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Leigh Hold-Down Clamps

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

Because a woodworker can never have enough clamps, Leigh Industries gives us their locking cam-action Hold-Down Clamp to hold your work to your bench.  The 90-degree lever lets you clamp down fast on stock up to 3″ thick.  They make the body of the clamp from a super-strong alloy and coat the heel and toe with non-marring nylon to protect your pricey woods.

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Dress Up Your Projects With Isoloc Joints

Friday, February 15th, 2008
Isoloc Joint Template on a Jig

Dovetail joinery can be one mark of excellent craftsmanship, but woodworkers have been joining with ‘em for hundreds of years. You can always spice dovetails up a bit by varying the distance between the pins and tails — but if you really want your project to be noticed, you should check out Leigh’s Isoloc joint templates. Isoloc templates allow you to create curved and rounded fingers that are only possible with a router.

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Finds: Leigh D4R Dovetail Jig

Sunday, September 10th, 2006

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Almost every drawer you’ll find on quality furniture is assembled using a dovetail joint, and if you’ve ever look at those drawers you’ve probably wondered, “How do they make those?”  It’s actually a lot easier than you’d think: They use a jig which guides a router bit to cut out the interlocking grooves.

The Leigh D4R is one such jig, and a pretty decent one from what we can tell.  It can handle up to 45″ wide stock, and is capable of jigging lots of different joints including finger, Isoloc hybrid, mortise and tenon, and jumbo half-blind dovetails. 

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