Woodpeckers EWDJ-32-20 Exact Width Dado Jig - 32-1/2 Inch

Product Summary

After a quick trim pass to match your router to the jig, all you have to do is fit your stock snugly between the edge guides and youre ready to make a perfect fitting dado. Your router guide bushing follows the jigs rails while the router bit cuts a dado perfectly matching the thickness of your stock. Its that simple. No measuring, no test cuts, no scrap. If youve ever used a track saw and guide rail, this jig works similarlyexcept doublethe edge guides are on the exact cutting lines of both sides of the dado. If your project calls for blind joinery, built-in stops at each end of the jig limit the travel of your router. All you need to know is the diameter of your router base and how far back from the edge you want to stop the cut. The easy-to-read engraved scale makes it fast and simple to set up. The precision scale used to set your stops serves double-duty. It slides out of its track so you can use it to set your router bit. The scale compensates for the thickness of the jigno math involved, just set the depth of cut you want. All four corners have wide, stainless steel clamping pads to secure the jig to your work. One corner is fixed at 90° to keep your dado perpendicular to your workpieceno separate square needed for setup. The guide rails are machined from the same solid phenolic used in our top-of-the-line router tables. The sacrificial edge guides will last for multiple dado projects and only need to be replaced if you change to a different combination router bit and guide bushing. You can rout dadoes as narrow as 3/8" and up to 1-1/2" wide. In its original OneTIME Tool release, the Exact Width Dado Jig had a maximum capacity of 24-1/2". That size is still available, but now weve added 14-1/2 and 32-1/2 models. If you cut dadoes mostly for upper cabinets and bookcases the new 14-1/2 model is perfectly sized and easy to work with. If you need something much bigger, the new 32-1/2 model is just the ticket. All three sizes can close down to cut a dado just 5 long. There are replaceable, zero clearance blocks at each end of the jig to eliminate splintering and tear-out. These blocks are simple to make yourself, or you can order replacements from us. The jig comes with a precision-machined 1/2" diameter Porter-Cable style template guide bushing and a matching spacer (youll need it to make that first trim cut). If your router doesnt use the PC style guide bushing, any 1/2" guide bushing and 3/8 router bit combination will work. All hardware, the adjustable stops, the offset scale and offset indicators are made from stainless steel. In short, this is a bulletproof, lifetime tool that will keep your dadoes fitting perfectly for years, no matter what the plywood manufacturers do in the future. The Exact Width Dado Jig now joins Woodpeckers line of always available permanent products. Like all Woodpeckers tools, they are precisely machined and carefully inspected in our Strongsville, Ohio manufacturing facility (just south of Cleveland). The deadline to order yours is Monday, August 24, 2020. Once orders are filled, these tools will be retired from our product line. Delivery is scheduled for December 2020. Credit Card Policy. Please note if you're paying by credit card, you will not be charged until your order is ready to ship. However Paypal and other payment services may charge you at the time the order is placed.

Blame it on imports, blame it on the metric system, blame it on lumber companies trying to squeeze more out of lessblame it on whatever you want, but theres no denying that plywood and other sheet goods dont come close to their nominal dimensions these days. Whats worse, the actual dimension is highly variable among brands, sheet type and country of origin. That means you cant just buy undersized router bits and hope theyll cut a groove that fits. Woodpeckers new Exact Width Dado Jig delivers perfect fitting dadoes by avoiding measuring altogetherit uses the actual material youre fitting into the dado as the gauge to set up the cut.