I know your other content is very popular but as a intermediate woodworker I’m stoked for you getting back in the shop. Hope to see some furniture/projects!
Been loving your big project series for the house and barn, but do really miss these pro tips, jigs, and other simple shop content. Great camera work on catching different perspectives of the process. Tedious, I'm sure, but worth it. Thanks!
Mahogany is my favorite wood. Love the shimmer it has, its color, the grain,it’s hardness, everything about it. Can’t believe you’ve never worked with it.
Thanks for showing this! My late Dad always wanted to make dove-tail joints and now I understand why. I will try this with his old Craftsman band saw I have kept in operating condition and I bet he would have really enjoyed watching your videos if there had been internet and You Tube 60 years ago I sure do!
Good to have ya back in the shop, #MassiveMatt! Wild multi-camera editing work there! 😉 Excellent exhibition of a tool I will need in the near future! Thanks!
Love your teaching method. I always thought dove tails were very difficult without one of those fancy jigs and a router. Now I see there are many ways to make a dovetail and as you point out, there is no wrong way to make one. Kinda like drinking good bourbon... neat. rocks, splash of water you drink it however you like it.
I'm a first timer of your videos. This is such a beautiful simple little jig, thanks for sharing. An added bonus would be a stop clamped to the fence for consistent depth to the joint. Thanks again.
Simple but brilliant! Love these “why didn’t I think of that” method. I think a fence jig on tablesaw would be great with a couple of clamps for safety. Keep up the great work!
I love the not so subtle nod to the know-it-alls. I’ve been watching a few of the old episodes of New Yankee Workshop now that they’re on the UA-cams and I can’t help but think “wow, what if Norm had to deal with a comment section?” 😂
That may be the simplest and most useful jig ever. Cut an angle that's close to what you want, then screw a scrap on the end to be cut off to length. Then, the simple usefulness of it in making repeatable cuts is fantastic. I also appreciate that you stress how much 'close is good enough' because you use your results to mark out further steps.
Matt thank you for your video. Until now I have given up on “hand cut” dovetails. I like your simple jig and your instructions. Heading out to the shop to try your method. Thank you Scott
Very interesting video Matt, a woodshop teacher could learn some lessons from you... You covered making a jig and cutting the tails very well, I just wish you finished up and showed how you cut the pins and final assembly..
Great video Matt, it’s great to see how others go about making dovetails in the most efficient way, I tend to use a router with a fence and free hand route the tails , I’ve also done a video how I go about it over on my channel!
I love Rob Cosman’s technique but I may never get the muscle memory to assemble dovetails off the saw, but it is a goal. In the meantime, I really enjoy seeing these methods going back to David Marks. Don’t recall if Norm ever did it like this. Thanks!!
Thanks for sharing this. Very nice 'hybrid' technique to get these done efficiently. Also, DID YOU KNOW your logo is DOVETAILS? I've been watching you for years YEARS and I just noticed this! OMG.
I challenge you to make something out of that mahogany! :P Those of us who work with scraps of pine and other anonymous bits and pieces would appreciate it :)
I noticed your accuracy. On remodeling your house, your accuracy was about 1/8". In your joinery, your accuracy is about 1/32". Your flatness is about 0.03". An acoustic guitar's fret flatness is 0.0005". In tunnel diode ICs the flatness over 300mm is two atoms.
hi Mat. Followed you for a long time and interesting video clips. Now watching the clip with angles. I am Swedish but live in Asia. As a Swede, millimeters are used, inches to a very small extent. OK, I have a question. We have the so-called "carpenter's angle" which can be used for larger jobs, for example house foundations. If you want to measure 90 degrees, you measure 800 millimeters from the corner of one side. From the same corner from the other side 600 millimeters. There should now be 1000 millimeters or one meter between the measurements on each side. Do you have similar systems for inches?
Matt this off topic but, I see many Triton tools in your shop. Triton isn't a well know manufacturte compared to the Delta, Dewalt, Saw Stop, etc. You don't seem to advertise for them so I am assuming Triton doesn't directly support the channel. Do you really like their products over the other guys or is there some other reason you use them. PS - I also use a Triton router and am thing about more of their products. Thanks.
I am a retired Joiner and woodwork Therapist. My client/patients were always delighted when they made their first dovetailed box, for whatever purpose. You are a first rate tutor Matt, and I wish you well......
Nnnyo nnyo NO! One must ONLY use the finest chisels honed to 10,000 grit and saws crafted by German artisans! An obscure craft beer must be placed in the background and classical music playing. And you better have a man bun or it doesn't count.
