Gifkins Dovetail Jig

From everything that I have read and watched the Gifkins Dovetail Jig http://www.gifkins.com.au/ is the quickest, easiest way to cut dovetail joints and having used one and now owning one I have to agree.

Luckily I was able to purchase one for work before I invested my own money in one and i was so impressed that I brought two templates. I got the Deluxe Package with the A10, for thicknesses up to 13mm, and the B10, for thicknesses 13 to 22mm thick, templates. These are to 2 most popular size templates.

I have to say that the purchase process was a great experience with the online ordering and and additional communication followed up via email in a timely manner.

Since the Jig I have made a few boxes and draw units each time getting a nice tight fit with next to no setup time.

 Including a box to put the Jig itself in



 NOTE: Yes, All of the above jobs are constructed from the fence palings and will will look at each job individually in this blog.

Previous Project - BBQ Trolley

I was looking for a project that used up the palings from my hardwood fence and I saw this on the New Yankee Workshop and thought would give it a go.

The only part which is not fence palings is the handle and the bolts holding the wheels on.

Pretty simple, 3 trays, which I mitred the corners, if I was to build one again, now that I have a Gifkins Dovetail Jig, I would dovetail the corners instead. The Legs are 2 palings glued together and half lapped where they cross.

The wheels are made up of 3 layers of palings glued together with Titebond 3 glue, the same as the rest of the project, in squares and then turned into circle using my router and a circle jig.

As you can see the tray on top comes out so that you can take it inside an load it up while there is a slide out cutting board that stores underneath.