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   forestgirl | Sep 15, 2002 07:53pm | #1

   I'm probably going to get in trouble for being a smarta$$, but I think I'd have to be making mortise and tenons 10 hours per day to justify spending $700 on a jig to make 'em with!  Holy Smokes.  What kind of woodworking do you do, Ken??

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl   ;-)

   
   

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   Edited 9/15/2002 12:55:07 PM ET by forest_girl

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   dovetail3 | Sep 15, 2002 08:08pm | #3

   The usual kind. Chairs, cabinets, desks, tables, doors. I use a lot of floating tenons and have made a number of jigs for that purpose. My interest in the leigh jig is one tool could replace all the other jigs and save a lot of shop space. call me a tool junkie but I don't have a problem investing in tools. You know the sayings, you can't be too thin or too rich? In my mind you can't have too many tools.

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   user-24343 | Sep 15, 2002 11:08pm | #4

   I like your reasoning Dovetail, but it gets me into trouble all the time.  I don't have one of these, but I've seen them demonstrated.  I think the best thing about them is the ability to quickly set up some rather complex angled tenons.  I'd think the chairmakers out there would be able to put this to good use.

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   Hempstalk | Sep 15, 2002 08:08pm | #2

   Hi there Ken.  I'm ordering one right away.  Lee Valley is selling them around my neck of the woods.  If you think $700 is high they sell here in Canada for $1059.00.  If you make custom furniture for a living this tool would pay for itself in a hurry.  Of course I haven't used one yet so I can't say how they work but I'm going to find out.

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   dovetail3 | Sep 16, 2002 01:07am | #5

   If it isn't asking too much would you please let me know what you think once you've used it. [email protected]

   Thanks, Ken