I recently discovered a woodworking store in the Ottawa area, BusyBee Tools. They offer a multitude of tools and have an impressive show floor wher you see and “play” with the tools themselves before buying. Upon my second visit there where I introduced a friend to that store, I came back home with a dovetail jig. This jig (shown on the right) can produce half-blind dovetail or through finger joints. A half-blind dovetail is a joint where you can only see the dovetail from the side and not the front.
The jig comes with 1/2″ “comb” but extra comb of different finger width.
At the time of writing this, I haven’t tested it yet but I plan on building a few boxes to help organize my work area as a starting point. You can view the dovetail jig on Busy Bee’s website. 
I mounted the jig on my router table top and secured it with two bolt accompanied by butterfly nuts for easy removal.
And here’s my 1st attempt at making a dovetail joint. I think it’s a success!
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September 27th, 2006 at 9:02
Wow! That’s cool. I didn’t know you could buy such a tool for do-it-yourself-at-home project.
August 23rd, 2007 at 20:32
Very good article, thank you for writing it. I am interested in buying the Dovetail jig for do-it-yourself box and shelf work. What price did you pay? Do you know where to buy quality wood at cost?
Thanks!
December 18th, 2007 at 7:46
Je voudrais avoir des renseignement, pour livraison de ce gabarit queue aronde pour la FRANCE.
Merci à vous de me dire.
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