"Don't use brute force, just a big hammer". I have a tear trickling down my face, I have been chuckling and enjoying, and learning in all your videos. I am amazed at the volume of valuable information you put in these classes. Thank you so much for sharing.
I so enjoy your videos Paul; I like the calm, slow, precise way you instruct. I’m 82 years old and am the son and grandson of carpenters, woodworkers and blacksmiths, both maternal and paternal and inherited many old tools from them. I appreciate your skill in woodworking and especially your skill in teaching. 👍🏻
Paul, In watching your videos I have discovered two things. Firstly, the only craftsmen I can find that make woodworking seem as effortless and naturally easy as you do are traditional Japanese craftsmen. I attribute that not only to your decades of experience, but also your mastery and familiarity of the personality of the wood itself. The second discovery is that although my daily work as an electrician doesn't involve crafting fine pieces of furniture, the occasional opportunity to take the chisel to the wood is extremely satisfying on some level. Your videos are inspiring and educational. In a world of gimmicks and angles, your direction is sharing your long learned techniques and insights. Thank you, Sir.
Best dovetails video on you tube. Watched one from the states, the lad cut beautiful joints but had 17 different tools on the bench all very expensive. Another European maker again great joints but worked so fast couldn't see what he was doing, no teaching taking place. No doubt Paul is an accomplished wood worker and a fine teacher, thanks
I have been a bodger for far too long. Time to get serious. Where better to start than Paul Sellers. He can't know just how inspirational he is. Some have a gift, some have expertise, and some have both. I am just truly thankful for all the knowledge shared by someone a mile or two down the road from me. A very big thankyou.
Mr. Sellers' works are very highly sought after pieces of wood crafting art right now; knowing what high-end antique furniture is currently worth with just a name from the 1700's - can you just imagine what his artwork will be worth with the name and the "old" 2D" original build video 200 years from now? No need for a Fortune Teller there. Keep up the craftsmanship, Paul, and Keep the Faith!
It was great to see the dove not fitting in the first time, it creates an opportunity for you to show a few tricks when things don't go as well as they should. Thanks for a great teaching.
What he is doing for the video is showing how to tune he joint in. When it comes to fine furniture making getting accurate joints is like tuning a musical instrument.
Paul, these classes are wonderful. I'd so glad there are people like you making these in a time where everything on TV is garbage. You really are the Bob Ross of woodworking.
i guess im asking randomly but does anyone know of a trick to log back into an instagram account?? I was stupid forgot the password. I would appreciate any help you can give me!
@Reuben Corey i really appreciate your reply. I got to the site through google and im in the hacking process now. Takes quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.
Dear Paul, I am glad I follow your wood tuition! First of all because I would have been a king of the wood like you are if I fell in love with wood earlier in my life! And secondly because through your fantastic demonstration of accuracy in your tuition of the well done in woodworking I have improved my English understanding which is not my mother language! Thank's a lot! Phil
Hi Paul...I'm sure you don't remember, but I took your hand tool class at the facility outside of Waco, Texas in the fall of 2001. The main thing I was interested in was learning to hand cut dovetails and it really paid off, so, after all these years I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciated that class...your techniques were sound. Thanks so much....
I find watching you work wood Paul very therapeutic. I'm learning every time I watch a video but more so when I work wood myself as I'm green .Please keep the videos coming many thanks Will
This was my best lesson ever on dovetails. I did watch many (over 20 different videos on it). I did make some myself and was quite successful but i guess there was more to learn from you. Thanks Dear Paul.
Thank you for your great video. This makes me wanna learn more about woodworking. I love making anything I can find interesting in learning how to build out of wood. I enjoy woodworking its relaxing and not stressful. Paul you have a great sense of humor and still can be a great wood craftsman. Paul I give you 👍
Very much appreciate your attention to detail, accuracy and getting things "perfect". I think to eliminate some of the tedium of chopping out waste I would opt to use a coping/fret saw which will get 90% of the waste out in 10% of the time. THEN using your techniques, perfect the back wall with chisel work. Seems to me the nature of the chopping activity is to preserve the integrity of the back wall and use of the coping saw does not compromise that.
Paul and one other master I've seen on youtube are both sawing with the elbow in direct line with the work. I cling to this principle myself in the haphazard work that I do, and it makes me feel scientific to see that it's also true in the body orientation of a pro.
