While work holding is critical I wouldn't way it is more important than any other tools. Someone could argue that you can get away without work holding. I wouldn't recommend it but as you point out it is relatively common practice.

Took me way too long to figure this out myself.

I just moved to a new place and for some foolish reason I decided to make the workbench my second project... The first one could be going better...

Тоже, сколько смотрю этого человека, столько и офигеваю над его образным и пространственным мышлением.

редкое зрелище в мире монеток !!!

Agreed. The no music is a winner for me.

Восхищение? Чем? С такой оснасткой можно "Искандер" слепить, а тут🤥

Show me.

Jigs that use one bit can usually only make half blind dovetails. There are jigs that make through dovetails, but they require a straight bit and a dovetail bit just as this one does.

@@ioscaleb usually eh?

@@ioscalebThis shop made jig looks easier to use, IMO. 👍🏻

I thought the same thing, but with intention of "growing the tail size" for effect :)

so you =have never seen a dove tail jig which in the UK have been available for thirty years ?

@@firsteerr This system doesn't look or work anything like a standard dovetail jig. Don't be so damn rude.

Bro, downsizing is supposed to be a secret! Don't share all that info over the Internet. Besides, how else will a good plane cost few hundred dollars.

Or....just go buy a dovetail template for 50 bucks and save yourself hours upon hours lol

@@scrotymcboogerballs6452 some dovetail jigs are considerably more expensive than $50. They would be the adjustable variety. The Leigh jig for instance costs $849 That only makes sense to invest in if you're a commercial cabinetry shop that's cutting joinery every day.

I agree...the hogging out of the entire depth in one pass would probably be too much with hardwoods. I would just run them vertically over my table saw with a miter gauge first and leave only the angled profiles to the dovetail bit.

You don't get "pinpoint accuracy" by marking out your spacing of the dovetails with a pencil... not even with my favorite 0.5mm mechanical pencil can do that. This jig can make dovetail joints that can only be jointed in one orientation. (If not joints that only fit with the "parent" board). With a little more thought, this could have been made to make interchangeable joints that'd fit between any two boards (much like the professional metal jigs).

@@jasono2139 as you took the time to reply to my comment. Obviously, thousands of woodworkers have been and are making inaccurate dovetails because they are using a mechanical pencil or a marking knife (both making a mark 0.5mm wide as I have just measured). I’ve only been woodworking for 45 plus years and always willing to learn. But, maybe, not from you. I think I will stick with my method and keep on making, apparently, inaccurate dovetails.

@theofarmmanager267 oh sorry... I forgot that ignorant woodworkers aren't mechanical engineers who understand that "pinpoint" accuracy can't be achieved by doodling on metal blocks with a pencil or willy-nilly fixturing work pieces in jigs upside-down and backwards. Perhaps, the machinists I've dealt with in the past should have called you to eyeball those dowel pin holes centers with a pencil and then drill them freehand! 🤣 Granted... I've never seen anyone assembling my parts with hammers and files. 🤦

@@jasono2139 an apology is a start but I have a feeling that once you start apologising, you will not stop for a very long time. It is very sad that your ego-deficit syndrome is so prevalent. I’m sure a psychiatrist would revel in analysing your views that machinists in general, but you in particular, are a superior breed of human being whose work is the pinnacle of achievement; but I doubt a cure is possible in your case. Most or all woodworkers are ignorant? That alone is worthy of prolonged laughs. For a brief moment (soon gone in your case), I was interested in thinking why does this apparent supreme paragon of skill stoop so low as to watch the output of ignorant woodworkers. I quickly realised that it must solely be the opportunity to feed your ego-deficit again. I’m very happy within myself and do not feel the need to denigrate others in order to boost inadequacies. So, rather than reply to another further comment from you, I will do something more important. Like clip my toe nails.

That fact that he didn't make the jig to cut the right two dovetails at the same time AND flip it over (or ensure the end spacing was symmetric) to then cut the left two dovetails... means it's probably not interchangeable... unless you're planning on noting the left/right side of every board.

For a single piece OK. But if your plan is making 20 drawers?