How do the joinery templates work?
Each template has one series of lines for each portion of the joint. On a half blind dovetail, for example, there are two sets of lines on the template — one for each board in the corner. For one board in the joint, you would lock the carriage make a cut as each line marked A on the template is aligned under the cursor. To make the mating cuts into the other board, you would stop at each line labeled B on the template and make a cut. The lines on the templates correspond to the mechanical 1/32 increments of the positioner, and those mechanics position the fence with an accuracy 5 to 10 times better than your eyesight looking through the cursor onto the template.
