Patent ID: 7828024

Claim:
A jig for use with a router to make the pin and tail parts of a dovetail joint in the ends of respective first and second workpieces, comprising: a generally C-shaped frame having a front wall, a bottom wall, and a top wall; a first set of a plurality of guide slots formed by rails spaced apart in and along the length of a first section of said frame with said rails having parts on both said frame front and top walls, a router being able to move above said top wall rail parts with the router cutter bit being between said front wall rail parts and guided by said top wall rail parts to cut into a first workpiece end to make the joint pin parts; and a second set of a plurality of guide slots formed by posts spaced apart along at least a part of a second section of said frame front wall, said frame front wall and said top wall having continuous adjoining open area sections above and along all of said second set of spaced posts and guide slots into which a router cutter bit enters to cut into the second workpiece and be guided by said posts to cut the second workpiece end to make the joint tail parts.