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Wasted $300 on a fancy dovetail jig that barely worked out of the box
Picked up one of those higher end dovetail jigs from a big box store thinking it would save me time on a custom drawer set I was building for a client in Seattle. Spent two whole afternoons fighting with the alignment guides and the clamps kept slipping, ended up with a pile of wasted walnut that cost me another $60. The cheap template I borrowed from a buddy later worked way better on the first try. Anyone else got burned by an overhyped tool that looked good on the shelf?
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henry_moore5514h ago
lol sounds like you bought the same "pro grade" jig I fell for last year. That thing had more plastic parts than a kids toy and the instructions might as well have been in ancient Greek. I swear these companies just slap a fancy price tag on junk and hope nobody returns it. The clamps on mine stripped out after like ten uses and I ended up going back to my grandpas old hand router jig that works perfectly fine. Honestly 300 bucks for a paperweight that eats walnut for breakfast is a special kind of rage. At least your buddy hooked you up with the cheap one that actually works those are always the real hidden gems.
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