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   Lataxe | May 23, 2007 09:43pm | #1

   Jeff,

   Its good to hear about that excellent LN customer service.  Generally speaking, Lie Nielsen is well-liked for both its tools and its service.

   I have one of those dovetail markers you mention (assuming it's the brass and wood item).  Just to offer one slight criticism of Lie Nielsen (to balance the overwhelming praise) I have to say that I don't think a wooden part is a good idea in a DT marker.  Mine already has a number of slices and nicks from the marking knives (Sabatier and Blue Spruce).

   Lataxe the hypercritical.

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   VTAndy_ | May 24, 2007 12:47am | #2

   Sir David La Taxe,
   I have the same marker, but have to admit that I now think it is overkill. Originally, I had considered getting one from Rob Cosman:
   http://www.robcosman.com/rcjigs.php
   Upon noticing that his were 100% wooden, I concluded that I would prefer the one from LN because of the metal component. I like rosewood and brass. Now I see the whole thing as being unnecessarily precise. I believe that one could simply hack together a jig out of scrap wood, using a protractor to set a given angle if one deems it necessary, then use it until it becomes unusable, then make another. Or just set an angle on a sliding bevel and use that. If the whole jig were brass, it would be more durable, but in the long run, the minor scratches on the rosewood on the LN jig do not render it unusable, just cosmetically blemished (or comfortably used?). Considering that one can actually pursue these joints freehand (ala Santa Klausz), is the ultimate durability of the jig (training wheels?) really that important?
   -Andy
   P.S. I am still (happily) using the training wheels!