How to Cut Dovetails by Hand - A New Approach (2020)
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- How To Cut Dovetails By Hand -A New Approach. In this video Rob Cosman teaches you his new approach method for hand cut through dovetails. Over the last 30 years Rob has taught thousands of students how to hand cut perfect through dovetails. He is constantly developing new tools and techniques to make hand cutting dovetails even easier. Watch this video and learn his current method which allows 90% of his students to hand cut a perfect dovetails on their first try.
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Great tutorial, it reminded of my grandfather teaching me to make dovetails. He always said "meet in the middle when you chisel". He apprenticed as a yacht joiner in a Glasgow shipyard in the early 1900's and could make anything out of wood; he never owned a power tool in his life. I still use a couple of his bench planes that were made in 1913.
I'm intrigued. I want to construct an open box-shape, to be secured to the foredeck of my sailboat, to hold anchor chain/warp ready for use. The size will be about 6" high by 22 " by 12", and in 1" teak. I want to make the short sides sloping by about 10-15 degrees. Drawing the cuts is what I struggle to visualise....
Thanks for sharing, I love stories like that. 👍
We’re losing so much that earlier generations knew.
Just bought and tested my first set of planes... I am a millwright by trade and studied how those planes are built. Those old planes are gold. Machined mating surfaces on the frog makes use of them like night a day. Keep them maintained and I assure you those can he passed on to your grandchildren.
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I'm making a box and engagement ring for to make mine woman happy.
Thanks so much for making your knowledge freely available!!
Astoundingly good instructional video. Im absolutely a rookie at hand woodwork and Rob’s video taught me how to make my first dovetails. I didn’t believe I could learn to cut accurate tails with just a video but his instruction is incredible and things worked out just like he promised.
Thank you Rob!!!
Although I was fortunate enough to learn Rob’s method first hand in one of his (training the hand) workshops, and I have since cut many hundreds (thousands?) of dovetails, I still love watching him teach it. I never vary from this method and it ALWAYS works.
Thanks for watching Tom. Its not looking good for this years TTH workshops
RobCosman.com I’m very sad about that. I so wanted this to be the first of many return visits to help in your work supporting vets and teaching what we all love. I know it saddens you too - though you are doing our community SO MUCH good with your significant uptick in TH-cam videos. Thanks Rob for all you do.
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How long does it take to do this demonstrated 3 finger joint at a rough approximation ? I can't imagine building a 20 drawer work bench or wardrobe !
The Kaveman with a little practice, you can get quite fast at it. I’m not Rob-fast, but I can do all the hand-dovetail work on a 10-dovetail drawer in under 30 minutes.
I did my woodworking apprenticeship 40 years ago but still like to watch other woodworkers and can always learn something. Excellent work. Great video.
Only a fool would think that you don't need to learn for your whole life.
I’m 26 and started building custom furniture 6 years ago and started high end custom cabinets 3 years ago. I pitched the idea of hand cut dovetails to a premium client and they like it! So I plan to purchase all the tools I need and am diving right in with the help of your teaching! I am also going to build the mdf workbench you have designed.
Just last week I had to 'coach' an apprentice on the dovetail making task that he'd been set at college. As a Cabinet Maker myself, and his 'mentor', I was trying to give him tips on how to get his dovetails to be tight and gap-free. Only problem is, the last time I cut a dovetail myself was about 35 years previously when I went to college. And to be honest, I'd forgotten how to lay them out, and the process for making them. So (despite the supervisor's chagrin) I forced myself to cut a complete 2 tail dovetail joint by hand, just to prove to myself (and my apprentice) that I could still do them. Yes, I genuinely did make a good job of it, on the whole, although I felt very pressured and rushed (the supervisor on the opposite bench gawping - "we can't afford the time for you to be cutting dovetails, that's for the apprentice to do", sort of dis-approval). The joint went together with a light mallet tap, it fitted into the pins, and with the side (dovetails) flipped over as well and was reasonably crisp. One small gap on one tail. Not at all bad for a very rushed, first dovetail joint in 35 years!
