Originally Posted by
Zane Moseley
True the cleat can be any thickness. However its sounds as if the dowel holes in the cleat will only be centered if the thickness of the cleat directly corresponds to a value on the scale. With the dowelmax and jessem if the thickness is not a particular number the holes will still work as you reference an edge and a face. But in this case if the thickness isn't one of the predetermined numbers then face drilling a cabinet side using the scribe line will yield inaccurate results.
Probably not a huge issue but could lead to inaccurate heights of cleats and shelves. The error probably wouldn't be more than 1/32 or 1/16 at the most but it could make a difference with inset doors/drawer fronts.
I plan on buy a jig for simplifying joinery whether it be Jessem, Dowelmax or Mortisepal. Currently I'm leaning toward the Jessem and Mortisepal.