[Dustincoc]

I found a dovetail jig at a yard sale yesterday for $5 and I was thinking a few weeks ago it would be nice to have one but I couldn’t justify store price for the limited amount I would be using it.

I believe its a Craftsman although its not marked as such(the model number is the same format as Craftsman model #’s).

Says it can do 1/4″ and 1/2″ dovetails in 3 styles. I have a 1/2″ dovetail bit but no guides for the router so I won’t be using it for a while. Any tips.

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[DirtyWhiteBoy]

Maybe suipermister can help you, I think he’s been dovetailing some corners on his over the top CORNHOLE boxxes.

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[PI_Woodworker]

Did you try their website to see if a manual for it can be downloaded for the instructions on how to use it?

[asevereid]

Dustin, I’ve got an older Craftsman one as well….I can’t help you with tips on how to use it as I haven’t used mine yet either.
But if you can PM or post the serial/model number I may have the manual downloaded for it.
I’ll e-mail it to ya’ if they are similar models.

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[Dustincoc]

PI_Woodworker wrote:

Did you try their website to see if a manual for it can be downloaded for the instructions on how to use it?

asevereid wrote:

Dustin, I’ve got an older Craftsman one as well….I can’t help you with tips on how to use it as I haven’t used mine yet either.
But if you can PM or post the serial/model number I may have the manual downloaded for it.
I’ll e-mail it to ya’ if they are similar models.

I haven’t yet . Too busy fiddling with the computer and since I know I need the bushings before I can use it, I haven,t given it too thorough a going over yet. Its a mostly plastic model.

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[mattryyc]

$5 – what a steal! I’ve used the PC one, and I think that is pretty much that standard one. What kind of router are you using with it? Any pics of the jig?

[supimeister]

http://vintagemachinery.org is a great place to look for product manuals and whatnot if you are able to figure that out. It would be fun to see some pics and also helpful towards figuring out how you use it

John S

[theamcguy]

$5 even if you never used it it was still a good deal. What a steal, now you can dovetail joints that before were just rabbited.

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[NJBuilder]

Pics? I’ve never tried to dovetail a joint but I would like too.

[PI_Woodworker]

supimeister wrote:

http://vintagemachinery.org is a great place to look for product manuals and whatnot if you are able to figure that out.

Nice bit of info there @supimeister. I hope I can remember it. Thanks.

[svensshutters]

You gotta a pic? May help people here know if it is a craftsman or not.

[Dustincoc]

svensshutters wrote:

You gotta a pic? May help people here know if it is a craftsman or not.

I haven’t had a chance. I got quite a few toys that day and I haven’t got to play with this one yet. It’s still sitting on the bench where I dropped it when I got home.

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[Dustincoc]

I’m pretty sure its Model 315.25790.

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[asevereid]

Try this…not the same serial, but looks like it’s from the same series.
http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/222/615.pdf

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[svensshutters]

Well look at that. Pretty cool.

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