It's interesting how the English Channel divides the craft of dovetailing......it seems that East of the Channel it's Pins first and West it's Tails first. I'm trying to find a good reason why Pins first but I'm still a Tails first person. You gave me another reason to stay Tails first and that's from your Part 1 video showing the neat template trick. If doing many dovetails that's definitely the way to go.....thanks for that tip!! Enjoy your videos and teachings..... From Aus
Great videos Paul, really plasant to watch, you are great craftsman...i am woodcarver, i find using V chisel to clean corners in one pass verry efective, after that two pieces fit perfectly. Greetings from Ireland
If one looks closely, youll notice Paul marked the board for the pins with the tail board inside out! They all still fit wonderfully, this stuff is gold.I noticed because he marked the inside of the tail piece all the way with the slitting gauge and on the outside, he only cut the knife-wall into the refuse parts! (Part 1)
14:04 - "I love being a craftsman. I can't imagine what it must be like to cut a dovetail with a router. That has got to be the most boring thing a man ever did." :) :) :)
Paul, Many thanks for all the information and techniques you have taught us in 2016. Only been a subscriber a few months - wish I had found you before. There is only ONE annoying thing about your videos . . it's the few idiots who click the 'dislike' button . We can only assume they are the moronic crowd that believe chucking a plank of wood through various machines is craftsmanship lol. Merry Christmas to you and look forward to following you in 2017. Regrads, Ian (UK Subscriber)
"I love being a craftsman. I can't imagine what it must be like to cut a dovetail with a router. That has to be the most boring thing a man ever did." --Paul Sellers.
if you have ten drawers to make, each with four dovetail joints, spending 2hrs on each joint - even when youre as skilled as Sellers? youd need to be charging A LOT. or you use a router. more likely still you make them in ply and joint them with a domino and have a wood front. the skill is important, but so is the economic viability of your business, whether you like it or not
tequila_ tibbs economics has a lot to do with a project that is a production piece yes but your customer base dictates it. You’re going to be hard pressed to find assembly line furniture in a billionaire’s custom mansion. You build for your clientele or in this case teaching is priority one so Paul can build for the love of hand tool work with little regard to selling to the masses. Just my opinion after years of watching him :)
@@larrypostma2866 ive not built fine furniture for billionaires (not too many of them around) ,but i have for millionaires, and still they like the price to be less than the work entailed. ultimately though, if using a machine is indistuguishable from hand tools than probably a machine is best to get through the most of it. you wouldnt cut a tennon by hand if you have a table saw, unless of course its just for the joy of it or for teaching. no disrespect to Sellers, i enjoy these videos
Thank you Paul! Excellent lesson especially the tiny adjustment chiseling to make it fit without forcing it! Be careful of that cursing using the "MDF" word - haha. Seems you and I have the same situation with hair at our age of 65 and 66., as we have most of ours and not gray on top but the beard is definitely grey!.
My Wife asked me why I blow at the computer screen every now and then????? "-), I tell her I'm cleaning up sawdust or shavings after Paul finished sawing! She thinks I'm a nut case!
I love blissing out to Paul's videos. I wonder at what point in a master craftsman's career does the swearing stop. Also is a tenoning saw a rip cut tooth pattern?
I loved the comment about the use of a router to make dovetails. I know you mentioned that you need glue and with that said I can't recall if I've ever seen you use glue on your dovetails and with this joint you just made is the glue going to make this joint even tighter with a possible cracking the joint ?? Thank you so much for sharing these classes are the best.
Paul always uses glue on his dovetails i believe, he always fits his joints dry (rehearsal) if you haven't seen him do a big glue up you are missing out it is a sight to see
Noticed a split on the pin board about 3 pins from the end. Interested to know if, after 6 years, whether this has made any difference (assuming this is not just a demonstration piece, of course!)?
Sir, I watched the parts 1& 2, and learned a lot! And amazed that the malet did not put "dings" in the wood when you were tapping them together the several times. Because the wood is extra hard?
