the wood) to snug the adjustable brass ring.
Great video for the most part. I would caution (as I learned the hard way following this video exactly) to NOT flip the tails end over end when cutting. If the spacing of the wood on each side of the template is not exact, this method will not work. When you go to cut the pins and rotate the piece, it will not fit properly. I wish I knew that before cutting my tails as I wasted a lot of wood and now have to start all over again. As I said, great video explaining the jig and the setup, just not the caution needed when cutting the tails as he mentioned in the video.
FYI, your front and sides are swapped. You want the pins on the front so the joint resists pulling apart when opening the drawer.
This is an amazing video. Thank you very much for making it and for all the great tips and advice. I bought the jig and used it yesterday and was really happy with how my first dovetail joints came out. Excellent work and teaching!👍👍
Being totally new to woodworking, thanks for your video. Your closeup of the instructions on the side of the jig helped explain things a lot. Namely that 2 router bits are used, and the pieces you cut explained the relationship of the cuts to the jig. Square profile of the jig -with dovetail bit going through creating a straight channel on the side of the drawer,the more angular shaped side of the jig recreating the matching dovetail by cutting it with a straight bit.Flipping the same side rather than rotating it made sense if you were not using the centre of the side to decide on the positioning to avoid /match errors.
Dude. You have a major talent for teaching. This was right on point and kept my attention throughout. Everything was highly relevant and tightly focused. I now know how to use my jig because of your instruction. Very well done.
FINALLY! a video that "actually" shows you how to use this Jig. This video just poped into my feed and I am so glad that it did. So many wood working videos gloss over details to feed the "algorhythm"
I love the way you taught this. As a teacher myself (not tech ed) I appreciate your delivery method. Your students are lucky to have you as a teacher!!!
This is by far the best instructional video on the Porter Cable Dovetail Jig I have seen. You are a fine teacher.
Would have been better had he shown how to setup and cut the next pin board. Do you use the other side of the jig? how do you orient the board? ugh.. so confusing!
Ugh….you’re such a great teacher….you share so thoroughly….I’m so disappointed that you haven’t made any other videos….and hope you feel inspired to hit that record button again soon :))
Thanks so much!!
Wow, I was just about to go see what other videos he has because he is so thorough in his explanation. I guess it'd be very hard to find time to teach professionally and run the channel at the same time, and clearly teaching is something he excels at.
I have had this jig sitting in my garage for a few years. The other day I thought I would try to figure out how to make the through dovetails using the mini template. I have been looking at the manual and watching RUclips videos while trying to make some do this for 3 days. After watching your video, it started making sense as far as how to do this and not have two corners diagonally from each other being either too high or too low. As soon as I started flipping the tail sideboards end for end instead of spinning the pieces 180 degrees it started to work. Thank you for posting this video. I think I should remember how to do this after doing things wrong for 3 days. I am sure when I use the larger template it will work the same way. I am running out of wood to make scrap pieces to learn on. I think I will be able to try a small box using some really nice wood. The wood scrap I have been using is 2 X4's that I cut in half using the bandsaw and sending those through the thickness planer to get all the pieces the same thickness. I think my wife has been thinking I should make a casket for myself after this. Just kidding......
Good comment. I have this jig too and I have yet to put it to work. Good luck with the casket, hope you don't need it anytime soon! LOL!!!
I have been hand cutting dovetails for 40 years but arthritis is getting to me. A friend recently gave me the same jig so I can keep making boxes and drawers. Thanks for the video.
Mr. Anderson, my last woodshop class was in junior high school in 1976. Now in my old age I'm coming back to woodworking. Your video really helped me figure out the Porter Cable jig. Thank you!
This is the single-most useful dovetail jig video online right now. THANK YOU!
You have a talent for teaching. This is the best video on dovetails I have seen. Thanks for sharing!
I use the same system and have done a fair amount of dovetailing, you put out a very nice, detailed video. Good job.
Thanks. This is a great tutorial. Thanks for pointing out possible problems. It looks like you could have easily done the joint right the first time, but showing us what might go wrong and how to fix it helps. I'm ready to try one!
Ryan - totally fabulous video. VERY explanatory. I used my 4213 jig several years ago, and you brought me right back up to speed. No head scratching required! Thank you Thank you!! Porter Cable should include this video in their packaging - save a lot of time for buyer - they OWE you!!
Ryan, you should have setup an Amazon affiliation so you get a small percentage when us folks buy this. You sold me man!
You most likely weren't even born yet when I took wood shop in high school. I wish I'd had you as my teacher. I found my way to your channel to learn how to do this. After watching this video I'm confident I can! Thank you!
