Festool Router Table

[Rudy]

How can I do some box joints and dovetails on my Festool Router Table?

 

[Stephen B]

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Have no idea how you can get these. I believe they were being exported to US several years ago, but if interested you will have to do some further research.

http://www.classichandtools.com/acatalog/Gifkins-Dovetail-Jig.html

http://www.woodworkforums.com/15991-gifkins-dovetail-jog-users/



Edit.

US distributer -
http://www.japanwoodworker.com/search2/search.aspx?query=Gifkin

 

[nclemmons]

Suggest you look at ways to adapt most box joint jigs to attach to the sliding table miter gauge.

Here is a $70 one from Woodhaven for example...

Woodhaven on Amazon

Incra also makes one for about 150.00. Looks like the Gifkins one referenced above at Japan Woodworker is over 350.00 but very limited in sizes.  Ouch!

ShopNotes, FineWoodworking and other magazines have also done plans for making them.

Neil

 

[Sparktrician]

Seems to me that you might be better off using something like a Leigh Super Jig that you can mount to a slab of flat material and clamp down to the MFT. 

 

[Slartibartfass]

Use incra fence

http://www.incrementaltools.com/INCRA_LS_Super_System_25_Range_p/ls25wfncsys.htm

 

[NiteWalkerGR]

For dovetails, I use a porter cable 4212. It's a simple, sturdy jig. For the $105 I paid for it, no complaints.
For box joints, I much prefer to do them on the table saw with a dado set and incra ibox.

 

[Administrator_JSVN]

Rudy, welcome to the forum. Our forum members have given some suggested solutions. The CMS is not designed to produce those types of joints. We did have a jig, the VS 600, which was for that purpose but it has been discontinued without a replacement in the US/Canada.

Shane

 

[Locky]

I just got the vs600 and it is very easy to use, shame you guys don't have it anymore

 

[Greg M]

http://sommerfeldtools.com/professional-equipment-and-tools/jigs-and-guides/sommerfeld-s-dovetail-jig

Real easy system to use.