Sandal Woods - Fine Woodworking & Cabinetry

In this episode I will be trying something new - I think you will like it: I have been given permission by Leigh to post on the blog the videos they have produced for their entire product line, updated for 2008.

I will publish the entire set of videos over the next few weeks. These will thus become a full reference video library on the entire Leigh product line. So, let me know in the Comments section, or via e-mail, how well you like the series. Thanks!

This episode is the Introduction to the Leigh D4R 24-inch dovetail jig. The D4R is an update to the D4 I have in my shop, and that I use exclusively for many of my box projects - I LOVE to make boxes!

Some of you are already familiar with a little box I made with inlaid dovetails, and with what I called “bow ties” on the lid; the bow ties are inlaid end-on-end dovetails. At the request of one of the nice people at Leigh, photos of this little box found a home in the Leigh Inlaid Dovetail Gallery- the photos below reside at the Gallery:

As many of you know, Leigh Industries is one of my two new sponsors. What some people have not yet discovered is that Leigh has produced many videos on the use of their dovetails jigs; also, for the various templates used with these dovetail jigs; and for the FMT; for the router bit sets made for the jigs; for the vacuum systems used on the jigs; and for the superb User Guides they publish.

 

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In this episode I show the two router bit sets provided by Sommerfeld Tools as the May 2008 giveaway.The deadline to register your name for this first monthly drawing is fast approaching - make sure to register by midnight of May 31, 2008. I will draw two names at random on June 1, 2008, and will post the names of the winners here on the same day.The only rules to enter the drawing are:

1. Send me an e-mail ( sandal_woods@bbwi.net ) with your full name and address.
2. Read the blog on June 1 to see if you have won.

I encourage my readers to register, as I would like to keep the monthly drawings as a special feature of the blog. Marc Sommerfeld has provided these prizes free to the winners. Of course, shipping is always free on all our orders from Sommerfeld, excluding only a few major (large) items. Will ship only to North America (U.S., Canada, and Mexico).

The more people who register for a chance to win, the better the chances we can keep this monthly drawing going. Thanks for entering, and always a huge THANKS to every one of my readers for your support!