Half-Blind Dovetail With A Lipped Front; Cutting The Tails - Porter-Cable 4212 (29550) Instruction Manual

RABBETED HALF-BLIND DOVETAILS
To produce rabbeted half-blind dovetails (drawer front), cut
the pins for a half-blind joint after the drawer front has been
rabbeted. The depth of the rabbet must be deeper than the
half-blind router bit depth guide.
NOTE:
Cut the tails first.
For miniature half-blinds, use the 4215 accessory
kit.
Use scrap wood until you are comfortable with the
jig.
Mount the correct offset guides - black for the
standard and silver for the miniature.
ITEMS NEEDED
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Half-blind Dovetail Template
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17/32", 7° Dovetail Bit 43776PC
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3/4" O.D. Template Guide, 42040
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Template Guide Lock Nut, 42239

CUTTING THE TAILS

Step 1 - Clamp a scrap board (A) Fig. R1 in the upper clamp (horizontal mounting position). Use scrap board that
is thick enough to prevent the bit from contacting the base (1/2" will work). Secure the template (B) on
top of the scrap board (Fig. R1). Ensure the flatness by holding one hand on the board and using the other
to tighten the template knobs.
Move the left offset guide all the way to the left (Fig. R2). (Use the black offset guides for the standard
Step 2 -
cut, and the silver for the miniature cut).
Position and clamp the tail board in the lower clamp (vertical mounting position) with the outside surface
Step 3 -
against the jig base (Fig. R3).
B
Step 4 -
Make a spacer equal to the rabbet's width. Put the spacer (A) Fig. R4 against the left edge of the tail
board, move the left offset guide (B) flush against the spacer, and secure the offset guide.
Reposition the scrap board
Step 5 -
(C) so that it is flush against
the offset guide and the
back edge of the vertical
board.
Align the "half-blind" temp-
Step 6 -
plate line (A) Fig. R5 with
the line formed where the
scrap board (B) and the
vertical board (C) meet.
A
R1
B
ITEMS NEEDED FOR MINIATURE
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Miniature Dovetail Template
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9/32", 7° Dovetail Bit 43777PC
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3/8" O.D. Template Guide, 42037 (with dovetail bit)
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Template Guide Lock Nut, 42239
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Miniature Offset Guides (silver)
R2
A
R4
19
R3
B
C
A
R5