How To Cut Dovetails With A Router

Camila Farah

For example to join a 1 2 thick drawer side to a 3 4 thick front cut the dovetail groove in the drawer front with 1 2 dovetail bit and cut a 1 2 wide tail in the drawer side. Make sure the wood is positioned such that the router cuts against the block and the edge set should face the table directly. Hold up the piece of wood and put your first cut above the spacer fence guide.

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Choose 2 tail boards of the same length width and 2 pin boards of the same length width.

Use a pencil to mark the sides that will face inwards with an x. Attach a template guide to the base of the router surrounding the dovetail bit image 1. A dovetail joint can be cut with a hand saw or with power tools such as a router. Choose the prettiest sides to face outwards.

Make sure the template guide makes contact with the templates on the jig. Leave the router resting on the template while you turn it off then wait until it has stopped completely before lifting it off. Position the wood block correctly on your router table just behind the router bit. I have a sears dovetail fixture which requires a 0 50 inch guide bushing and a 9 16 inch dovetail bit for cutting through dovetails.

Attach the 1 2 inch bit or 3 8 inch bit to the chuck on the router. Choose 2 tail boards and 2 pin boards and mark which sides will face out. In the beginning you should mark the center of the dovetail groove on the workpiece. Use the router to cut inside the crevices of the dovetail jig image 2.

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Set the router squarely on the template and turn it on. You cut the tails first and then flip the metal guides to cut the pins. How do i limit the depth of cut while making sure the carbide cutting edge of the dovetail bit does not slice into the inner diameter of the guide. Otherwise you run the risk of cutting into your template.

Verify that the power cord for the table mounted router is unplugged from the electrical outlet. Chuck a straight or spiral bit in the router. Move smoothly in and out of the spaces between the fingers until you reach the end of the cut. Attach the dovetail bit to the router.

Switch on the router and cut your first pieces in the wood. You attach a guide to the bottom of your router and simply move in and out of the metal guides that are clamped on top of the wood.