Really appreciate your time here. You are a great instructor..this helped me a lot!
I’ve had that jig for more than 10 years and have never used it. Now I’m going to try it. Thank you!
And two years later, still nope.
Great video. I just purchased the jig and the instructions on setting bit depth are inadequate. Your marking method is foolproof. Thanks for the help.
Thanks for the video, well done. Got my new porter cable jig today and plan on trying it out tomorrow. Like the way you measured router bit depth with the wood.
Best teacher and video I’ve seen. I’ve watched many videos and this is point on. I’m not afraid to try this now!
Thanks for sharing! Don’t quit your day job! That’s a joke…..you’re really good at teaching! Keep ‘em coming!
Ryan needs to make many more videos, and we can all make this channel rocks.
Please make more videos. The way you instruct is easy to understand. You take the intimidation out of learning something new. You can see by the comments that many people had bought this jig, but let it set for years without trying it. With the encouragement of your video, they now want to try it! I heard one time that the definition of encouragement is “to pour courage in” …..this is what you’re really good at!
Succinct and covers all the bases. An excellent example of effective information presentation. Many thanks!
I want to say first and foremost what an amazing and educational video. I will definitely be a subscriber going forward. This video was well thought out and to the point in which I was able to understand, and I enjoyed watching it. Companies like Porter Cable would benefit from having you do instructional videos like this in the future for their products. I can tell you after reading Porter Cables instructions I was still at a loss. They need to understand that some people learn from watching instructional videos better than from reading it from a manual. Again thank you and your team for providing a great video. Now it’s time to get some projects done without the frustration.
Very nice explanation. My Dad gave me his old jig and I had no idea how it worked until now. Thanks
if this is to kids in say high school, i'd suggest the advice that ends at 7:45 about the letting the router stop, i'd suggest reminding them that if they lift off right before it stops they will get more and more careless with the method, possibly eventually leading to an error... especially in a school setting, but anywhere.
Thanks so much. Great intro to the Porter Cable Dovetail Jig. I just got my jig and this video gave me the confidence and excitement to use it for a project I'm working on. Would love more videos. As a teacher, you may be too busy to do all the editing but I am sure you have students that would love to help (for a small fee of course). Whoever did your video did a great job! You do such a great job of explaining. Good teacher!!!
You are an excellent teacher, thank you! Finally received the deluxe jig (after 5yrs on my Xmas list) and now I feel completely ready to get started. Happy to have found you and subscribed.
Excellent video showing the good, bad, and ugly. Excellent educational video. Thanks for sharing your extensive hard-earned knowledge.
Thank you for sharing. I would recommend a very light climb cut from right to left then follow the full guide. It will prevent chip out of the face of the piece you are working on.
Would you not follow the guide on the climb cut? Trying to understand what you mean by a light cut. Thanks for this response...was wondering how you keep that chip out from happening.
@@daveevans7151 Yes a very lite climb cut not entering the fingers much just to score the face then proceed from the left using the entire jig. Ive never had chip out doing it this way. By the way this isnt my idea, Ive seen it in many posts over the years so I tried it and it worked
This was perfectly demonstrated! Thank you for posting it!
Great video and the most comprehensive I have found for this specific PC Dovetail Jig.
I’ve had mine now for two years. I use two routers for tail and pin cuts. The Leigh router dovetail jig is my next one to save up for
Just ordered a second router for this purpose. Which Leigh jig and why would you want it?
Looking at buying this thanks for the intro. Really helpful. Those brass adjustment rings are genius!
Mr. Anderson, I am pretty sure, I have daughter older than you, so when you started this video, Hello this is Mr. Anderson, I was like what..? I replayed it several times to make sure I heard you correctly. I hope this makes you laugh, because it was funny, no disrespect at all meant by my humor,. Anyhow, back to the video, I was looking for some jigs or mounts for this particular jig to make when I came across your video. I want to say thank you for a very clear and concise introduction and instructional video for this tool
I appreciate you taking the time to make this video. I hope you, and your family, and students all have a safe and happy week, and happy new year sir.
Thanks again, PS, you got a new sub.
Dale
So well explained, you must be a woodshop teacher! I wish I had your class in school. They teach girls nothing useful in school. This was excellent. Every aspect of the tool explained, and demo of dovetails was illuminating.
3:43 - I spotted a spelling mistake on the tool instructions. Look to the upper left. It should say OFFSET, not OFFEST. Tsk. Tsk.
And below that, another spelling mistake. OUTSIDE, not OUTISDE. Porter Cable is hiring semi-literates.
