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CG finger joint jig and a wobble dado blade
February 26th, 2006 09:19 AM
good morning again,
can the craftsman finger joint jig be used with a wobble dado blade.i think it is a 7 in.blade.iam looking at your different topics. i might be misunderstanding but it sounds like craftsman is discontinuing some of their tools .if i am wrong tell me
thanks CG
Randal Creative fingerjointing?!?
February 27th, 2006 01:08 AM
Place your hands in the prayer posistion, now bend them palms out away from you; a finger joint looks like that. It is made up of cuts (normally the width of your blades kerf (kerf-width of blades carbide or steel cutting tip) that allow you to joint two pieces of wood. Normally it is used for box corners, as a different style dovetail.
A dado blade is used for dado's (grooves in wood for things like shelves of a slot to joint two pieces), and Rabbets (Grooves along the outside of wood for wood joining).

Yes, theoretically you could use that blade for finger jointing, but wobble dado's don't make flat bottom grooves. So you would probably have to cut the tongues, to fit the grooves with a jig saw.
Adam Finger Jointing
February 27th, 2006 06:00 AM
February 27, 2006 Finger Jointing


A wobble blade may be able to create a finger joint.

But, I believe the traditional stacked-dado blades, on a 1/4 inch finger, would provide a superior shaped female finger.

There is also a Freud finger-joint blade setup that is supposed to create superior flat-faced female fingers, with virtually no tear out.

As for the Craftsman tools going away, they are constantly in a state of flux.

What was once available in any Sears store is now only available online or through Catalog ordering.

We're up to something like the 4th version of Craftsman folding utility knife.

The mid-sized sockets have been withdrawn and the 8 pnt. sockets are remote orderable only.

When I started working for Sears, they still had traditionally socketed pushdrill bits.

But now, you can purchase a Craftsman push drill that holds 1/4 inch hex drive bits and drill bits.

We're not looking at Craftsman tools diminishing, as much as changing.

Milled-face Carpenters' hammers have almost been completely replaced by professionals' choice Vaughan hammers.

If you want a Craftsman milled-face hammer, go to your store's clearance section now!

Unless you want to learn how to "repoint" the waffle faces, these type of old Craftsman hammers are probably not going to make you happy.

I did succeed in getting the last... 23 oz. Framing Hammer in one of my local stores.
Adam Contrasting Fingers
February 28th, 2006 10:24 AM
February 28, 2006 Contrasting Fingers


Finger joints were born in the age of machine woodworking to emulate hand-cut dovetail joints, at a much more economical price per box.

If you'd like to throw in some "craftsman" creativity, use contrasting box sides to form the fingers.

The sides of the box, looking from any side, will alternate with each wooden sides color.

Front and back is one color wood, with left and right another color wood.

Be sure to have all sides the same thickness.
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