Soft mallet - traditional northern hardwoods (oak/maple/walnut/etc) won't ding. But if you're worried, always tap against a pine block. No doubt Paul has tapped enough wood with his mallet to know what dings and what doesn't - softwoods like pine - you'll always leave marks if you're not careful.
if the same joint was done with two or three wide dovetails instead the eight which were done here, would there be a significant structural difference? Cutting and fitting eight of these per corner seems like a lot of effort.
The fewer dovetails you have, the cheaper the end result will look, but it's not going to break apart or anything. Just as long as you have at least one dovetail on each corner and one in the middle, it's going to be plenty strong.
Some of it is looks. It's also about getting significantly more gluing surface. You are also increasing the strength by making it so that the joint must fail at multiple locations when it is put under tension. But too many dovetails and the projections (tails and pins) have a great chance to shear off at the base.
Using this method is making life very complicated. It is much easier to mark the second board before chiselling the first, take advantage of the groove made by the saw in the first to mark the second using the saw as a marker, is to use the guide that is left when cutting and the saw comes in tight making a perfect mark on the second board, then chisel both after sawing the second board
If you want high level dovetails for fine furniture pieces then the method he has show can be used repeatedly and will make the craftsman faster and still keep the high standards of the trade. You can do what you are suggesting if it is a more country style craft were the finish is not as important.
In your "How to make a workbench videos" you show one with a trough but the one you are using is flat. Do you recommend one with or without for my first workbench build? Thanks for all the wonderful videos! Even my kids ages 9, 6 and 2 enjoy them.
I use one without as well, it works fine as long the bench is either big enough for all your tools, or your tool storage is close enough you your bench that you can leave them there(like mine).
I have a serious question. I'm not a professional carpenter so I'm curious and want to ask people that know more than I do. Why is it that every time when people are making dove tails the cut an angle on the pieces that lock to the others?
i would love to know what kind of cutting knife you are using, I want to get one so bad. And what is the name of the tool you used to scar the wood with for tennon joints?
Randy Reed it's a small Stanley utility knife. The little blades hone up VERY sharp on a leather strop with aluminum oxide. The best part is they can be found for $3 on Amazon. At that price, I bought several and have them located all over the shop.
What make him slower is hes working and in the same time he teach us.. Its really make ackward on work actually and sometimes can reach the accuracy ..
Hello mr Sellers. I am just starting woodworking and want to buy a good dovetail saw. The Veritas saw has a plastic back. How do you feel about that saw? regards Jan Willem Kooi
I'd say that this set of dovetails is just about 'gap free' - but remember they're getting glue. Glue will swell things slightly. What I do is glue up the joint, then sand while the glue still has enough 'stick' to catch the fine dust. that's usually all it takes to completely hide any hairline "gaps" -at least for a while. The sawdust/glue combo seems to take stain OK - I mean you're talking about something the thickness of a piece of paper -you won't get "gaps" bigger than that if you're careful. Another thing we do - wipe the joint with latex wood filler - then same thing - sand with fine grit to embed wood dust into the filler. Won't fix gaping holes but for hairline gaps does make them invisible - at least for a while (until the wood changes due to heat/humidity/etc.) Hope that helps.
i'm sorry i am 5 months late on this post, but! as a professionel trained cabinetmaker i would never "sand while the glue have enough `stick'. personally i'd wait for the glue to harden, then plane the sides of the boards, thats it.
Fantastic work, Paul. There's a thing called "time", that's the reason power tools are used. I know you are a master craftsman, but come on, two lengthy videos to make one corner of a project... I'd like to be able to complete one drawer per day with a few breaks in between :P Yes power tool work can be ugly and lazy, and the finish can be shit compared to the results you get, and there's no gratification but I bet the master craftsman of yore would embrace what we have to hand today. I love your presentations, and I'm not wanting to come across as an arsehole or anything. And I swear I'm gonna buy your book as soon as I can.
I don't know about you, but I'm a computer programmer. If I really wanted to cut to the chase here, if I want dovetailed furniture, the fastest way for me to get dovetailed furniture is.... to write computer programs. And use that money to buy dovetailed furniture. I am gathering hand tools as I get into this, because first of all time is pretty meaningless while I'm doing it - I'm not doing it to produce things, but to remind myself that I'm capable of doing anything that isn't just a 1 or a 0 at the end of the day. Second of all, because if I only have a half hour to work on a project, hand tools make it possible to get some progress done, as I'm not eating up the entire work session with setup. I learned that well enough with smithing, and it holds equally true with woodworking.
