Use a template guide that has the same outside diameter as your dovetail bit to make measuring simple.
Timber frame dovetail template.
The dovetail clamping devices are almost always made from a metal base have some form of clamping system and use pressure rods and a comb sometimes called a template for cutting the dovetails.
3 75 3 3 4 or 3 3 4 select appropriate angle and overlap to obtain desired log gap.
In fact the arunda dovetail system is a faster way to make strong timber frame systems.
If you create your own template you might be able to get away with not using a metal base but using standard 3 4 hardwood instead.
Imagine how solid a floor system with dovetailed floor joists would be.
Adjust the milling depth on the router with the setting gauge on the tenon template only.
Their system lets you create dovetail mortise and tenons for connecting timber without fasteners.
Position router into guide plate with a 90 rotation 4.
Log dovetail diagram profile front log dovetail diagram profile end log dovetail diagram profile back log dovetail diagram profile complete enter inches as decimal or inch and fraction separated by spaces.
It s not hard to fabricate with the arunda jigs.
Set tenon length with set levers on fence.
Next clamp your straight edge exactly where you want the sliding dovetail to go.
This is a geometric calculator only.
The system is comprised of a mortise template and a tenon template.
Mill the tenon with the router securely locked into.
The cutting is done with the powerful mafell lo 65ec hand router coupled with the arunda dovetail router bit.
Mount tenon template with clamps or wood screws 2.