Your videos are so instructive and delightful to watch. I really like the trial and error approach. This really helps to make the move when it's your turn ! Many thanks 🙂
@@3x3CustomTamar stoked to see you give Matt a shout out. Great set of dovetails! Hand cut dovetails are a way for craftspeople to highlight their skill. Jumping in and getting more comfortable with chisels is awesome! Keep it up!
Point well taken! But let's be frank ...with today's adhesives....there is really no need to make dovetails...is there? Other than the inherent beauty of them and the "I hand made these!" ..aspect of it. "A good woodworker will achieve the desired result with the least amount of work"......look it up.
I have watched (almost) a million dovetail videos. I really like the jig. I super love the honesty and kind of trial and error - vocalizing the thought process. Frequently youtubers are more intent on impressing people than teaching people.This is something that people can learn the design process and imitate that vs. just going step by step blindly. Great job.
This is a valuable addition to my woodwork collection th-cam.com/users/postUgkxbnOKZBE4evMO5V2vroHeCjq6d_MV6wJO I still will rate this woodwork plan as the best in my reference library. It always seem to stand out from the rest whenever you go through the library. This is a masterpiece.
Immediate results are not always the best teaching tools. When I was 15, I started seriously learning how to work with wood at my school in Switzerland. My teacher was a musician who made his own oboe reeds. His starting point was having the entire class cut down one tree. We then had to cut it into boards and lay the wood aside for future students to use in two years. Having done that, we were allowed to have a one metre board to begin our work/learning process. We were not permitted to use any mechanical tools. By the time my board was prepared for work, I had made up my mind to start with the hidden dovetail joint. Even though it is considered by some to be among the most difficult, I felt it was the best place to learn the most. Fifty-five years later, this remains my way of thinking. And the underlying lesson in your presentation is essentially the same. Thank you for the reminder.
Could you just imagine a teacher having 15 yo's cutting a tree down in the US? lol Said teacher would be sent to prison for ever. Thanks for sharing your memory's.
Tamar...you are so delightful to watch...and I really enjoy how genuine you are when you endeavor upon a project and you show some of the shortcomings warts and all...this is integrity Tamar at its finest! I am 70 years young and was raised the "old school" way coming on up...you embody all of the "old school" ethics...principles...morals...and standards...this is so refreshing! You are so adorable and the daughter I never had...I support your advertisers! Keep the video's coming!...and Thank You!
Hi there, great video!! It’s refreshing to see someone take the risk and do something they’ve never done before. Here’s a quick tip. If you want to divide your work piece into a certain number of pins or tails, use a ruler on a diagonal with a measurement that is easily divisible. If you want three pins, use 6 or nine inches on the diagonal, then transfer those marks to the end of the piece with a square. If you want 4 pins, use 8 or 12 and again transfer to the end. There’s no math and you can then use those marks as the Center of your pins, then transfer as you did for the tails. It’s easy and works great. Personally, I find it easier and quicker to hand cut dovetails rather than all the setup of the saw, but that’s just me. Keep up the great work. 🙂👍🏻
0:10: "Drozz III, the Return of Drozz" 😃😍 Excellent video; I hadn't seen this type of jig before, and thanks for encouraging us not to be intimidated by dovetails.
Hahaha! Theyre coming!!! I was so intimidated before attempting this jig and it all seemed so confusing. Now I understand them more clearly and hope to use them more in future projects
At first, I did not understand the intention of the project, but when I finished watching it, I was truly and completely satisfied with the results. Congratulations and thank you for this awesome contribution.
Tamara I respect you so much. I'm old enough to almost be your grandpa. I've been a woodworker most of my life but primarily making guitars. I'm expanding into fine word working and using your influence and plans for gigs. Thank you for being the woodworker pro you've become. I'm a big fan!
Those turned out really well. I do have one small piece of advice: clamp a guide board on your gauge lines when you go to chisel out the pin spaces. You can hold the chisel in the gauge line against the board as you chisel and it will keep the chisel in plane. I always use guides to chisel. Some people even make jigs to clamp their boards into to guide their chiseling when they do large numbers of dovetails. I’ve seen the table saw method before and I like it much better than using dovetail jigs with routers as the router jigs always produce artificial looking dovetails. The pins just aren’t narrow enough. The table saw method gets clean results that look really good but the pins can be made narrower so they look more like hand cut dovetails. Nice work. 👍🏻
Please! I cringed at 19:08 ! Do not ever direct a chisel toward your "clamping" hand! One slip and the blood will ruin your project. Otherwise... Super cool.