Mr. Paul Sellers , said it... you can print out Mona Lisa as poster and call it a day or learn the art so one day you can create your own master peace that is unique and generations later people still enjoy the craftsmanship and details that YOU have created... Some people get the point of what Mr. Seller tries to share and then some just don't. Much respect from sunny Florida. BF.
by shaving the front of the pins it widens the open end of the space where the tails go, effectively advancing your tails further back into the space where it's wider and thus looser.
Cutting dovetails with a router may be boring, it's also the reason, along with other machines suited to batch or mass production, that ordinary people can afford furnishings. Both for the reduction in man hours making it, and providing employment in furniture factories. Craftsman built stuff is truly lovely, but it's the preserve of the moderately wealthy, or the craftsman himself.
When buying furniture people should be buying the best craft pieces they can in terms of what they can afford. The problem with many factor made pieces is that they tend to be rushed and corners tend to be cut. The vast majority of factor dovetails are cut by CNC machine not a router. It is far faster for a small time craftsman to hand cut dovetails rather than getting out a jig and trying to set the whole thing out. And then there is the advantage of skills being learned.
@@bighands69 Why should people be buying the best craft pieces they can afford? Sometimes you just need something functional. My grand children are not gonna care how good a quality piece I bought, they will probably practically give it away assuming my kids don't beat them to it! Cheap furniture has its place, just like heirloom quality stuff.
i love his brutal honesty towards to using a router or MDF. he holds nothing back, that goes for his knowledge and his feelings.
"Don't use brute force, just a big hammer". I have a tear trickling down my face, I have been chuckling and enjoying, and learning in all your videos. I am amazed at the volume of valuable information you put in these classes. Thank you so much for sharing.
"It's good for your children that too: don't let them go too far without correction". Paul Sellers' LIFE lessons. I just love him! :D
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That was a beautiful moment in a mixed up world.
I so enjoy your videos Paul; I like the calm, slow, precise way you instruct. I’m 82 years old and am the son and grandson of carpenters, woodworkers and blacksmiths, both maternal and paternal and inherited many old tools from them. I appreciate your skill in woodworking and especially your skill in teaching. 👍🏻
Paul,
In watching your videos I have discovered two things.
Firstly, the only craftsmen I can find that make woodworking seem as effortless and naturally easy as you do are traditional Japanese craftsmen. I attribute that not only to your decades of experience, but also your mastery and familiarity of the personality of the wood itself.
The second discovery is that although my daily work as an electrician doesn't involve crafting fine pieces of furniture, the occasional opportunity to take the chisel to the wood is extremely satisfying on some level. Your videos are inspiring and educational. In a world of gimmicks and angles, your direction is sharing your long learned techniques and insights.
Thank you, Sir.
Best dovetails video on you tube. Watched one from the states, the lad cut beautiful joints but had 17 different tools on the bench all very expensive. Another European maker again great joints but worked so fast couldn't see what he was doing, no teaching taking place. No doubt Paul is an accomplished wood worker and a fine teacher, thanks
I have been a bodger for far too long. Time to get serious. Where better to start than Paul Sellers. He can't know just how inspirational he is. Some have a gift, some have expertise, and some have both. I am just truly thankful for all the knowledge shared by someone a mile or two down the road from me. A very big thankyou.
Mr. Sellers' works are very highly sought after pieces of wood crafting art right now; knowing what high-end antique furniture is currently worth with just a name from the 1700's - can you just imagine what his artwork will be worth with the name and the "old" 2D" original build video 200 years from now? No need for a Fortune Teller there. Keep up the craftsmanship, Paul, and Keep the Faith!
It was great to see the dove not fitting in the first time, it creates an opportunity for you to show a few tricks when things don't go as well as they should. Thanks for a great teaching.
What he is doing for the video is showing how to tune he joint in. When it comes to fine furniture making getting accurate joints is like tuning a musical instrument.
Im also glad you're a craftsman! couldn't imagine watching a 37 minute video of someone making dovetails with a router..
I see what you're saying, but tbh, if someone was using a router the video would be only 9-minutes long. lol
That would be a lot of dovetails.
Paul, these classes are wonderful. I'd so glad there are people like you making these in a time where everything on TV is garbage. You really are the Bob Ross of woodworking.
