Finger joints, also called box joints, add visually striking symmetrical design to corner assemblies. Unlike dovetails, finger joints do not interlock mechanically but their enormous glue surface area makes them as strong as dovetails throughout the life of today's modern adhesives. Leigh's versatile 24" F3 Finger Joint Template is the most comprehensive and accurate jig of its kind. The F3 produces 11 sizes of square finger joints from 3/32" (2.38mm) to 1/2" (12.7mm) and the F3 can also produce three sizes of square half-blind finger joints.
The F3 Template has three comb sizes: 5/16" (7.9mm), 3/8" (9.5mm) and 1/2" (12.7mm). Each comb can produce joints in the comb size and smaller or larger joints. For example, the 5/16" (7.9mm) comb produces 5/32" (4mm), 5/16" (7.9mm) and 5/8" (15.9mm) joints. Similarly, the 3/8" (9.5mm) comb produces 3/32" (2.38mm), 3/16" (4.8mm), 3/8" (9.5mm) and 3/4" (19mm) joints. 1/8" (3.2mm), 1/4" (6.35mm), 1/2" (12.7mm) and 1" (25.4mm) joints are all possible using the 1/2" (12.7mm) comb. And that's not all. Each of the three combs can produce unique square half-blind finger joints.
Features include:
- precision CNC machined aluminium alloy template
- precisely adjustable joint fit
- F3 - 11 sizes of finger joints: 3/32" (2.38mm), 1/8" (3.2mm), 5/32" (4mm), 3/16" (4.8mm), 1/4" (6.35mm),
5/16" (7.9mm), 3/8" (9.5mm) 5/8" (15.9mm), 3/4"(19mm), 1/2" (12.7mm)and 1" (25.4mm)
- F1600 - Six sizes of finger joints: 1/16" (1.6mm),
1/8" (3.2mm), 3/16" (4.8mm), 1/4" (6.35mm), 3/8" (9.5mm)
and 1/2" (12.7mm)
- F3 - 3 sizes of square half-blind joints: 5/16" (7.9mm), 3/8" (9.5mm) and 1/2" (12.7mm)
- F3 - The F3 attaches directly to the D4R Pro or any D-series 24" dovetail jig
F3 Includes Leigh e7, e8 and e10 template guidebushes; F1600 includes six piece variable guidebush system. Shipping weights: F3 - 3.65kg,
F1600 - 2.3kg.