Steve;
Are you a purist or just want to get the work done ? If you want to get
the work done and do not want to do these by hand, then a dovetail jig
is well worth the money. I tinkered with the bit depth and the jig setup
over the last couple of years and I have it set now so that the joints
are as perfect as I can get them. Of course I have a seperate router to
do just this.

I am sure you will get someone with the opposing opinion though and
that is just fine with me. I would like, in the future to be able to
make them by hand, but right now I do not have the time to teach myself.
Maybe when I retire I will 'move up' to doing them by hand.

JAW

Steve wrote:

just purchased a router. are dovetail jigs worth the money? is any
brand in particular better than the other, or can i just buy any jig off
ebay? Thanks for any advice.