Make a variety of professional-quality dovetails and joints with the Porter-Cable 12 in. Dovetail Jig. It features a design with template alignment lines as well as router bit depth gauges for easier and efficient projects. Cut a wide variety of joinery for drawers, boxes and furniture in stock from 1/4 to 1-1/8 in. thick with a router (sold separately). All necessary bits to make joinery are included. This jig is backed by a 90-day money-back guarantee, 3-year limited manufacturer warranty and 1-year free service contract. You can clamp this jig directly to your work bench for added convenience and safety.
- Includes a half-blind/sliding dovetail template (model 4211), router bit (model 43776PC), template guides (model 42040), lock nut (Model 42237), wrench and instruction manual
- Template alignment lines and clear guidelines included
- Durable, single-piece steel base design that requires no assembly and clamps or bolts directly to your work bench
- Accommodates stock from 1/4 to 1-1/8 in. thick
- Heavy-duty cam-type clamps with sandpaper-backed locking bars for a firm grip of wood
- Additional templates (4213 and 4215) available to create through dovetails, box joints and miniature dovetails
- 90-day money-back guarantee
- 3-year limited manufacturer warranty
- 1-year free service contract
Leilani Okuneva (verified owner) –
Sturdy and fairly easy to use for a beginner
Lue O’Hara (verified owner) –
With just a couple practice runs you can accomplish dovetails. Would recommend a gauge on template gauge near turn handles to ensure distance on left and right sides are identical ensuring level set up.
Amber Stokes (verified owner) –
The Dovetail Jig works very well. Instruction Manual is mediocre at best, but with enough trial and error very good results are possible.Be forewarned: Do Not expect excellent results on your first cuts. Make certain you have plenty of scrap material to experiment with.
Eldred Grant (verified owner) –
Lack of research on my part left me dissatisfied with my purchase. It was not until actually using the product that I learned I should have purchased the more expensive option that includes the additional templates, specifically for through dove tails. Now I have to fork out quite a bit of money to get what I was looking for to begin with.
Jo Moore (verified owner) –
Best dovetail jig going. Maybe 1/2 hr to set up. If you just making drawer boxes the 12 inch is more than enough. Spent a lot of time using the older omni jig which had much beefier construction but for 12 inch boxes and under it has worked great so far.
Christine Schaefer (verified owner) –
very happy
Fletcher Stoltenberg (verified owner) –
We love it thankyou.
Bart Kautzer (verified owner) –
Online purchase took longer than expected to be shipped to my local HD store, but it arrived in excellent condition. The tool is another great product from Porter-Cable, and works well. The user manual, however, seems poorly written. I learned more about it from articles and videos found on the internet. My only regret is the fact that the normally available military/veteran 10% store discount is NOT available with online orders.
Erich Grimes (verified owner) –
I might noy have used it yet, but the heft of it was very suprising. I thought it would be well made, but its really well made. Very nice cant wait till I try it.
Turner Casper (verified owner) –
Very well made easy to use and accurate.
Irma Reichel (verified owner) –
I bought jointthis in the 1st model years ago and have never regretted it. Does all the joints I want at a resonable price.
Julian Buckridge (verified owner) –
Took me a few tries with some scrap 1×12 to fine tune the jig, but in a short time I was producing perfect half dove tail joints. Make sure your lumber is flat as a cupped piece will produce a poor fitting joint. This jig is heavy and well built. anchoring it to my work bench made a big difference,. I would recommend this product to anyone who enjoys woodworking.
Gabriel Schinner (verified owner) –
I returned the Dovetail Jig.
Athena Boyer (verified owner) –
Take this product step by step and it will be easy to set up and use. Number one complaint is that it was hard to set up and adjust. I did not find that true but as a I said “Step by step”. It worked with just a little adjustment and produced some fine half blind dovetails in multiple types of wood.
Felix Koelpin (verified owner) –
Product delivered as advertised. This item is a gift, so as yet unable to provide functional evaluation.
Pasquale Trantow (verified owner) –
1/2 blind dovetails were very close to perfect the first time
Travis McGlynn (verified owner) –
I have an older 16″ Craftsman and it has worked well for years, until I accidentally cut the half blind dovetail template with my bit. Then I bought this one from Porter Cable to do the half blind cuts. It has worked well so far to make the boxes for my coffee mill kits.
Brennan Wisozk (verified owner) –
It’s not the most versatile tool for the price, but it does a good job at making dovetails. And after a few YouTube videos anyone can become a pro at using it.
Jerry Gulgowski (verified owner) –
Outstanding jig works well and not to hard to understand how to work the jig definitely a nice to have in my piece of equipment.
Vanessa Kerluke (verified owner) –
Quality product