# Dovetail joints

**URL:** https://discourse.midwestaudio.club/t/dovetail-joints/461
**Category:** General
**Created:** [February 7, 2026, 8:10pm UTC](https://discourse.midwestaudio.club/t/dovetail-joints/461 "2026-02-07T20:10:14Z")
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### Author: ![Kornbread](https://discourse.midwestaudio.club/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/50afbb/32.png) [@Kornbread](https://discourse.midwestaudio.club/u/Kornbread)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2026, 9:41pm UTC](https://discourse.midwestaudio.club/t/dovetail-joints/461/8 "2026-02-08T21:41:23Z")

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Cut it down with a dremel. Works now along with the printed router base plate.

Never got a good clean fit of the wood pieces. About the harbor freight jig; 1) the template bows up way too much. Cannot clamp the wood light enough to keep the template from bowing or the wood slips. At times I could push down on the router, the template would settle down, and the bit would cut deeper into the wood. No way I could keep that cut the same every time. 2) It will not hold 1/2” thick wood.

Should have went with the porter-cable jig but it was another $100.

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