Vertical jig for "any tail" joinery

[ScienceGuy (Jamie Kinney)]

This is my first post in the Carbide3D community forums

I’ve been watching a ton of YouTube videos while waiting for my Shapeoko Pro to arrive. This morning, I stumbled across this video which shows a wide range of creative alternatives to traditional dovetail joints. The video creator has made a jig which allows the end of the piece to be oriented vertically under the CNC mill.

WaveTail. CNC Joinery

This post discusses some alternative approaches.

How to best create CNC-friendly wood joinery

So I’ve made a few projects so far, and for each I’ve manually put in dogbones and such, but I’m aiming to do some more complex stuff now, and the prospect of intricately creating dogbones for each inner corner throughout the piece of furniture is super daunting. Plus, I’ve come across some really interesting CNC-specific joinery options that look beautiful. [Screen Shot 2020-04-06 at 12.25.04 am] (that’s from the Instructables 50 Digital Joints) Also come across this in Make Magazine: …

How are folks carving dovetail-like joints today?

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

I put the jig which I worked up at:

Fixture for cutting vertical joints

(there are others)

Unfortunately, the Pro reduces the overhang cutting area — looks like we’ll need to work up a new design (I was thinking removing one of the T-track extrusions and modifying it to integrate workholding w/ a suitable opening beneath the machine).

[ScienceGuy (Jamie Kinney)]

Thanks Will. I was.also thinking about creating an opening in the table and using the approach you outlined.

My machine arrived yesterday and I still need to build my table, but I would love to work with you on this with you once I’m up and running.