The point being that the apprentice's college had set him a dovetailing task without ANYONE giving him a demonstration first! Moreover NOBODY (apart from myself it seems) is actually capable, at my workplace of cutting a dovetail joint by hand, or even knowing how its done! We only have one coarse grit diamond stone at work, and nobody but me has instructed him that the normal bevel edged chisels (Marples etc) are no good for cutting dovetails as the bevels don't come down to the back of the blade. I had to lend him MY dovetailing chisel set, where I ground and polished the bevels, to be suitable for dovetailing. And show him how to sharpen his chisels, on MY stones and plates to get them sharp. So how was my apprentice meant to cut a good clean dovetail? He was just left to figure it out himself, somehow. Ridiculous! I am his Mentor, but I have my own ascribed work to complete, and training an apprentice is not my full-time task. I'm just there to 'give advice'.
So watching your and Paul Sellers videos is something I told my apprentice to do. Now I have done the same. And hopefully there is now some hope for him that he can learn how to cut a crisp dovetail joint - and someone who can actually teach him an appropriate method! It's very sad, I feel that in a country (UK) where many of the tools and techniques of dovetailing were developed in the first place, have now been essentially lost, due to cost cutting. Everything now is man-made sheet material and power tools. If a cutter is blunt - BIN IT. And go and get another one. It's very sad, and frustrating for someone like me who got into Cabinet Making to make fine furniture out of good quality TIMBER.
Excellent demo. Reminded me of lots of things. Cheers!
Best Dovetailing system!!!! I learned this system and its the easiest way to learn, by the BEST teacher I have ever met! Thank you Rob & Jake!!!!
I’m a young gun, a mere 33 years, 2 of which as a professional amateur garage workshop wood manipulator. I started watching videos, some Rob’s some not, back when I started using hand tools and through all of the methods I have seen employed, Robs is the most precise and his instruction the clearest. Frankly, I can’t afford the high quality tools you use (some day), but I have cobbled together the requisite tools for the job and have had some success with dovetails. I agree, when using lower quality tools there is a built in frustration, but I have a high drive to learn this craft and perfect to my best abilities. Additionally, as a military family, I have the highest respect for those who help our wounded warriors. I tell everyone that I use woodworking in lieu of therapy.
When you find things to do that you love you fill yourself with powerful self-care which heals you. Find anything you love to help heal your wounds. Respect.
Hey Rob, can't quite believe I took my first course from you 16 years ago! Clearly, I'm the exception that proves the rule: dovetails still suck and I still love woodwork. Luckily, the ukuleles I'm building don't require dovetails. ;-) I enjoyed watching you go through the dovetail process again. Keep up the good work.
where and when did you take my class?
@@RobCosmanWoodworking 2004 Calgary Training the Hand at the old SAIT campus was the first.
An intimate look into the classic woodworker's joint. What a wonderful lesson. After a 40 year career as an architect my aspiration has always been to have a wood working shop. Mastering this joint is at the top of the list (one of many lessons still to learn). At least now my planes and chisels are finally sharp and polished...via your excellent videos on sharpening. My focus is on musical instruments-when not building "honey-do" cabinets and furniture. Your lessons have brought my work up to a whole new level. Thanks so much for lighting the way to fulfilling my dream.
You are an amazing teacher, Rob! Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and experience!
Happy to. Thanks for watching
I was drowning in woodworking videos as a beginner who doesn't know much. Your name kept coming up so I watched this video and am very impressed with your talent and demeanor. Of course, my video game brain keeps silently saying your name as Robco's Man but that's just a bonus when I can already tell your content is going to be a treasure trove of information and experience on tap.
Right now my shop is a compound sliding miter saw in my living room. It keeps raining so I can't drag it outside. My first project is making a saw table and I just learned about halflap joints a few days ago. Like I said I know very little.
I don't know when I'll have more tools but I can't wait to get into starting dovetails. It's going to be a while though. All I have is a one inch chisel, a cordless power drill, a few screw drivers, a pair of pliers and a box of screws. Oh yeah and a mountain of saw dust in the living room.
What a great craft though. Learning new skills on my first project. Of course building it from big box construction lumber. Definitely going to need a lot more hand tools before I start a furniture project and a better source of lumber. But that's all pipedreams because money is impossible. Still though, I've had this saw for over a year and finally plugged it in less that two weeks ago. Finally getting started building a bench for it is exciting even if I don't even have enough money to complete the project. I should have a good 2/3 of it done in a few days or a week then I can deep clean my living room. Lol.
Thanks for sharing your expertise, Mr. Rob Cosman.
