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   nikkiwood | May 27, 2004 04:59pm | #1

   I have never tried their system for a table saw set-up.

   But I have used the Jointech system for my router table, and I think it is a very slick system.

   Here's what I like about it:

   1) Dead-on accurate repeatability.

   2) Easy to adjust. You slide the fence up to approximately where you want it, and then you can use the micro adjuster wheel to fine tune. This is a great feature, for example, with stuff like sliding dovetails.

   3) Dust collection through the fence. When hooked up with a shop vac (I wired my table, so the vac fires up when I the router is turned on), the collection works very well -- but only for those operations where the cutter is between the work piece and the fence. Thus, I often remove the bearing, and use the fence as a guide.

   4) My fence came with eccentric rods attached to inserts in the fence (so you could use the table for jointing operations). Since I did not need that function, I took them out, which allows me to slide the inserts back and forth for a tight fit against whatever bit I'm using.

   I have used the Jointech for dovetails now and then, but the learning curve is steep. My taste doesn't run toward the fancy stuff they are capable of, and I think there are other, simpler ways to cut dovetails for drawers and the like.

   Before you get rid of the machine, I would certainly try it out on the saw. If repeatability is important to any of your work, this thing will earn a place in your inventory of shop tools.

   
   

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   Edited 5/27/2004 10:02 am ET by nikkiwood

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   forestgirl | May 27, 2004 06:31pm | #2

   Thanks for the 1st-hand info, Nikki.  By inserts, you're referring to the orange things in the middle, right?  I see that extras can be bought and used to make zero-clearance inserts for profile bits and the like. 

   Do you have your router in a separate router table, or installed in your table saw??

   To keep it and use it on my TS also, I'd have to make some changes to my whole set-up.  Hmmmmmm, we'll see.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

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   nikkiwood | May 28, 2004 12:37am | #3

   To answer your questions:

   Mine is set up on a fairly large router table.

   No, the inserts I referred to were cylindrical rods that slipped into the sliding plastic thingees in the fence itself. the cylinders allowed one half of the fence to be offset slightly so you could use your table to joint lumber.

   I think what you are referring to (the orange things) are the zero-clearance inserts you mount between the sliding thingees in the fence. Once mounted, you slide your selected router bit through them to create a zero clearance insert. I think I used one once and decided they were more trouble than they're worth.

   For years I kept a router set-up in the extension table of my saw (to the right of the blade). Mostly I used it with bits with bearings, but when I needed a fence, I just used the saw fence -- not the Jointech.

   If your saw has a decent fence, I would be dubious about the added benefits of using the Jointech as a replacement.

   Here's a suggestion, however, for a Jointech set up that you can easily move from the router table to the table saw:

   First, mount the the Jointech on a piece of flat plywood or MDF with the appropriate screws. Then, make two slots on either side of the mounting plate, big enough to accommodate handles with 1/4-20 posts. Install either threaded inserts or tee-nuts in your router table and table saw extension.

   I made this up because I wanted the extra capacity between the bit and the fence -- but it would also be easy to move the whole thing back and forth between the two tables.

   Good luck.

   Edited 5/27/2004 5:39 pm ET by nikkiwood

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   opamonster | Jan 09, 2016 02:25pm | #4

   Does anyone have the Jointec systemfor making dove tails.