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Enjoy your demos Paul!
Really loved your charisma in this one, Paul. It truly shows how much you enjoy your work.
Dear Paul, I am glad I follow your wood tuition! First of all because I would have been a king of the wood like you are if I fell in love with wood earlier in my life! And secondly because through your fantastic demonstration of accuracy in your tuition of the well done in woodworking I have improved my English understanding which is not my mother language!
Thank's a lot!
Phil
so great to see the master crafting the wood.I too have become more confident in my abilities from your videos.
Hi Paul...I'm sure you don't remember, but I took your hand tool class at the facility outside of Waco, Texas in the fall of 2001. The main thing I was interested in was learning to hand cut dovetails and it really paid off, so, after all these years I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciated that class...your techniques were sound. Thanks so much....
Mr Sellers, thank you for these videos, they bring back cherished memories of learning such things at my Grandfathers knee, keep going!
I find watching you work wood Paul very therapeutic. I'm learning every time I watch a video but more so when I work wood myself as I'm green .Please keep the videos coming many thanks Will
This was my best lesson ever on dovetails. I did watch many (over 20 different videos on it). I did make some myself and was quite successful but i guess there was more to learn from you. Thanks Dear Paul.
Paul this rearly does show what a craftsman you are many thanks
Thanks Paul. You are a wonderful example both in temperament and in practice.
At 25:50 you thank me for being patient? I would not miss any of it. Thank you Mr. Sellers.
Thank you for your great video. This makes me wanna learn more about woodworking. I love making anything I can find interesting in learning how to build out of wood. I enjoy woodworking its relaxing and not stressful. Paul you have a great sense of humor and still can be a great wood craftsman. Paul I give you 👍
I love watching you cut dovetails. The template idea is brilliant. I can't wait to try it out.
me too.
Oh yeah, I watched it to the end. I've never done this before, but will try it in the near future.
Very much appreciate your attention to detail, accuracy and getting things "perfect". I think to eliminate some of the tedium of chopping out waste I would opt to use a coping/fret saw which will get 90% of the waste out in 10% of the time. THEN using your techniques, perfect the back wall with chisel work.
Seems to me the nature of the chopping activity is to preserve the integrity of the back wall and use of the coping saw does not compromise that.
I have enjoied your dedication to perfection
Paul and one other master I've seen on youtube are both sawing with the elbow in direct line with the work. I cling to this principle myself in the haphazard work that I do, and it makes me feel scientific to see that it's also true in the body orientation of a pro.
It's interesting how the English Channel divides the craft of dovetailing......it seems that East of the Channel it's Pins first and West it's Tails first. I'm trying to find a good reason why Pins first but I'm still a Tails first person. You gave me another reason to stay Tails first and that's from your Part 1 video showing the neat template trick. If doing many dovetails that's definitely the way to go.....thanks for that tip!!
Enjoy your videos and teachings.....
From Aus
Beautiful. I really enjoy these vídeos. Allways teaching something new. Recently sharpened an old saw with your method: awesome results. Thank you.
Awesome videos part 1 and part 2 great work 👍
Great videos Paul, really plasant to watch, you are great craftsman...i am woodcarver, i find using V chisel to clean corners in one pass verry efective, after that two pieces fit perfectly. Greetings from Ireland
If one looks closely, youll notice Paul marked the board for the pins with the tail board inside out! They all still fit wonderfully, this stuff is gold.I noticed because he marked the inside of the tail piece all the way with the slitting gauge and on the outside, he only cut the knife-wall into the refuse parts! (Part 1)
Great videos Paul awesome work !
That wood sounds so nice
14:04 - "I love being a craftsman. I can't imagine what it must be like to cut a dovetail with a router. That has got to be the most boring thing a man ever did."
:) :) :)
This is perfect.
"Otherwise, may as well buy mdf"
It is kind of boring, because you spend more time setting the jig/router up than you do cutting wood.
Paul, Many thanks for all the information and techniques you have taught us in 2016. Only been a subscriber a few months - wish I had found you before. There is only ONE annoying thing about your videos . . it's the few idiots who click the 'dislike' button . We can only assume they are the moronic crowd that believe chucking a plank of wood through various machines is craftsmanship lol. Merry Christmas to you and look forward to following you in 2017. Regrads, Ian (UK Subscriber)
Mesmerising stuff, almost Zen-like in its contemplation.
beautiful joinery, I am very inspired! Thank you Paul
excellent instructive video, would you ever recommend using a fret/coping saw to remove the waste from the pins then chisel down to the line?