Instead of using a marking gauge to set the offset from my dovetail saw I use a feeler gauge .024. Very similar to the offset gauge that Rob sells. I've watched the video at least 5 times and learn something new every time. Thanks
I'm a keen amateur DIY'er and love to use power tools, the last time I attempted a dove tail I was at school, over 40 years ago, I've wanted to make my girlfriend some pretty boxes with dovetail joints but not had the proper knowledge or confidence, now I have both, I just need to buy some of the tools you have used and I'm off and running. Thankyou so much for a great tutorial, I'm now a subscriber. Martin in the UK 🇬🇧
The new intro and outro is great, I'm making a display case for a statute, and a houndstooth wood hinge box where the tail ends contrasting the pins are spaced to resemble piano keys... Nathan Mitchell, New Brunswick. I'll bring it by after, it'll probably be a while because I have a bunch of things on the go.
Yes, bring it by the shop
A couple months ago I began to acquire Rob's tools. I had purchased other saws and chisels several years ago. They weren't "cheap" and were doing a good job; I thought. Man, what a difference these tool make. In a very short time my joinery went from good(in my head), to really nice and in a fraction of time spent on each joint. They still aren't perfect, but the frustration levels decreased substantially, and the accuracy and enjoyment rose in direct proportion. Adopting the method and tools, while a considerable investment, have been the best hand tool purchases and time allotment decisions I've made in a while. Thanks to Rob, Jake, Luther and all the other's I've missed. Keep it up! Hey, Rob..two words..panel saw.. LOL
Ummm panel saws....I think its hard to improve over LN panel saws. Let me think on it.
@@RobCosmanWoodworking They do make a wonderful panel saw. I have their rip saw. But I "NEED" all my saw to match...
I now mark my waste every time as last week I was making a large box commission spent 3 days dimensioning the timber then cut off a tail as I didn't mark it and wasn't paying attention. Luckily I followed advice in one of your previous videos and I'd dimensioned an extra side for just such an occasion
That is awesome! Practice makes perfect. Got to love being unplugged.
Great video! You're a good teacher and I appreciate the details that you explain, especially your thought process while cutting, etc. Thank you!
Rob, I really appreciate your videos and especially your online workshop. We’ve spoken a little before when I purchased one of your dovetail saws and live TH-cam text. I lost my right hand to an IED while in the US Army. I struggle quite a bit to get accurate, square cuts and hammering a chisel is difficult. But these videos help and I think I just need more practice and a suitable vise to hold the workpiece. I plan to apply for one of your PHP classes in a year or so. Thank you very much!
Really like the technique of offsetting by the kerf width and marking the pins through the tail kerfs! That’s huge
I'm thinking, making fancy corners on corn hole boards! Take the look up a notch or three!
Between you and @PaulSellers - I've learned a tremendous amount. You both do things relatively old school - no power tools - most if not all by hand.
I've just retired from the Canadian Armed Forces, I'm going to built myself a Shadowbox, it deserves perfect dovetail joints.
What's a shadowbox?
superb tuition, a very good teaching style and just the right amount of detail to demonstrate the process perfectly.
This really is an exceptional video from a 'REAL' master of his craft. Too bad all of TH-cam isn't of this caliber.
Fantastic vid. So many folks doing these don't nearly have it mastered and it shows. You work is remarkable.
Excellent! Your instruction and camera work is as good as being in an actual classroom setting. Could not get any better than this! Bravo! Please keep your videos coming. You are an artist and an excellent teacher! Thank you for teaching me how to do Dovetail joints. Hopefully I can make them as nice as yours.
You are a true craftsman. So glad I found you here. Thank you
Wauw, Thank you so much for this tutorial! I started woodworking a few weeks ago and this is the best explanation on dove tails I found so far. I can't wait to try it.
I hesitate to buy furniture these days because of the way it's held together
This is craftsmanship and I shall be looking for more of your vids
Thanks
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I love the under cabinet drawers behind you, because when you see they are all dovetailed nicely, it signals that you are standing in the workshop of a true craftsman. Nicely presented in a format that is easily grasped by the newbies, and your teaching skills means that the more experienced crafts person does not lose interest. It would be difficult to imagine anyone eclipsing your careful, stepped instructional skills in teaching your methods to woodworkers who may not be familiar with the mechanics of crafting dovetail joints.
