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SIX EXTRAORDINARY JOINT PATTERNS
It's no accident the dovetail joint has endured through centuries of hand cut joinery as the sole design for mechanically interlocked corner joints. After all, if your saw and chisel are made to cut straight lines, how can you cut dovetails any other way? It took the development of hand-held routers and the ingenuity of Leigh Industries to come up with a genuinely new hybrid dovetail design, the Isoloc* joint.
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Leigh's revolutionary Isoloc joints represent the first entirely practical alternative to the traditional half-blind dovetail. With a Leigh 24” D4R or 16” D1600 Dovetail jig and a 24” or 16” Isoloc template, even novice woodworkers can produce strong, functional and distinctively attractive joints. Isoloc's fluid, eye-catching shapes range from original to whimsically entertaining.
By removing the Dovetail finger assembly and simply sliding on one of the three Isoloc templates, you are ready to produce some extraordinary joinery. Each template features two joint patterns, one design carefully CNC machined on each side. A single 5/16" or 8mm straight bit, preferably an upcut spiral, does all the cutting.
*Patented in U.S.A., Canada and Europe
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Toy Chest in Douglas fir with Isoloc Bears Ears pattern. 18"H x 30"W x 17"D
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Features:
- Precision CNC machined aluminum alloy template
- Scales include inch and metric measurement
- Fully adjustable joint tightness with the VGS
- I1 Templates attach directly to any 24” D-series Dovetail Jig and I1600 Templates attach directly to the D1600 Dovetail Jig
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Standard equipment:
- Leigh 5-piece VGS Variable Template Guidebush System (with nominal 1/2" o.d. guide)
- 94-page fully illustrated dual measurement user guide
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The VGS comes standard with each I1 or I1600 Isoloc Template. |
VGS Accuracy
Joint fit is easily and precisely controlled using Leigh's patented Variable Template Guidebush System (VGS), a unique adjustable 3-piece template guidebush set that can be adjusted up or down, changing the joint fit. Rotating the barrel 1/8 of a turn adjusts joint fit by a mere one thousandth of inch! The VGS, which comes standard with each Isoloc template, mounts in many router bases like an ordinary 2 piece screw on template guidebush or by using a Leigh template guidebush adaptor. |
Isoloc templates are designed primarily for half-blind joints though several of the patterns can be set up to produce through and end-on-end joints. Inlaid and Shadow Inlaid joints give an even more intriguing look to the beautiful organic shapes of Isoloc joints, as illustrated in the photo gallery.
The name Isoloc was coined from two words: Iso from the Greek word isos, meaning equal, and loc, an abbreviation of lock.
 How to Select The Right Cutters for Isoloc Joints.
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Pricing
| I1A - 24 |
Isoloc Joint Template model I1A, Key & Mirror Key ***For 24" D4R, D4, D3 and D1258 D-Series Jigs***
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$199.00 USD |
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Key and Mirror Key joint patterns.
Board width capacity: Key:23 3 ⁄4 " Mirror Key :22 3 ⁄4 "
Shipping weight 7 lb.
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| I1B - 24 |
Isoloc Joint Template model I1B, Clover & Bears Ears ***For 24" D4R, D4, D3 and D1258 D-Series Jigs*** |
$199.00 USD |
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Clover and Bears Ears joint patterns
Board width capacity: Clover: 23 3 ⁄4 " Bears Ears: 22 1 ⁄4 "
Shipping weight 7 lb.
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| I1C - 24 |
Isoloc Joint Template model I1C, Ellipse & Wave ***For 24" D4R, D4, D3 and D1258 D-Series Jigs*** |
$199.00 USD |
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Ellipse and Wave joint patterns
Board width capacity: Ellipse:23 1 ⁄4 " Wave: 22 1 ⁄4 "
Shipping weight 7 lb.
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| I1-3pack |
24" Isoloc Joint Template combo pak containing I1A, I1B and I1C templates***For 24" D4R, D4, D3 and D1258 D-Series Jigs*** |
$449.00 USD |
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Get all three Isoloc templates, one VGS and one User Guide.
Save US $98 or CDN $122 over separate purchase.
Shipping weight 21 lb.
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| 1617I-C |
3 pc. solid carbide spiral upcut bit set for all Isoloc Templates |
$89.00 USD |
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| I1600A - 16 |
Isoloc Joint Template model I1600A, Key and Mirror Key ***For the D1600 Dovetail Jig*** |
$159.00 USD |
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| I1600B - 16 |
Isoloc Joint Template model I1600B, Clover and Bears Ears ***For the D1600 Dovetail Jig*** |
$159.00 USD |
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| I1600C - 16 |
Isoloc Joint Template model I1600C, Ellipse and Wave ***For the D1600 Dovetail Jig*** |
$159.00 USD |
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| I1600-3 |
Isoloc Joint Template combo pak containing I1600A, I1600B and I1600C templates ***For the D1600 Dovetail Jig*** |
$359.00 USD |
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