This was a beautiful demo. Such a joy. Especially as there was no obnoxious music during the video and my ears don't hurt.
Thank you so much, Ryan! Your students are lucky people. Make sure that you have women/girls in your classes too. We need to learn these skills.
Thanks for the tutorial, nice job. My jig arrived today, and after watching your video I'm going to attempt to cut my first dovetails right now!!
Several years ago I was gifted this dovetail jig (used but very good condition) but it did not include instructions.... admittedly, out of laziness, I have not gone online to find the instructions or a tutorial video. Today, I ran into your RUclips video and, thanks to you, am ready to dust off my dovetail jig and give it a go. THANK YOU so much!
You make me wish i could go back to school and have you as my shop teacher. Great video!!!!!!!!
Thank you for your instruction 👍🏼… very informative & yju were the first instructional video available… I bought a jig almost like yours same brand , your details are on point 🤙🏼… good stuff
The best how video on dovetails. easy to understand
Nice video. If I may provide some perspective: I would add that you need to use the centering guide tool to center the router base with collar prior to use. Another addition (and understand you need to be able to speak to instruct), while you stress safety with allowing the router bit to fully stop before moving your router, stress safety with respect to respiration. Wear a respirator (and add some dust collection if you can) to save those lungs. Too much dust is blown around using the router.
Thanks for the tutorial. Been a while since I used my jig and this was a great refresher.
Liked this video. One thing missing is an explanation of how the jig tightens or loosens the joints. I never done dovetails and do not have a jig such as this. I assume the piece with the dovetails does not get any adjustment; it is what it is. The piece with the fingers is what get adjusted for a nice fit. Since the template for the fingers are angled, sliding the template back or forward will allow for slightly thinner or thicker fingers. Moving the template towards the rear will allow for more material to be taken off creating a thinner finger; this is done if the joint will not go together. Move it forward to make the finger thicker; this is done if the joint is loose.
I like the green and black color scheme of that Metabo router. It looks cool.
You are a gifted instructor. Thanks.
Very well done. Thank you. If you teach like that in the shop, I hope that your students know how lucky they are. Instant subsrciber. Keep up the good works.
Thank you Ryan! This was a fantastic video. You are an excellent teacher!
1 second ago
A well prepared demonstration. I think you gave too little emphasis of the stop blocks on both sides. You mentioned the necessity for them because you were doing more than one drawer, but an actual demonstration of setting the stop blocks would have emphasized their importance by actually showing it. When you had to reset the template a mention that the stop block made sure the pins remained oriented properly as they were deepened. Still a good demonstration of an extremely useful woodworking tool. Thanks.
Excellent Video Ryan - Thank You!
Nice job - thank you for taking time to record this, really helped me.
I don't own one of these. I heard that they were tricky to get set up. Your explanation was great. Very thorough.
Really amazing RUclips!!!! I played like 4 others. They were like, I don’t want to insult your intelligence by demonstrating this. Then they ended. I was like, Insult my intelligence? Insult me…..? PLEASE INSULT ME!!!! DO YOUR WORST!!!! 🤷♂️ I don’t know. Thanks for the RUclips!!!!
wow great video really nice explanation at least now i found out how to use that tool more or less 😆now the only thing missing are the tools & a lot of practice but i will be going back to this video for sure i had no clue on how to use or make dovetails best video so far👍👍👍👍👍👍
Wonderful!!!! I purchased this jig a couple months back but just now starting to use it. Thank you
Excellent instruction ! Thank you for posting
I have this same jig. Built a nice decided box keep all the parts in. I hardly ever use this jig because it takes so long to fool around with all the setup. I even dedicated 2 routers to this one jig. Unless I absolutely need dove tails, I find a simple box cutting jig works better. Joints are stronger than the wood. Plus 10 times faster to cut. Good video though. Thanks
Great video. I struggled with setting mine up too but you explain the process very clearly. As for setting the bit depth, I didn't trust their system. I use a ~6x6 piece of scrap material of the right thickness, bore a 1.25" hole in the middle and, with the router upside down, use the flanged side of my speed square to adjust the height. Works well for me!
Wonderful video for sure. Your students are indeed very lucky!
Need to remember that while you can technically be off center very slightly with your tails because you can flip the board over to keep the same edge to the same edge, you can NOT do this with when cutting the pins. The board must be essentially perfectly symmetric to the pins template guide. If your pins (i.e. front or back) board is off toward one direction even a little, the top/bottom the left side edge of the front & back pin board will interlock warped with the top/bottom alignment of the right side of the on the front & back pin boards by the amount you're asymmetric/off center. That is, if your front pin board for example is offset even 1/32" toward the left on the template guide, your tail (side board) will be higher or lower by 1/32" on the left vs the right result in a twisted box.