I'm impressed you were able to squeeze a 20 min video out of a flat scrap triangle!! all jokes aside I love your content brother keep up the good work ;)
Matt welcome back!! Lol, i was entertained by the house and industrial building but so glad to see you back woodworking. I haven't messed around with dovetails but not i feel inspired to give it a try this way.
My wife and I make similar woodworking projects on our channel. We wish we had a shop like yours. We made a laptop desk with dovetail joinery but we used a jig. We are a very small channel. we will appreciate it if you can give us some pointers.
Love it. A couple of years ago I cut all of the parts to make a machinist's chest, but never finished it because the sheer number of dovetails was overwhelming. Maybe making this jig will motivate me to finish the chest.
Great info. I've been wanting to do some "hand cut dovetails" for some time but it just seems to require great precision. I will have to try this method. BTW all that camera angle shot swapping made me just a bit dizzy but great cinematography.
Excellent, Matt! But I was wondering if your chisels ever complain about your hair looking less than sharp when you start filming? I noticed you're looking a little manic today. Just a little. I doubt Lindsey would have mentioned it. Or the kids. But if I had as much hair as you on my head I'd be brushing it morning and night! When I was young feller I got casual with the hair care thing and now the stuff's coming out my ears, my eyebrows have gone insane, my butts a jungle, and there's nothing on the top! One day you'll look back on these vids and ask yourself "Why didn't I brush my hair back then?" while you twirl your ear moustaches. Thanks, Matt, for a useful vid.
Add a vertical to the fence side and a stop as you had, clamp it to the fence in the appropriate location so that as you slide the timber past the jig, the bandsaw blade will consistently cut the same depth
i appreciate you renamed your thicknesser propery, its as thicknesser not a planer, like the "jointer" is actually a surface plane or surfacer. That shit does my head in lol
My biggest problem with dovetails is that in all the videos I have watched, the presenter talks about the pins and tails and I cannot work out which is which. Perhaps you could show and explain the two Matt?
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I know your other content is very popular but as a intermediate woodworker I’m stoked for you getting back in the shop. Hope to see some furniture/projects!
I still enjoy making these more. Thanks!
Been loving your big project series for the house and barn, but do really miss these pro tips, jigs, and other simple shop content. Great camera work on catching different perspectives of the process. Tedious, I'm sure, but worth it. Thanks!
Mahogany is my favorite wood. Love the shimmer it has, its color, the grain,it’s hardness, everything about it. Can’t believe you’ve never worked with it.
I’ve been tuning for years and love your content but seeing you back in the shop is just “plane” fun! Thank you Matt
Thanks!
Thanks for showing this! My late Dad always wanted to make dove-tail joints and now I understand why. I will try this with his old Craftsman band saw I have kept in operating condition and I bet he would have really enjoyed watching your videos if there had been internet and You Tube 60 years ago I sure do!
Good to have ya back in the shop, #MassiveMatt! Wild multi-camera editing work there! 😉 Excellent exhibition of a tool I will need in the near future! Thanks!
I made Stumpy's pin sled and will be making your tail jig to match. Nice video, Matt. Thanks.
Love your teaching method. I always thought dove tails were very difficult without one of those fancy jigs and a router. Now I see there are many ways to make a dovetail and as you point out, there is no wrong way to make one. Kinda like drinking good bourbon... neat. rocks, splash of water you drink it however you like it.
I'm a first timer of your videos. This is such a beautiful simple little jig, thanks for sharing. An added bonus would be a stop clamped to the fence for consistent depth to the joint. Thanks again.
You’d want it on the table directly behind the blade. The stop point on the fence will vary based on the fence’s distance from the blade. Thanks!
Simple but brilliant! Love these “why didn’t I think of that” method. I think a fence jig on tablesaw would be great with a couple of clamps for safety. Keep up the great work!
I love the not so subtle nod to the know-it-alls. I’ve been watching a few of the old episodes of New Yankee Workshop now that they’re on the UA-cams and I can’t help but think “wow, what if Norm had to deal with a comment section?” 😂
That may be the simplest and most useful jig ever. Cut an angle that's close to what you want, then screw a scrap on the end to be cut off to length. Then, the simple usefulness of it in making repeatable cuts is fantastic.
I also appreciate that you stress how much 'close is good enough' because you use your results to mark out further steps.
Great information for people that do woodworking. I just like watching it done
Matt thank you for your video. Until now I have given up on “hand cut” dovetails. I like your simple jig and your instructions. Heading out to the shop to try your method. Thank you Scott
Awesome!
Happy anniversary to you and your wife, Matt.
