Sandal Woods said:
[blockquote]jgourlay said:
...Please post your favorite most effective/efficient finger jointing jig!
Some questions:
1. What size boxes do you envision making? 3-inch to 16-inch tall?
2. What size box joints do you think you might want to machine on the table saw? 3/32" to 1", or maybe smaller or larger?
3. Do you think you may want to make boxes with only finger joints, or possibly also with dovetails at some point?
4. What would you project the largest box you will plan to make? Maybe larger than 16-inch, or even larger than 24-inch tall?
The reason I ask: Finger joints can/are/have been a source of frustration to many woodworkers. If you can answer some of these questions, you are likely well on your way to deciding how to proceed.
Al
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Al, just small things in thin stock. If I decide I want a box made from 1/2" thick or larger stock, and larger than say....4" tall, I'll handcut dovetails. For rough n' ready work in ply wood, I typically glue/screw or I'll do really fast dovetails that despite being raggedy and ugly have proven to last at least decade.
It's possible that I will find fingerjointing pleasurable enough that I'll want to replace some dovetail work with them, but not at this point. Dovetails: I like making boxes that are 2-4" tall, from stock that it 1/4-1/8" thick. I find that while I am able (just) to cut nice DT in these sizes, they hold poorly and lack the visual impact they have in larger sizes of stock/work.