Dovetailing Secret!
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- Опубліковано 2 гру 2024
- ⚙️ EPISODE #209: Cutting your first, or fortieth, dovetail can be frustrating. But there is a simple principle to keep in mind that makes cutting and fitting them a breeze…well, with a little practice of course. In this episode I show you this fundamental approach, clearly breaking down the geometry of this timeless and classic joint.
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I practice hand cutting joints with spare 2x material a lot, so this is really fun and easy to relate. The emphasis on squareness to the joint fitting direction is spot on!
Always glad to see your videos - I have no idea why you don’t get many thousands more views because you are consistently one of the best woodworking channels on youtube, week in, week out.
Wow, thanks! If that’s true I can only imagine word will get out sooner or later. Thankfully, in the meantime, it’s a good thing I love doing it anyway, and happy to see we have a great community building around the craft and in the “Neighborwood!” 😎👍
Again, very helpful video. Reminds me of why I was having trouble fitting very small dovetail joints on a box. Easy to see on the scale of your example.
The control you have with that saw is amazing. You are a true craftsman.
Thank you, much appreciated…I guess that’s one thing I have going for me 😎
Great video!!! So many instructional videos forget that the square cut across the tails is the most important cut of all. Cosman says the same thing. He even checks his for square with the blade of the saw sticking out the other side. This is where a dovetail saw guide can be so helpful. It guarantees 90 degrees across the end.
What a demo! Good idea for showing gebinners the proper ropes!!
Thanks for showing this process on a larger scale. Very helpful.
Thank you, my pleasure! 👍😎
Nice honest demo. Good combo of hand and power tools. Pine is always a favorite for demos. Hardwoods take more time and slight undercutting is a must. I remember watching frank klausz do them in minutes with almost no marking. He was a master.
Love the blown up lessons. Great job as always.
Thank you, makes it more fun for me too…as you might already know 😎👍
Just finding your channel -- great stuff! My father was a great woodworker, and I'm trying to hone my lesser skills -- plenty of rough carpentry, but not as much fine cabinetmaking knowledge. Looking forward to more of your videos.
Nice work Tom. Should be a viral video imo! Seen a bunch of videos on dovetails but this larger scale demo really shows the details more clearly.
Haha, thank you, You’ll have to become my “views” manager! 😎👍
@@EpicWoodworking haha, I know. I’m always thinking why aren’t more people seeing these? I guess it’s a quality vs quantity thing n a way. Btw, enjoying the table course though way behind lol. Anyway, thx for all the great content.
Great tip to focus on square. On really critical pieces I've gone so far as to do the knife wall technique on the end grain and shoulders to give me the best shot at getting it right. Being a hobbyist, I don't get as much practice as I need and it really helps me get it right.
Nice, whatever works is great! Thanks, glad you enjoyed it 👍
Enjoyed watching.
Simplest method I learned to describe crosscut VS rip saw teeth is cross cut teeth are ground more like a knife edge where a rip tooth is ground like a chisel. And the reason is the chisel edge chops through the linear straw like grain almost at 90 degrees. Where the knife edge slices through and across the straw like grain. If one looks at the two side by side they will forever be able to tell the difference by sight alone. Another observation I had is with power circular saws is that one can crosscut with a rip saw but ripping with a cross cut is problematic, blade tends to wonder. In fact if you look at combination blades they have more of a rip tooth (chisel) grind than the crosscut saw knife like grind.
Hey that pretty interesting and a great way to describe it! I realize I just kind of glossed over the question saying something like they “differ in geometry”, and I am aware of the way they are shaped, but you described it better than I could…but now I know how! 😎 And I never knew that about combination saws 👍
Thanks great instructive video
Thanks Chris! 👍
Great class
Thank you! 👍
thank you
My pleasure! 👍
I use my scroll saw to remove waste from the pins, but never thought about using the bandsaw. Duh. Way faster and easier to control. Thx.
Thanks
In thicker stock (3/4" plus) I've used a machinist's precision 1-2-3 block to help guide or register the saw for a plumb cut.
Nice idea!
The late Charles Neil perfected a dovetail jig that was as close to hand cut as you could get but unfortunately when he passed away because the router bits were propitiatory the jig is now a collectors item.
Oh he did?, I never got to see that. The closest to hand cut looking I have used is the Leigh Jig…but like most it takes some getting used to in order to set up, and doesn’t seem worth the hassle unless you’re in a production run of some sort. Thanks for watching! 👍
In order keep the neck of the dovetails narrow he could not use carbide bits but instead high speed steel ones by 1st using a straight bit followed by a dovetail bit so it would last longer and not burn up. Whitesides custom made the bits and jig for him but like any venture the quantities weren't there to keep the price affordable and competitive. @@EpicWoodworking
Hey Thanks for that. OMG at the end I'm starting to yell out On shop night live,
😂…and to think the “camera lady” prefers when I tone it down 😎
Great Job and explanation. Absolutely no to a Dovetail Jig. My opinion. I truly believe everyone needs to learn to cut dovetails the traditional way instead of the handicapped way. Practice, Practice, Practice. I think learning how to cut dovetails the traditional way helps improve your sawing skills, keeping things square, pairing, and accuracy . And I'm sure I've missed something. And the satisfaction in making a dovetail by hand that turns out great is well satisfying. Lol, and if everyone uses jigs, the traditional method will eventually get lost. Just my opinion.
Thank you for doing this in large scale, no-one else I have seen does this. It certainly makes it easier for folks to see and relate. Again Thank You
Albatros tails 😂
Don’t tell anyone, but you’re as good as Rob Cosman🤫
Wow Stephen, that’s high praise! Thank you for watching.
I think I’ve watched this three times now. Get something different each view. Thanks.
what you cannot get a better compressor?....lol JK
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Yeah, what’s my problem, I need to remember to shut it off, or finally get around to piping the air up from the larger compressor downstairs! 😎👍