Very interesting video Matt, a woodshop teacher could learn some lessons from you... You covered making a jig and cutting the tails very well, I just wish you finished up and showed how you cut the pins and final assembly..
Back to woodworking! Glad to see it and exactly the jig I've been contemplating!
Great video Matt, it’s great to see how others go about making dovetails in the most efficient way, I tend to use a router with a fence and free hand route the tails , I’ve also done a video how I go about it over on my channel!
Great info Matt! I like the simplicity of the idea... There are a lot of folks who over think these operations.
Thanks Greg!
Excellent and concise explanation of a usable process. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much for this video as I've seen this method used by others but the 'how and why' is usually left out.
Neat. I appreciate your thought process behind the angled jig.
1:25 lol
1:37 nice DP ad
18:02 reminds me of Bob Ross "There are no mistakes, just happy accidents"
Great teaching..... Makes me want to get back in the shop
Matt, Thanks for another great tutorial.
I love Rob Cosman’s technique but I may never get the muscle memory to assemble dovetails off the saw, but it is a goal. In the meantime, I really enjoy seeing these methods going back to David Marks. Don’t recall if Norm ever did it like this. Thanks!!
Thank you
He’s back in the shop! How long has it been?
I agree. The 1:6 or 1:8 gives the same results in soft and hardwoods. The only reason I choose one or the other depends on the look I am going for.
Thanks
"Do what you want..." He's sick of us, y'all 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for sharing this. Very nice 'hybrid' technique to get these done efficiently. Also, DID YOU KNOW your logo is DOVETAILS? I've been watching you for years YEARS and I just noticed this! OMG.
Great video. Might have to try dovetails. Sure you don't want to make that other sled? I'd watch that and I'm sure many others would too
Thank You Matt. Excellent
Some good informative information.
Great video, I'm assuming that cutting the pins using the same jig.
Very informative! Thanks Matt.
That's legit, I'll use it, thanks for the lesson!
Great tutorial video. Keep `um coming!
I made a sloped piece (cut on the table saw) that my pin board rests on to do the other half.
I made a similar jig in the 90’s before this method became popular. I prefer to think of dovetails using a protractor.
15:02 Matt throws his chisel down like he’s dropping a mic. No #%#^s given
Zero left to give
18:34 ⃠:"Tapered jig thing". ✓:"Thing-a-ma-jig"
Like the new format, now get Lindsay her new kitchen ;)
One of these days I gotta get me a bandsaw.
Don't forget. We need a telehandler too.
Did you just say you have never used Mahogony before? That's crazy.
Thanks Matt. It's a lot of work putting together a video like this. Every minute that was invested was worth it, from our perspective. Thanks! !! !!!
Hey, you gotta drop the Pepper ... you drink Dr. Cremona! :)
Question.
Is this for demonstration purposes only, or is this how you actually go about making dovetails in your shop?
What kind of bandsaw blade is that/where do you get them from?
I challenge you to make something out of that mahogany! :P
Those of us who work with scraps of pine and other anonymous bits and pieces would appreciate it :)
I noticed your accuracy. On remodeling your house, your accuracy was about 1/8". In your joinery, your accuracy is about 1/32".
Your flatness is about 0.03". An acoustic guitar's fret flatness is 0.0005". In tunnel diode ICs the flatness over 300mm is two atoms.
bonne vidéo j,aime beaucoup drummondville P Q ça fait 7 ans que je te regarde tes vidéo
My dad would have approved of your jig. He did his with a hand saw and no one was allowed to watch or bother him while he did it.
hi Mat. Followed you for a long time and interesting video clips. Now watching the clip with angles. I am Swedish but live in Asia. As a Swede, millimeters are used, inches to a very small extent. OK, I have a question. We have the so-called "carpenter's angle" which can be used for larger jobs, for example house foundations. If you want to measure 90 degrees, you measure 800 millimeters from the corner of one side. From the same corner from the other side 600 millimeters. There should now be 1000 millimeters or one meter between the measurements on each side. Do you have similar systems for inches?
same thing 3-4-5 or any multiple of those numbers that works for the situation.
LOl there was a slew of air quotes flying around, thanks.
Matt this off topic but, I see many Triton tools in your shop. Triton isn't a well know manufacturte compared to the Delta, Dewalt, Saw Stop, etc. You don't seem to advertise for them so I am assuming Triton doesn't directly support the channel. Do you really like their products over the other guys or is there some other reason you use them. PS - I also use a Triton router and am thing about more of their products. Thanks.
Good morning.What brand of blades are you using on your bandsaw
Lenox trimaster 1/2” 3tpi
Who does your hair?
