Gerry are you still on target by the end of the year?

I'm hoping to release it with dovetails only in about a month.
I'm assuming there will be a few(?) minor bugs that will turn up once other people start using it, which will possibly a few weeks of bug fixing.
Once those issues are ironed out, I'll start working on the box joints.
I can't guarantee I'll have it 100% done by the end of the year, but I'll be working on it.

I worked on this from December to June, almost daily, to get it where it is now. It's taken far longer than I though it would. I'm hoping that the remainder goes faster, as I've learned a lot this past year.

I realized yesterday that my method for adjusting the fit does not work with through dovetails, so I need a different method.
With half blind dovetails, you just vary the depth of cut top adjust the fit.
Shallower = looser, deeper = tighter.
With through dovetails, changing the depth of cut just moves the location of the pin board in relation to the end of the tail board.
It looks like I need to change the size of the pins to adjust the fit. I have an idea on how to do this, which is hopefully relatively painless. (only a few hours?)



While some of what you saw was due to optical illusions (from shadows), you were correct, there were some irregular gaps. I had assumed that they were caused by flex in my machine, because the joints still fit together very well. Typically, when there are errors, they just won't go together at all.
But I went through the g-code, and found a few errors in my toolpaths, which were off between .002"-.004" in some places. I should have this fixed up today.

Can't wait, thanks:)

Big of you to admit that here.
Good to know for me that my eye for detail did not fail me, and even better that you got it sorted !

Have a website up, and should be ready to go sometime within the next week.

http://g-forcecnc.com/jointcam.html

Excellent Gerry, money at the ready as soon as the ???? become numbers :)

After nearly two years, the wait is finally over.

http://g-forcecnc.com/jc_purchase.html

Excellent, as soon as my machine starts to make dust I will be grabbing a copy!

GREAT NEWS...Thanks for giving “birth” to this great tool!
Sorry for not helping more....
Wishing you business success with it.
Later, Robert ;)

I don't know if I will ever use it but your help to myself and others warranted a purchase.
Thanks Ger.

just ordered mine

looking forward to using

thanks al

Thanks for the support, guys. :)

Just ordered mine too :D

Looking forward to getting the time to play with this awesome piece of software.
Great work Gerry.

Thanks
Tony.

Just saw its now available. Headed off to work, but I'll get a copy headed my way this weekend.
Great job, Gerry.

Just ordered mine.
Great work Gerry.
Thanks
Andrew

Box Joints
 

Now that I have dovetails finished (except for some minor bug fixes), I started playing around with box joints. Probably a few months away, but I wanted to cut a test to see how they'd come out.

Much looking forward for this one too ;)

Looking good Gerry :)
Cheers
Tony

Ger, looks great.
Are you planning to do something about Knapp joint too?

Had to Google that one.
No, I probably won't be doing that one.
But I do plan on a rounded finger joint, which is a little bit similar.

http://leighjigs.ru/images/companies...NGER_Joint.jpg

http://www.leighjigs.com/data/1054938350.jpg

Here's the assembled joint from above. I think I have the standard box joints finished, just have to fix the preview that I broke when I got everything else working.

Been working on this for the last month or so. Found a minor issue when I cut this, but should be releasing a new version soon.

Looking good !
nice to know these variable.....as I've yet realty tried it / pushed it sins I bought it :o

I know a few of you have had issues with the JointCAM interface, due to the use of large font settings in Windows.
I've uploaded a new test version that now scales all of the controls to the window size, allowing you to make the window bigger to fit everything. I've only changed the Config and round box joint sections, but I'd appreciate any feedback on it.
I'll be moving forward on redesigning the entire interface. The scaling issue will only become more common as more people move to higher resolution displays, which often require larger font sizes to make text legible.