Per Porter Cable recommendations, you should have a same thickness scrap along both sides under the top clamp so that the clamp doesn't bend over time. When doing through dovetails this is much less likely to affect your actual drawer board, since the tails and pins board are clamped by the front facing clamp, when doing half blind dovetails, your final workpiece is the one sitting under the top clamp so supporting the clamp along its total length can have an impact.
Awesome video!!!! Had to comment twice because this is the perfect video. Thank you….
Great run through, thanks for posting it!
You did a phenomenal job explaining the process thank you so much
Great video! Thank you for the clear and concise instruction.
great vid i have the dewalt de6210 which i think is the same as your portercable jig had it for years but never used it but after watching your video i will be getting it back out the box you were very informative and put it in simple terms thank you very much really helped me
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a friend of mine worked at Lowe's and told me that the DeWalt is more professional and Porter cable is made by them but made for home woodworkers and is a little less expensive. I have a DeWalt Router and I love it. Not too good at using it yet. I will be looking into this dovetail jig.
@@carasmussen27 Stanley Black and Decker is the parent company. They own a majority of the brands you see at the big box stores. Different levels of quality, features and price depending on the consumer. In terms of power tools, it basically goes (Pro/Contractor to Homeowner) DeWalt > Porter Cable > Craftsman > Black and Decker
Great job. Keep in mind that during glue up to make sure the box is square during and while clamping !
Great demonstration excellent!!
Good video. You are well read on this machine, a pleasure to see.
I notice you leave your router on its end. Don't do this, if the motor is hot it will need air to cool down plus its just waiting to get knocked over and you have a sharp bit exposed. If you pull the router from the work and just lay it on it's side it can spin down and cool while you get on.
Thanks for demoing this jig, I nearly bought one but couldn't visualise how the work pieces would be reliably put in place and cut right - I don't want to risk exotic hardwoods! I'll practice on crap first. :D
Hi thanks very much your video was extremely informative clear and precise I can now do dovetails with some knowledge of what to do,cheers
Very comprehensive, Ryan. Thank you.
Excellent video, Ryan! Thanks, brother!
Very helpful Ryan. I'm ready to try it on some scrap wood. Then, the nice stuff. :)
Great video. I do wish you had also shown setting up the router. I’m having difficulty setting mine up so was a bit disappointed I couldn’t reference your method.
Always found the depth stop gauge to be a pain. Never thought of drawing a reference line. Cool idea!
Really clear demo and explanation! Thank you!
Thanks for the video. Very helpful.
You don't want to be flipping that tails board the way you show it. You want to rotated it so that A=>B on one end lines up with B=>A on the other end. This will match the distance to the edge of the board on both the tails board and pin boards.
Right! You lay out your 4 pieces and mark the inside and then label each corner going clockwise with matching letters or numbers on the pin and tail boards and do them in order and when put them together in order the little bit they are off center will match up. The owners Manuel shows this with a better explanation.
Great video. I just ordered the jig and will use your video when I get it.
Thank you. Great presentation.
During the depth setting, I was concerned about the possibility of the bottom of the cutter making contact with the jig base. However, I then noticed that this type of jig has a rounded front edge which prevents permanent damage.
This is extremely informative. Thank you for making this video!
Great video explanation. You still have tear out on you pin board
Any tips on how to avoid tear out? This is an issue from me, but I noticed you had the same problem. Thanks! Really good video.
excelent Video!! Awesome Teacher!
Great Video
I would add that the brass nuts that adjust the template in and out don't lock down well, so many people add a 3/8-16 nut behind (away from the wood) to snug the adjustable brass ring.
Great video for using this jig. Thank you very much for the help.
Excellent presentation!
Thank you for your video. I just bought the jig and your step by step was a big help !
Thanks for doing this video. This is very much appreciated
Great tips!! Thank you amazing video…
Very well presented
Great video for the most part. I would caution (as I learned the hard way following this video exactly) to NOT flip the tails end over end when cutting. If the spacing of the wood on each side of the template is not exact, this method will not work. When you go to cut the pins and rotate the piece, it will not fit properly. I wish I knew that before cutting my tails as I wasted a lot of wood and now have to start all over again. As I said, great video explaining the jig and the setup, just not the caution needed when cutting the tails as he mentioned in the video.
I cannot find anything in your video about setting the right and left stops. Or how to center the work piece.
Great video I see a lot of half hearted videos this is not one
This is very informative! You should have your apprentice help you make more videos!