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Default Leigh D4 dovetail jig driving me nuts


"Upscale" wrote in message
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"Leon" wrote in message
the bit could be bending while spinning and cause too much material to be
removed. This could be exaggerated at higher bit speeds. Leigh

recommends
8mm and 1/2" bits to help fight chatter.


Hmmm. You could be right, but that's an awful lot of bit chatter for the
amount of dead space shown in the pictures he presented. I'd freak out if
any router I had caused that much wobble.


Chatter along with a smaller based and light weight router could do that.