Well done sir, I tip my Chapeau to you, for creating an instructional video that grips your curiosity and holds your interest throughout the span of the video. You are in the realm of the Japanese craftsman, where the craftsman becomes the artist though his careful application of his crafting skills. I subscribed asap after watching you practice your art-form.
You take woodworking to the next level, teaching others how to hone their skills, eclipsing the skills they had yesterday which is what I believe all artisans aspire to.
Hello Rob, I'm studying your dovetail making in order for me to make 2 boxes capable of holding about 25 pounds of coins each. Treasure boxes, if you will, for my sister's grandchildren. I plan to use 3/4" Walnut for strength and looks. Flat topped. I've used box joints in the past, many times. But your reasons for using the dovetail makes more sense. When you live in the middle of Montana, finding a teacher in wood ain't easy for a 71 yr. old hippy. Well taught!
Just stumbled across your channel, Rob. First, let me say that you are an awesome woodworker. However, IMHO it's your teaching style and easy delivery that really allow you to shine amid the vast ocean of "similar" channels.
Simply superb, my man. I'm hooked.
brilliant one of the easiest to understand without complication...a masterclass, thank you !
Great instructional video, I just wish I could afford to make these beautiful dovetail joints.
You can afford it, he also has a video where he uses a hacksaw, screwdriver, business card and a pencil to make just as good dovetails. Get cracking Fred 👍👍
This is a fantastic lesson, and I've very grateful for it! I don't own a skew block plane (and the Lie-Nielsen is currently not readily available in the UK), but I've found you can attain the same effect by sticking about 3 layers of PVC electrical tape over the base line on the back of the tails. Then, if you re-scribe the line with a marker gauge, you cut through the tape and can peel away the excess so you have a sharp, accurate edge against which to work when you are marking your pins. It's worked for me every time.
masking tape also works but i do love my skew block plane!
Great teaching, great video. I’ve learnt tons watching your channel, thank you from a UK veteran of 37 years service, keep up the good work it’s appreciated!
Thank you for your service. Keep watching and I will keep making videos
I like the method modification - seems a bit easier and more reliable. This video was also very well edited.
I’ve been doing hand cut dove tails this way, working really well for my hand made furniture and boxes, wish I could upload a pic and show you, thanks for the tips 😊
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Very nice, tidy, logical way of doing it.
I just spent a hour watching this and it only felt like 20 minutes thanks for the tutorial
Great work Scott! Very stylish design and very tricky electro-mechanical project. I was looking forward to the project reveal to Rachel.
I love it! Thank you! I just made my first drawer with dovetails last weekend. I have two more to go for this project. I takes forever to mart it all perfect and then cut it perfect. I tried using a coping saw but the blade is fatter than me saw so I got frustrated with that had chiseled all the waste out. But I have learned to get the chisels sharp so it is not too bad. I should probably look into getting a fret save like you use. The next purchase that I am saving up for is I want to get a fantastic plane. Anyway, thanks for both the education and the inspiration!!
Check out my fret say its a very reasonable price
Splendid! what a pleasure to watch the video. I have already started to make a box using this method. Kudos to Rob.
Thank You for an excellent video....Reminds me of my days in school as a fifteen years old keep woodworking student, my teacher then was Mr. Rhule who like you took his time to explain. I was curious to watch your video after being guided here by a friend.
Thanks for the great video. I purchased your dovetail saw recently and have been practicing. Question - my biggest problem is getting my cuts on the tails at 90 degrees - even when I concentrate on it I keep getting about 92- 95 degrees. Is there a trick or technique that will help me?
I'd like to make a little stool. I have one my granddad did and use it, but it is old, so the wood has numerous chips, so I want to save it and use a new. This is my fifth more serious woodworking project, I started years ago by building a few simple shelves joined by screws, that was with a jigsaw only, a few years and a few fixes around the house later, I rented a small garage, set-up a little shop, built myself a simple bench from an old TV table (and it was crooked as hell, I found out my crappy noname jigsaw is bent and I can't cut straight), then I built a bench for my miter saw which was much better, the fourth was a try to build a picture frame, which I botched because I cut the grove first then the miter, and now I'll try to re-do the frame and build a stool.