"I love being a craftsman. I can't imagine what it must be like to cut a dovetail with a router. That has to be the most boring thing a man ever did." --Paul Sellers.
if you have ten drawers to make, each with four dovetail joints, spending 2hrs on each joint - even when youre as skilled as Sellers? youd need to be charging A LOT. or you use a router.
more likely still you make them in ply and joint them with a domino and have a wood front.
the skill is important, but so is the economic viability of your business, whether you like it or not
tequila_ tibbs economics has a lot to do with a project that is a production piece yes but your customer base dictates it. You’re going to be hard pressed to find assembly line furniture in a billionaire’s custom mansion. You build for your clientele or in this case teaching is priority one so Paul can build for the love of hand tool work with little regard to selling to the masses. Just my opinion after years of watching him :)
@@larrypostma2866
ive not built fine furniture for billionaires (not too many of them around) ,but i have for millionaires, and still they like the price to be less than the work entailed.
ultimately though, if using a machine is indistuguishable from hand tools than probably a machine is best to get through the most of it. you wouldnt cut a tennon by hand if you have a table saw, unless of course its just for the joy of it or for teaching. no disrespect to Sellers, i enjoy these videos
@@tequila_tibbs7938 i think he's simply talking about the fun of it😂
Not really in anyway criticizing the quality of value of the work
@@tequila_tibbs7938 it's not for everybody.
"You might as well buy MDF" - Great Quotable
Thank you Paul! Excellent lesson especially the tiny adjustment chiseling to make it fit without forcing it! Be careful of that cursing using the "MDF" word - haha. Seems you and I have the same situation with hair at our age of 65 and 66., as we have most of ours and not gray on top but the beard is definitely grey!.
My Wife asked me why I blow at the computer screen every now and then????? "-), I tell her I'm cleaning up sawdust or shavings after Paul finished sawing! She thinks I'm a nut case!
Lance Mitchell
LOL i'm glad i'm not the only one to catch myself blowing on the screen!
I thought I was crazy for doing that. This channel is the best! Thanks for the belly laugh.
When I start counting saw strokes ( 13-15 per tail edge), I know I'm learning something.
Very nice. I like your work.
Wow. He could teach Cosman. And Rob is great!
I love blissing out to Paul's videos. I wonder at what point in a master craftsman's career does the swearing stop. Also is a tenoning saw a rip cut tooth pattern?
If you are a person who swears, you will always swear, even if you are pleased with results.
I loved the comment about the use of a router to make dovetails. I know you mentioned that you need glue and with that said I can't recall if I've ever seen you use glue on your dovetails and with this joint you just made is the glue going to make this joint even tighter with a possible cracking the joint ?? Thank you so much for sharing these classes are the best.
Paul always uses glue on his dovetails i believe, he always fits his joints dry (rehearsal) if you haven't seen him do a big glue up you are missing out it is a sight to see
Noticed a split on the pin board about 3 pins from the end. Interested to know if, after 6 years, whether this has made any difference (assuming this is not just a demonstration piece, of course!)?
Sir, I watched the parts 1& 2, and learned a lot! And amazed that the malet did not put "dings" in the wood when you were tapping them together the several times. Because the wood is extra hard?
Soft mallet - traditional northern hardwoods (oak/maple/walnut/etc) won't ding. But if you're worried, always tap against a pine block. No doubt Paul has tapped enough wood with his mallet to know what dings and what doesn't - softwoods like pine - you'll always leave marks if you're not careful.
That's Sapele...I don't know if you've ever worked with it, but it's t.o.u.g.h.
Blunts your chisels in no time too...
Maybe it's been mentioned, but it's not unwise to mark the waste areas.
if the same joint was done with two or three wide dovetails instead the eight which were done here, would there be a significant structural difference? Cutting and fitting eight of these per corner seems like a lot of effort.
The fewer dovetails you have, the cheaper the end result will look, but it's not going to break apart or anything. Just as long as you have at least one dovetail on each corner and one in the middle, it's going to be plenty strong.
