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Arcoy Dovetailer
Arcoy Dovetailer (post #168351)
The old Arcoy Dovetailer, sold in the UK a half-century ago, has been largely supplanted by modern cheap routers and router jigs.
But the Arcoy has its adherants, and I'm one of them - if only because it's such a lovely, well-made device. I've had emails from users all over the world - Australia to Greece, New York to West Africa.
But even where these dovetailers survive, instructions are often missing. I have instructions for the basic kit on my website at www.jluby.org.uk/arcoy/. Directly readable or available as a pdf download.
I'm posting this because a woodworking aquaintance has just told me that someone on this forum is offering my pdf as a direct download from this site, without attribution or permission.
I haven't bothered to search for it, as - whoever it is - they now have my permission (it's why I produced the pdf in the first place). But I would appreciate clear attribution as a matter of basic good manners.
If anyone else here has any Arcoy information, I'd love to hear from them, either via my website or this forum.



Arcoy dovetailers (post #168351, reply #1 of 2)
I still have a couple of the dovetailers and additional bits (inc. cutters) and I am sure I will not be using them. I have a comb guide and may have the Woodworker mag. article covering the original test. Do you know when that was?
Best wishes, Mufti
Arcoy Dovetailer (post #168351, reply #2 of 2)
Mufti ...
Sorry to be so tardy replying - not in the hest of health these days, so I only look in here once in a while.
I don't have a ref to any original test in the Woodworker (though I have almost a full set of bound copies). I do have a Woodworker article from August 1959 that seems to cover just the Housing Attachment. There's a scan at:
http://www.jluby.org.uk/arcoy/Arcoy_Wood...
- (change the pdf tp jpg if you'd prefer an image). You'll need to use this direct link - they're up there but I haven't got around to linking them to the main website yet. I'll try attaching it as well...
If there is a Woodworker review for the original basic Arcoy kit, I've yet to find it - I'd be very happy to hear from anyone who knows of it.
John