New Product:  "The Accurate Guide" for Precise Dados and Sliding Dovetails

This is where we left off. Beth had used the "Accurate Guide" successfully for making dados to fit any shelf thickness.    Today, she started making sliding dovetails.
	Her first task is to find a dovetail bit that will give the best sliding dovetail. I suggested to her that she should find one that will be good for cutting about one-half the thickness of the 3/4" board. This 1/2" 14o bit (window) looks good to her. The 1/2" is the width of the dovetail. It has enough depth to cut the slot about 3/8" deep.
First she must make the tail section on the shelf. She installs the bit in the router table.
	She sets the height of the bit so that it will cut about one half the thickness of the 3/4" stock.
She is almost ready to make the cut, but first, she moves both the left and right fences in so that they are about 1/8" away from the bit. When they are set, she rotates the bit by hand one revolution to be sure that there is clearance.
	She has set the fence so that it removes about 1/8". This doesn't need to be measured or exact since the "Accurate Guide" will allow her to make the groove match the dovetail of the shelf.     Making the cut is pretty simple. She uses a push block to keep the work piece against the fence and make the cut. She makes the cut on both sides.
It couldn't be easier to make the tails. These were practice tails — a couple of passes on both sides gave the right cut. When she starts to cut many tails, she will put a feather board or two in place to ensure more uniform cutting.
	While Beth was at the router table, she also ran a board with the same thickness so that she could make two sample blocks.
Beth uses this router's fine adjustment knob to set the depth of cut to the exact depth on the sample. Once set, she positions the plunge stop to this depth.
	She installs the Accurate Guide back on the router.
Just as before, she clamps a straight edge on the board.