My grandpa was a great handyman, he never got any formal training, but could do many things. He had a shop in the basement full of hand tools. I still have one hand drill that even my great-grandpa used. Sadly, when he died I was 14 and his shop got my only nephew.
Thank you for that exceptional tutorial! I very much appreciate how thorough your teaching techniques are! I am new to wood working and most definitely will be watching more of your videos. Thank you again!
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Best method ever. Thanks Rob!
Going to use mine (eventually!) to store dovetail-only cutting tools!!! Thanks again for your tireless devotion to spreading the word through highly effective teaching and a terrific learning environment.
Rob, I've watched many woodworking TH-cam videos, as well as other mechanical videos and your approach and organization is above the rest. Many thanks.
Just curious, how long in the trade till you thought you were a great at what you do and 2nd how long would you say before you could call your self a teacher of the trade as I find you extraordinary at what you do.
Sorry I cannot call me great...my mentors were great, but not me.
I was pretty good after growing up woodworking, 5 years at BYU under th ementorship of Dale Nish, then one year intensive work assiting woodworking masters at the Aspen institute. Then I was ready to start on my own and was confident of my skills. I didnt start teaching until I saw a need, but I think for whatever reason I just naturally took to teaching.
Best video i have watched on doing dove tails top work, your teaching is appreciated
Thanks rob for the great video. my dad who passed away several years ago always did woodworking when I was growing up. I inherited most of his tools. And I already do blacksmithing. My Girlfriends Oldest son is going to college this year. I made him a bracelet at my forge. I wanted to make him a small box using my dad's tools to give him as a congratulatory/good luck gift.
My plan is to get the rest of the Cosman dovetail tools when I can afford them. I've been practicing with the Cosman fret saw and I see greater improvement already.
Rob, I enjoy all of your videos but must admit, your selfless approach in making this long, comprehensive, and entertaining workshop is admirable. Heartfelt thanks for your sharing your experience with woodworkers like me. Johnny
Your an amazing teacher. I learn something new every video. Will be getting all these tools very soon.
Glad you like the video. Its a long one, I hope it does well
Compliment to the camera person.. didn’t realize they were there til you used the blade knife.😌👍
Haha, just tried this technique from memory, I can drive a bus though the gaps. I marked the left saw cuts instead of the right and vice versa. Never mind I’ll have another go tomorrow I bought a long bit of cheap wood (4’x3/4”) for practice by the time I get to the end of it they will be perfect. I last made dovetails at school a mere 60+ years ago.
Good work of the teacher and the cameraman, thank you for presenting such an excellent hour of education.
Top comment. Looked down, read this and saw "hour" and im out
you are an excellent teacher. Thank you
last night i was telling a friend about how excited i was about finally ordering one of rob's dovetail saws. i talked about how rob has innovated new techniques in hand too joinery and how rob creates and sells hand tools of amazing quality with features that set them apart from anything else available. i talked about the reasons rob says he started teaching. i told him about PHP, about how and why it began (according to rob) and how important and even inspiring it is to me personally. as soon as i finally shut up he asked how to build a workbench in his garage, what videos to watch and what tools he needed to start with. i cant wait to help him get started...but really i cant wait for my new saw!!
You area missionary! good deal..now make sure you help your friend get up to speed. Have you ordered the saw yet?
When you buy a Saw from Rob - you get WAY more than a tremendous saw. Comment back six months after you’ve been using it and tell everyone how that decision changed your woodworking world.
Great video as always. I need to learn patience when cutting dovetails and move away from making so many box joints. Thanks again!
I’ve been making a jewellery box for the mrs for our 5 year anniversary (year of wood) out of walnut and maple. For my first dovetail joint ever, gotta say I’m quite impressed. This process really helped. I even borrowed the tape on the coping saw handle trick 😁
An amazing craftsman and teacher - thank you and keep up the good work! Very much appreciated!
Just wanted to thank you and your team for providing (as usual) another incredibly valuable source of woodworking information. The techniques you describe are always demonstrated in clear and easy to follow logical steps. Attention to detail and working accurately is at the heart of your teaching methods - it is appreciated. Moreover, the passion you have for the craft and it’s promotion is inspirational. Once again, thank you!!!