Some of it is looks. It's also about getting significantly more gluing surface. You are also increasing the strength by making it so that the joint must fail at multiple locations when it is put under tension. But too many dovetails and the projections (tails and pins) have a great chance to shear off at the base.
Since you have your cuts so square, would you ever saw opposite sides at the same time? please and thank you.
Paul, you need a good shop light!
You left the full length cutting gauge mark facing out Paul! You can be forgiven though, fantastic video! Thank you.
If you remember , he pointed out that it was on the top where it would not show . Could also possibly be planes off
Using this method is making life very complicated. It is much easier to mark the second board before chiselling the first, take advantage of the groove made by the saw in the first to mark the second using the saw as a marker, is to use the guide that is left when cutting and the saw comes in tight making a perfect mark on the second board, then chisel both after sawing the second board
If you want high level dovetails for fine furniture pieces then the method he has show can be used repeatedly and will make the craftsman faster and still keep the high standards of the trade.
You can do what you are suggesting if it is a more country style craft were the finish is not as important.
In your "How to make a workbench videos" you show one with a trough but the one you are using is flat. Do you recommend one with or without for my first workbench build? Thanks for all the wonderful videos! Even my kids ages 9, 6 and 2 enjoy them.
I use one without as well, it works fine as long the bench is either big enough for all your tools, or your tool storage is close enough you your bench that you can leave them there(like mine).
Just wondering will that jig work on different # of dove tails. Say 6 dovetails will only fit the width of the joint. Or 5 dovetails
Paul on wide boards like this do I always check up the boards square marking, you just go by feel?
I have a serious question. I'm not a professional carpenter so I'm curious and want to ask people that know more than I do. Why is it that every time when people are making dove tails the cut an angle on the pieces that lock to the others?
What type of wood is he using? I love that look would love to make a project with some.
Sapele. African wood
It looks like you're back cutting a little at the knife wall. Are you?
Very useful, thanks
PS The 'A' string on your drop D guitar intro is slightly sharp.
What’s a good wood to start practising with?
Did you film the making of the rocking chair?
good
Paul "Dead on acccurate" Sellers making it look easy.. dovetails are hard.. Ive tried and failed
What do you recommend over marrples thy ere rediculess in price what about Japanese What do you recommend!
15:45 MDF- 14:00 Craftsman- Nice.
i would love to know what kind of cutting knife you are using, I want to get one so bad. And what is the name of the tool you used to scar the wood with for tennon joints?
Randy Reed it's a small Stanley utility knife. The little blades hone up VERY sharp on a leather strop with aluminum oxide. The best part is they can be found for $3 on Amazon. At that price, I bought several and have them located all over the shop.
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tighter than a Paul Sellers dove tail should be a common phrase
What make him slower is hes working and in the same time he teach us.. Its really make ackward on work actually and sometimes can reach the accuracy ..
you are dead on!
Hello mr Sellers. I am just starting woodworking and want to buy a good dovetail saw. The Veritas saw has a plastic back. How do you feel about that saw? regards Jan Willem Kooi
paulsellers.com/2011/08/looking-for-dovetail-saws-buy-veritas/ Like this ^^
Also what would you do about the gaps afterwards? Do you fill them or something?
Lol beta, there won't be any gaps!
joe winkler ...at the end there are small gaps between the two pieces of wood. I'm wondering what will be done to them.
I'd say that this set of dovetails is just about 'gap free' - but remember they're getting glue. Glue will swell things slightly. What I do is glue up the joint, then sand while the glue still has enough 'stick' to catch the fine dust. that's usually all it takes to completely hide any hairline "gaps" -at least for a while. The sawdust/glue combo seems to take stain OK - I mean you're talking about something the thickness of a piece of paper -you won't get "gaps" bigger than that if you're careful. Another thing we do - wipe the joint with latex wood filler - then same thing - sand with fine grit to embed wood dust into the filler. Won't fix gaping holes but for hairline gaps does make them invisible - at least for a while (until the wood changes due to heat/humidity/etc.) Hope that helps.
Tioga Fretworks Yeah thanks for the answer.
i'm sorry i am 5 months late on this post, but! as a professionel trained cabinetmaker i would never "sand while the glue have enough `stick'. personally i'd wait for the glue to harden, then plane the sides of the boards, thats it.
