Our neighbors to the north produce a lot of high-quality woodworking tools. Leigh is no exception. The company is pretty much the undisputed champion when it comes to dovetail jigs. While there have been some contenders, they have mostly fallen by the wayside (good luck finding parts for an Omnijig). The D4R PRO is the heavyweight in Leigh's dovetail jig stable. Rare among tools, the D4R PRO excels at an array of different tasks. In other words, this is not a tool that does one job well but also adapts to other tasks; it is a tool that does lots of things well, period.
Although Leigh makes a number of accessories that expand the uses of the D4R Pro, this jig is extremely well-rounded without extras. The included basic jig parts allow you to make not only half-blind and through dovetails, but also single-pass half-blind dovetails (ideal for projects that involve repetitively making many drawers), variably spaced and sized through and half-blind dovetails, asymmetric dovetails, end-on-end dovetails, sliding dovetails, and two sizes of box joints. All of this without buying a single accessory!
The Leigh D24 Vacuum and Router Support is a simple but innovative accessory for the D4R PRO. The D24 keeps your router supported and level with the jig, while also providing an efficient dust collection port perfectly positioned to suck in chips and debris as they are ejected. The port hangs below the support structure and follows along with the router as you work across the jig. The attachment is so well integrated that one might not know it’s there, but it would certainly be missed if it weren’t.
This set includes:
- Leigh D4R Dovetail Jig (100-034)
- Leigh D24 Vacuum and Router Support (100-035)
- Dovetail and Straight Bit Set for D4R Pro (00-186.8)
Features:
- One Jig, Many Joints
- Out-of-the-box, the D4R PRO (without any additional accessories) will create all of the following joints:
- Single-pass half-blind dovetails
- Variably spaced and sized half-blind dovetails,
- Variably spaced and sized through dovetails
- Asymmetric dovetails
- End-on-end dovetails,
- Sliding dovetails
- Box joints (3/8" and 3/4" adjustable fit)
- Inlaid dovetails
- Needle pins (for a hand-cut look)
- Comprehensive User Manual With Tips and Hints - goes above and beyond in making sure you get the most of the D4R PRO
- Set 00-186.8 Includes 14 premium quality router bits, plus two 1/2" to 8mm collet reducers and a wood box:
- 11-081.8 - 8mm Shank, Straight Router Bit, 5/16" dia., 1" cutter height (Leigh Part 140-8)
- 11-628 - 1/2" Shank, Straight Router Bit, 1/2" dia., 1-1/4" cutter height (Leigh Part 160)
- 12-611 - 1/2" Shank, Straight Router Bit, 7/16" dia., 1-1/4" cutter height (Leigh Part 150)
- 18-065.8 - 8mm Shank, 8° Dovetail Bit, 1/4" dia., 1/4" cutter height (Leigh Part 50-8)
- 18-081.8 - 8mm Shank, 8° Dovetail Bit, 5/16" dia., 3/8" cutter height (Leigh Part 60-8)
- 18-097.8 - 8mm Shank, 8° Dovetail Bit, 3/8" dia., 1/2" cutter height (Leigh Part 70-8)
- 18-129.8 - 8mm Shank, 8° Dovetail Bit, 1/2" dia., 3/16" cutter height (Leigh Part 80-8)
- 18-130.8 - 8mm Shank, 14° Dovetail Bit, 1/2" dia., 1/2" cutter height (Leigh Part 120-8)
- 18-131.8 - 8mm Shank, 10° Dovetail Bit, 1/2" dia., 5/8" cutter height (Leigh Part 101-8)
- 18-132.8 - 8mm Shank, 18° Dovetail Bit, 1/2" dia., 13/32" cutter height (Leigh Part 128-8)
- 18-134.8 - 8mm Shank, 8° Dovetail Bit, 7/16" dia., 5/8" cutter height (Leigh Part 75-8)
- 18-135.8 - 8mm Shank, 12° Dovetail Bit, 1/2" dia., 1/2" cutter height (Leigh Part 112-8)
- 18-674 - 1/2" Shank, 8° Dovetail Bit, 11/16" dia., 1" cutter height (Leigh Part 90)
- 18-706 - 1/2" Shank, 8° Dovetail Bit, 13/16" dia., 1-1/4" cutter height (Leigh Part 100)