Our pleasure! Thanks for watching and commenting
I’m going to give it a go this weekend can’t wait
Damn, the real takeaway is good quality tools are worth it - that saw is a wonderful idea, I'm going to make one myself tomorrow!
let me know how it turns out, glad you learned something
Top work and communication skills. You got yourself a new subscriber and a wanna-be woodworker from Portugal. Cheers
I am working on a custom; floor to ceiling shelves in my basement, and I am thinking that I want the entire facial surroundings in dovetails.
I am making a canopy bed and i am trying to find a good way to connect my joints and came across this video.
This is beyond anything I've ever witnessed! You are an amazing teacher! The camera work is as precise as your instruction! MY. My.
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I’m planning to build 2 8- or 10-drawer dressers, 2 2- or 3-drawer nightstands and a panel kind headboard. Big project, but I feel that I can make it happen with study.
This was fantastic! I watched it twice then stop&start as I made my own joint. It was amazingly good. You are a wonderful teacher. I bought a fret saw just for this project, but broke blade after blade. I have never used a fret saw before, but I’m guessing my tension was alle wrong. I ended up hewing the wast out with the coping saw. My biggest errors are in flattening the bottom surfaces of the cuts. I’m presuming practice will improve it over repetition. And my chisels aren’t sharp enough. (Watched your sharpening video immediately after). Thanks again!
RobCosman! The surgeon of Dovetails!
I've been working over the last several months to set up a shop space in my garage while gathering basic tools. Once I can focus on crafting, I plan to use your tutorial content to begin actually practicing this technique and your other techniques. So stoked that you provide these tutorials! Thanks Rob and crew!
Same here, I built a foldable woodworking bench by taking Paul sellers bench idea and modifying so it it can be tucked away to park 2 cars. Haven basic tools and made a few using Paul's videos and I am in my garage all the time now learning from Rob and Paul the very new hobby I am in love with. Keep it up and all the best!
@@kakamaka9546 thanks so much! Yup, those two are awesome!
I'm learning to build dovetails to enhance the beauty of a box that will be used as as a urn to hold an animal's ashes.
Thank you for this, I to am a Veteran and I have just gotten into woodworking after retirement and this was a BIG help.
thanks for your service. check out our PHP program
Superb Craftmanship . Hats off !
Love the teaching, thanks!
Just a fun idea, can you make a dovetail joint that every slope is different? Just to prove that the slope doesn’t matter (as long as it’s square).
Mallet handle wrapped like a true Canadian!
Think "Move it left and do it right" to remember on what side to cut.
Great mnemonic thanks
Thank you Rob! As always amazing teaching!
This has been really useful for me as I’m making a beehive for my friends 50th birthday gift. It’s been about 35 years since my last attempt at a dovetail joint so I have much more confidence after watching - many thanks!
Great tutorial. I am planning to build my workbench and make drawers in it. Have you, or can you show how to make the dovetails without a bench? Again wonderful tutorial.
Encourages me to try again. Straight and and square cuts seem to have evaded me all my life.
Rob what size dividers do you use / recommend for dovetails? Found this video very inspiring. Will be investing in an RC dovetail saw and marking knife with saw blade along with an inexpensive skew plane. Would also love to see a demo of cutting that rabet on the table saw. Great job!
Thank you for all of the information, such a great education for all of us.
Thanks for watching and commenting
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Great video, excellent work, an inspiration: Jamaica
Thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to provide us with these wonderful tutorials! You are an inspiration and I hope one day to attend one of your workshops!
Thank you so much! we would love to have you join one of our Training the Hand Workshops. It will jump start your woodworking by about 3-5 years.
I like to make housed dovetails for purlins between rafters and half lapped dovetails for knee braces
Awesome video, as always! The joy of seeing the joint come together without a test-fit motivates me to strive for the same level of accuracy in every step.
And Jake: Excellent camera work! This gotta be your best one yet!
We will be coming out with a couple more videos on the tips and tricks of dovetailing so be on the lookout for them
Really like your teaching method. It was so thorough.
Glad to hear that!
I want to learn how to make clean dovetails because I'm hoping to build some good-looking and strong storage solutions for myself. Shelves, drawers, cabinets.
Love all the explanations of why you do things a particular way. Could a shoulder plane be used to make the rabbet if you don't have a rabbeting plane?
Beautiful work! I learnt so much!
Great instruction especially with the tips throughout the process.
Wow - you made that look easy! Can't wait to try this out.
I think it would be cool to see you make a jewelers bench with interesting joinery