Porter-Cable 4212 12-Inch Deluxe Dovetail Jig

Porter-Cable 4212 12-Inch Deluxe Dovetail Jig | Well made

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	Porter-Cable 4212 12-Inch Deluxe Dovetail Jig Porter Cable Porter Cable average customer review:based on 67 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Cuts through dovetails, box joints, half-blind dovetails, rabbeted half-blind dovetails, and dovetail dados. Patented alignment lines and router bit depth stop allow for quick, easy set-up Handles stock from 1/4" to 1-1/8" thick and up to 12" wide

Comes with easy-to-mount, heavy-duty steel base; half-blind and dado template, through and box template, dovetail bit, straight bit, two template guides, two lock nuts and T-handle hex wrench. Heavy-duty cam-type clamps with sandpaper-backed locking bars provide solid grip of wood. CNC machined aluminum templates provide superior accuracy. For use with routers with 1/2 collet.

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Porter-Cable Dovetail Jig

This Porter-Cable jig made absolutely perfect half blind and through dovetail joints right out of the box. The pictures in the manual are clear and the instructions concise. There is no redundancy so start reading /studying from page one. I used 3/4" plywood to make the joints and experienced very little tear out. The instructions provide good guidance on this point. Depth settings and alignments were very easy, accurate and accomplished in about 30 seconds each. The through dovetail joints stood proud a little less than 1/64 of an inch on one side and a little less than 1/32 of an inch on the other which is just right for sanding flush. I have previous experience with a 1/4" box joint jig I designed for thin stock that makes perfect joints and a Sears 1/2" dovetailing jig that wasted a lot of time and wood on test cuts to get the depth and alignment just right.

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Well made

I've been a bit disappointed by Porter Cable recently. Foreign made tools, quality slipping, and so on. I argued with myself about whether to buy this dovetail jig or the Leigh. I finally decided on the PC 4212, because I don't need variable dovetail spacing and I wanted to keep it simple. I also don't need anything longer than 12" (at least not now). This product arrived, it seems very solidly built and all the pieces were there! Now if I can just get a weekend to try it out. I will say that I find the bit depth gauge to be a little cheesy, just being the plastic top of a thumbscrew, but when the time comes that it gets all banged up, I will replace it with a carriage bolt, and then it will have a metal top. This sure isn't the new OmniJig, but the price is about 1/4, so it will do just fine.

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DOVETAIL REVIEW

THE PORTER CABLE DOVETAIL JIG IS VERY USER FRIENDLY AND THE DEPTH STOP SET-UP MAKES THE TASK OF SETTING EASY. A VERY SOLID JIG WITH VERY GOOD
TENSION HOLDING WOOD IN PLACE FOR ACCURATE PLACEMENT.

So easy it almost makes dovetails by itself

I purchased the 4212 at a tradeshow a couple of months back...Sorry Amazon. The machines is extremely user friendly and very easy to set up. If you have gone through the trial and error of the $75.00 Crafstman jigs to the $300.00+ Leigh Jigs and have been frustrated with your esults this is the machine for you. It took me about 30 minutes to get it set up when I took it out of the box. My jig was in great shape and felt very secure. I screwed it to my workbench and started a test piece. The first cuts were perfect. I leave mive set up for 5/8" thick drawer sides and have a router dedicated for the sole purpose of making dovetails. If you use the indent that is on the template you can't go wrong. What use to take me five hours to make I can now do in 2. All of my drawers now have half blind dovetails and my customers love them.

The issue that others have reported with the template was resolved with a quick sanding with a steel wool abrasive pad on my random orbit sander and a small spray of Top Cote. Works as smooth as glass.

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Great value

For the price it is an excellent jig. Besides the great reviews given in Amazon, other wood working magazines rated it very highly as well. Like any tool you have to practice with it to appreciate it and I do! I have to agree with other reviewers that the manual is terrible. (hence the 4 stars instead of 5) I did not experience any shipping damage problems that others reported. I think that is more a function of the shipper and the care they give (or don't) to the package.

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