Cutting dovetail joints on the pantorouter

http://woodgears.ca/pantorouter/dovetail.html
How to design a dovetail templates for the pantorouter and cutting the dovetail joint

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• dovetail
• joint
• jig
• router

[TirianB]

I was wondering why you would use this to make dovetail joints? You said in one of your other videos that the finger joints are the easiest and fastest to make on the jig you have for that, and you have also shown us that they are the strongest. Is this just to show what the machine can do (which I think is impressive), or is there some reason for using dovetail joints over finger joints?

[Matthiaswandel]

I personally don't preer them, but it still makes sense to explore doing it.

[SimTune]

can you make a new machine? were you can shave wood into the right thicknes?

[Matthiaswandel]

That would be called a thikness planer. They don't cost much.

[roman3of23]

Matthias, any possibility you could demonstrate making a wooden gear template? Could this be used as a tool for building wood gear clocks? Perhaps not because of the limited distance you can go vertically?

[Matthiaswandel]

I have been thinking about making a pantograph to make gears. Catch is, you'd still need to make a gear to trace out with it, just that you could make the pattern bigger, and copy it many times. But usually I just need one or two gears, and those are so quick to cut on the bandsaw that I consider this to be a solved problem. I have a video on making gears already.

[Matthiaswandel]

Because calculating with fractional inches is a rediculous way to work.

[Matthiaswandel]

Has nothing to do with studying. School isn't really conducive to inventing. Ever heard or an inventor that attributed their abilities to formal education?

[k9uprising]

@TheThoridian Because they probably can't figure out how to put a guard on it! Too much liability!

[jamiemenuez]

great job. my brain hurts now. :)

[agfmaquinas]

Conhece maquinas CNC?Sai fora dessa vida amigo.

[TheThoridian]

why hasnt one of the large woodworking manufacturers made one of these to sell to the general public with a few modifications and upgrades?

[VladimirXYX]

Build one, cause it's cool.

[mightywombat]

I find myself watching this machine work and wondering what sort of dovetail results you could get on it using your screw advance box joint jig instead of a template. Love the machines, Matthias! Keep up the amazing work!

[lrntvld]

Congratulations on your 100th youtube video upload. I'm busy making the pantorouter. I'll keep you posted!

Alex

[TirianB]

@ratchet1freak Oh, I didn't know about that test.

[ratchet1freak]

@TirianB he already did a strength test in that direction but that was with halfblind dovetails from a classic jig versus the boxjoint: woodgears.ca/dovetail/index.ht­ml the dovetails lost