Cam-A-Line uses a sliding cam system to maintain even spacing between 3 drill guide bushings.You can space the bushings as close as 3/4"(20 mm) center-to-center orspread them out up to 1-3/4" (4 mm) center-to-center.This spacing range lets you have an evenly spaced three-dowel aray on a workpiece fom 2-1/4" wide up to 5-1/2wide. You can go narrower than 2-1/4" by using only 2 of the guide bushings and you can go wider than 5-1/2" by using groups of pins.
The easiest way to ue Cam-A-line utlizes the engraved centerines,just clamp your two boards together exactly where you wanthem. trike a line across the joint AliarCam-A-line's engraved centerine with the marks on each piece and dril your joint. The holes wiline up perfectly and create a jointhat rivals loose tenon or mortise andtenon joints for strength and durability, You can use the same process for miter joints, too.
When you have stacks of similar joints to make,the stop system speds things up,compared to using a centerine. Once your stop is set, it provides a quick physicalreference to locate your work, eliminating aligning the jig to a pencil mark.You can quickly re-index the stop on the other end of the jig to drill the mirror image on yourjoining piece.
Using dowels in edge-glued panels can save hours of hand planing and sanding.The dowels keep the top surface ofyour panel fat even when the sections have a litle bit oftwist or bow,. The extension rods for the ston svstem let you set the spacina between dowel nins wherever you want it
Like all Woodpeckers products, the Cam-A-Line DowelGuide. is precisely machined and carefully inspected right here in our Strongsville, Ohio, facility just south of Cleveland.
