How to build through dovetail templates with MLCS woodworking

Eagle Lake Woodworking, hosted by John Nixon, offers great do-it-yourself guides for building your own furniture, especially in the American Arts and Crafts style, and turning your garage into an amateur woodshop. Search Eagle Lake on WonderHowTo for more carpentry tutorial videos. From Eagle Lake Woodworking on this specific lesson:

Take a look at these low-cost, easy to use templates from MLCS Woodworking. You can use these templates with your handheld router, and even on the router table!

This video shows a detailed demonstration on how to setup and use two different Through Dovetail templates by MLCS Woodworking. One template makes small dovetails suitable for jewelry boxes and drawers, while the other makes larger dovetails for chests and cabinets

Get great looking dovetail joints for a small investment. This easy to use dovetail system can produce dovetails on any width board. You can even make variable spaced dovetails!

The video covers:

* Making the mounting block
* Calibrating the Jig
* Using the Jig to make small and large dovetails
* Using the jig on the Router Table
* How to get the most of this jig.