14:10 and so is the pin or dovetail.
i would like to get a saw that cuts like that beauty/ i haVE A SANDVIK BACK SAW THAT I HAVE HAD FOR YEARS and it is dull.
Live your dream. Let his saw sharpening video show you the way.
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why not clamp down the pinboard?
Magnificent
11:21 Good advice.
Fantastic work, Paul.
There's a thing called "time", that's the reason power tools are used. I know you are a master craftsman, but come on, two lengthy videos to make one corner of a project... I'd like to be able to complete one drawer per day with a few breaks in between :P
Yes power tool work can be ugly and lazy, and the finish can be shit compared to the results you get, and there's no gratification but I bet the master craftsman of yore would embrace what we have to hand today.
I love your presentations, and I'm not wanting to come across as an arsehole or anything. And I swear I'm gonna buy your book as soon as I can.
Ah, I see you (only) learned about dovetails from the video...
you will never see what we see nor do what we do. that's fine too. We don't mind.
He can do it a lot faster (there are videos of him cutting precise dovetails in minutes). This is teaching not producing.
I don't know about you, but I'm a computer programmer. If I really wanted to cut to the chase here, if I want dovetailed furniture, the fastest way for me to get dovetailed furniture is.... to write computer programs. And use that money to buy dovetailed furniture.
I am gathering hand tools as I get into this, because first of all time is pretty meaningless while I'm doing it - I'm not doing it to produce things, but to remind myself that I'm capable of doing anything that isn't just a 1 or a 0 at the end of the day.
Second of all, because if I only have a half hour to work on a project, hand tools make it possible to get some progress done, as I'm not eating up the entire work session with setup. I learned that well enough with smithing, and it holds equally true with woodworking.
Mr. Paul Sellers , said it... you can print out Mona Lisa as poster and call it a day or learn the art so one day you can create your own master peace that is unique and generations later people still enjoy the craftsmanship and details that YOU have created... Some people get the point of what Mr. Seller tries to share and then some just don't. Much respect from sunny Florida. BF.
Anyone know what wood species he is using here?
Sir pls
Make A video of drawer by hand tools
Are you sure that you’ve done these before ?
Auto subtitles on youtube are too many errors. Can U upload good subtitles on Your videos?
Don't understand the reason for taking a shaving at the end. Can anyone explain?
by shaving the front of the pins it widens the open end of the space where the tails go, effectively advancing your tails further back into the space where it's wider and thus looser.
elindred Ahh thanks!
i think its to reduce the thickness of the wood if it's slightly thicker then the depth of the tails.
Cutting dovetails with a router may be boring, it's also the reason, along with other machines suited to batch or mass production, that ordinary people can afford furnishings. Both for the reduction in man hours making it, and providing employment in furniture factories. Craftsman built stuff is truly lovely, but it's the preserve of the moderately wealthy, or the craftsman himself.
When buying furniture people should be buying the best craft pieces they can in terms of what they can afford.
The problem with many factor made pieces is that they tend to be rushed and corners tend to be cut.
The vast majority of factor dovetails are cut by CNC machine not a router. It is far faster for a small time craftsman to hand cut dovetails rather than getting out a jig and trying to set the whole thing out.
And then there is the advantage of skills being learned.
@@bighands69 Why should people be buying the best craft pieces they can afford? Sometimes you just need something functional. My grand children are not gonna care how good a quality piece I bought, they will probably practically give it away assuming my kids don't beat them to it! Cheap furniture has its place, just like heirloom quality stuff.
25:44 Yes, yes I am.
Hay Paul why do you own like at least 10 of every tool.
LoganJL probably so he can teach many people at once
With all the money he saves from not buying the $5000 sawstop :p
Pretty soon he'll have to, by law
this man needs a shoulder vice
why?
Maybe it is only my computer but the audio is 90% unintelligible.
Mr. Sellers tends to mumble.
Who needs glue?
This is an absolute tutorial.....only one problem: Paul talks too soft!!!
HAND MADE JOINTS TIGHTER MORE ACCURATE THAN $ 500 worth OF POWER TOOLS.
I guest your system wasn't that perfect. Good try
Real craftsmen use power tools.
Very nice. I like your work.