Good grief people are quick on this channel! It said no views and there's two comments!
Very quick on the draw
I'm going into the chair making business. Thanks for all the tips. You'll see me soon, "Chairs By You" on Tube.
Why not just attach the wedge directly to the fence? You would have two hands free to guide the workpiece.
That would run the workpiece diagonally into the blade
Don't know what is with the @name and ## that just started showing up on the comments? Not any ID I am familiar with for me?
Sheesh, Matt.....why not just pick up a tenon saw? Honestly, the skills involved are not difficult.
Just cut them by hand!
this is woodworking youtube, not epoxytailstudio ... :D
Thanks
I am a retired Joiner and woodwork Therapist. My client/patients were always delighted when they made their first dovetailed box, for whatever purpose. You are a first rate tutor Matt, and I wish you well......
I would like to cut dovetails on a project one of these days, your simple bandsaw jig method looks like a winner!! Great explanation !!
Excellent video. Love your laid-back approach. Makes videos and woodworking more fun! Thanks!
Nnnyo nnyo NO! One must ONLY use the finest chisels honed to 10,000 grit and saws crafted by German artisans! An obscure craft beer must be placed in the background and classical music playing. And you better have a man bun or it doesn't count.
As an apprentice wood machinist i love these videos matt. Thank you
I’m going to follow your instructions to a T and do my own thing 😂
Love your vana hand display!
I'm impressed you were able to squeeze a 20 min video out of a flat scrap triangle!! all jokes aside I love your content brother keep up the good work ;)
I got a chuckle with the camera changes during the talking portions.
Matt welcome back!! Lol, i was entertained by the house and industrial building but so glad to see you back woodworking. I haven't messed around with dovetails but not i feel inspired to give it a try this way.
My wife and I make similar woodworking projects on our channel. We wish we had a shop like yours. We made a laptop desk with dovetail joinery but we used a jig. We are a very small channel. we will appreciate it if you can give us some pointers.
Love it. A couple of years ago I cut all of the parts to make a machinist's chest, but never finished it because the sheer number of dovetails was overwhelming. Maybe making this jig will motivate me to finish the chest.
Great info. I've been wanting to do some "hand cut dovetails" for some time but it just seems to require great precision. I will have to try this method. BTW all that camera angle shot swapping made me just a bit dizzy but great cinematography.
Excellent, Matt! But I was wondering if your chisels ever complain about your hair looking less than sharp when you start filming? I noticed you're looking a little manic today. Just a little. I doubt Lindsey would have mentioned it. Or the kids. But if I had as much hair as you on my head I'd be brushing it morning and night! When I was young feller I got casual with the hair care thing and now the stuff's coming out my ears, my eyebrows have gone insane, my butts a jungle, and there's nothing on the top! One day you'll look back on these vids and ask yourself "Why didn't I brush my hair back then?" while you twirl your ear moustaches.
Thanks, Matt, for a useful vid.
we just split the difference & use 1:7 for everything.... cus ya no who cares, da wood don't.....lol
That looks so simple and easy, thank you so much for the tip and showing all of us how you get your pins done. Thanks so much for sharing Matt😊👍
Excellent video! Have you made a jig to cut the pins on the bandsaw that you can show us, even though you cut your pins with dovetail saw and chisels?
Did you know that Johnson's went out of business if you like it you should find you some now I'm not Shure if anybody else makes paste wax
Add a vertical to the fence side and a stop as you had, clamp it to the fence in the appropriate location so that as you slide the timber past the jig, the bandsaw blade will consistently cut the same depth
Great explanations👌
That’s a very interesting dovetail saw, who made it? As always, I enjoyed the video. Thanks!
i appreciate you renamed your thicknesser propery, its as thicknesser not a planer, like the "jointer" is actually a surface plane or surfacer. That shit does my head in lol
Thanks for sharing this Matt. Great instruction.
so... we could have had a barn with Dovetails is what your saying? :) thanks for the explanation.
Dam you Mark. Now I can’t stop thinking about Bruno
Getting ready for making a lot of kitchen drawers?
Still a long way to go before I can start that but it’s the part I’m looking forward to the most
Making this tomorrow 🤞🤞🤞
Matt, your thoughts on your bandsaw blade you use. Thanks for video.
Great video Matt! Thank you for sharing it with us!💖👍😎JP
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How many years has it been since you just did a workshop class. Seems like we’ve been on a “fun”long wild ride.
My biggest problem with dovetails is that in all the videos I have watched, the presenter talks about the pins and tails and I cannot work out which is which. Perhaps you could show and explain the two Matt?