The Gifkins dovetail jig comes standard with a backer-board assembly and one phenolic template of the buyer’s choice.

The pin and tail boards are mounted at the same time on opposite sides of the fence, and aligned with a very precise and stable stop. A variety of optional templates can be purchased for different dovetail sizes and spacings. All of the clamp-on jigs will work on the router table, but the Gifkins is especially stable there.

The Gifkins jig provides thin shims for fine-tuning the fit of the pins. As with all clamp-on jigs, you’ll only have to do this once.

The instruction booklet for this jig is one of the best, though all dimensions are metric. The jig was ready to use right out of the box, aside from a one-time adjustment to the shims used on the pin side of the backer board.

The Gifkins jig is intuitive, remarkably fast to use, and especially suited for the router table.

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