New Product - "Akeda Dovetail Jig"

Well, I have all my boards cut and the dovetails fit perfectly. I am using one of the fingers to layout the grooves I will cut for the bottom and top.
	I first rip each piece so that I have tops and bottoms. I would do this after glue-up normally, but I will be dadoing grooves to accept the partitions and I want them only on the bottom front and back.
You can see the dados I am cutting. I have both front and back pieces together so that they will match exactly.
	I have applied glue to the dovetail pieces and am now clamping the bottom portion of the box. In the long direction, I use narrow blocks to apply force against the end panels but not the dovetails. On the cross direction, I have added two clamps just a bit away from the dovetails. This is necessary since the dovetails are a bit proud. I will sand them flush when the glue has set.
Well, we jump ahead by several hours. My camera had a bad disk and didn't tell me about it in time. But here is the completed box with a piece of lacewood on top and two barrel hinges installed. A couple of coats of VelvitOil make it look real rich. There are some nice grains there.    And most importantly, all the Akeda guide fingers have a place.  I will put some numbers on the front edge so that I can keep the pieces in their correct compartment.
	I love the results of the Akeda Jig so far. I have only done through dovetails, but the instructions were perfect as was every facet of the jig. This is a well designed and manufactured instrument. Any jig this complex that can give excellent results "right out of the box," wins my seal approval.    Next week, I will get to the other joints and maybe start a serious project with it.    As to the long wait: it was well worth it.