New Product: PC Omnijig Joinery System Page 2

I said earlier that I like it best when you get to cut wood early in the learning process. Well I am skipping to Page 23 to start their tutorial on Through Dovetails.
	And, I did get through the tutorial and have in hand a first test. It looks tight but you cant see the details — and that is just as well. As a first through dovetail, I learned what I wanted to learn. The next corner will be perfect — I hope.
I had Elena review the page which we will follow for making the through dovetails. While the Omnijig has a great many things that are designed to make your cutting of dovetails simpler, the manual isn't apart of this. In my opinion, there are too many steps in some of the paragraphs. I really like instructions to be one task/one paragraph and picture. This does add to the weight of the manual but since the instructions can make or break a good installation, I strongly recommend it. In the next paragraphs we will use our storyboard method to give you a step-by-step. We are following their manual but just breaking out the steps.
	The first instruction says that Through Dovetails will be made using the "red" label instructions. Here is one on the finger template bar. With this label facing up, you will be cutting the Tails.
Elena now inserts the stops in their socket. The red indicates that it is for Through Dovetails and they are marked "Left" and "Right."

	Next, she removes the stabilizer bar.
She slides the variable-spaced finger template onto the rods with the red "A-Tails" label facing up.
	Now Elena inserts a scrap of wood in the horizontal position and brings it forward until it is flush with the inside edge of the unit. This will serve as a backer board when the tails are being cut. To make this joint, Elena has cut four pieces of the exact same thickness. Two will be for the corner itself and the other two will serve as backer boards.
She places another scrap board on the right hand side. This will serve to keep the finger template level over the two like surfaces,
	Now, she inserts another board vertically and brings it up until it just touches the finger template.