The Hoffman dovetail jointing system is being used by a Somerset furniture manufacturer to make 18th and 19th century style furniture.

Chalon, which has customers as far afield as Athens, Tel Aviv and Bermuda, is using the Hoffman system at its Old Hambridge workshops to join the components of cabinet door face frames.

The Hoffman MU2P keyway router, featuring pneumatic clamping of the workpieces, secures and routs the keyway in faces of components to be joined.