Great video, because it's real. Sometimes angles are off and materials are at fault and you have to work thru it. I'd say this is inspirational. A great experiment.
Do you wish to be partner with me to manufacture my saw? May I have your opinion about my "Parallel Guided Power Saw" you can see on you tube? It can cut up to 18 ft or even more and is very simple and accurate. The saw system move on my guide very simple and easily. The same guide may carry all other tools such as router, drill press, tile/diamond blade. I wish a partner to manufacture my saw.
Love your realness. The reality that certain things seem overwhelming to do but you break down those barriers to simplify it but not edited to the point that it looks too simple showing mistakes are part of the process. Thank you. I enjoy all your projects and the way you approach them.
I love yr attitude, lve been an emergency nurse for many years and while some people are good at their job they can't effectively impart knowledge, l love watching people who can, you are one of those and clearly a bit of a perfectionist. Love yr work from 'downunder'. Thanks!!!
If you don't want tear out (depending on wood things go quite spectacularly wrong) all you have to do is score a fine line on the back height line. Doesn't need to be deep, prolly .05mm deep. Just a kiss with a box blade. You'll never have tear out with that in place.
Really fascinating. I've often wondered about dovetail jigs for tablesaws, and this really showed the strengths and weaknesses of the approach. Really valuable - thank you so much for posting.
You are a pleasure to watch,you explain your steps very well and it’s always to the point in short detailed talk, no needless extra explanations. Your very informative show and tell videos are spot on. I will be watching again, for sure, thanks.
David over at Make Something has a great philosophy; "Everything is an experiment". I love that you take us on the whole journey with you. That way we can learn what works and doesn't work along with you, as well as to seeing why it works (or doesn't). Love your videos.
Jeff Delamater agreed. Love to see someone figure something out as they go. This is the same with me. The best part of wood working as a hobby is the engineering. Be it a mission style chair or a jewelry box. It all requires engineering to some degree.
I think I've watched every video on youtube about dovetailing from all hand cut methods to hybrid to router jigs to table saw jigs. I gotta say, this video makes the process very simple to understand. Bravo!
I had to make a bird feeder bracket from ash by hand with a concealed mitred dovetail for my boss once, never seen or heard of this joint in 30 years of being a chippy, took me 2 hours, mind blowing!!
Lovely job, another great video. 👍 I hate dovetail joints, fortunately if and when I have had to make them I pull out the router dovetail jig. I take my hat off to you for producing a quality joint using hand tools.
You are quite a remarkable woman. I've done lots of woodworking with my Dad, ( he built wooden boats) but you are quite something. I will build this jig and use it for my drawer dovetails on a dresser for my granddaughter. An old dog CAN be taught new tricks (I am a 74 yr old dog) Thanks a bunch for making this video.
I love how real this felt. I would hesitate and do some trial and error, so it’s good to see someone as good as you be so honest and get an awesome result. Thanks!
To solve the problem of height difference when you cut the tails, you could align the tip of the tail ramp to the center point between the 2 blade lines. Rather than to the runner. That way, the saw heigh would be the same on both sides. Hopefully I'm being clear !... By the way, great job and perfect video !
You can layout evenly without dividers just hold your ruler at a steep angle across the board and pick a measurement that works out nicely then tick each one
It took me a minute to understand what you were saying here. I think you are saying that the geometry of laying your ruler at an angle will make simpler math at certain points. If you are making three tails and put your ruler at six inches angled across the board, the centers show up every two inches. Is that right? Clever solution if so! Thanks!
Aaand I just read another comment with the same recommendation (but a little more explanation). My interpretation was correct! Well done me! :-) Thanks again for the hint. It will be useful for dovetails and lots of other applications.
I watch a lot of woodworkers for inspiration and instruction. I'm a total novice and have only made a handful of items, but this video (and the whole energy around it as just trying something you aren't super comfortable with already) is probably one of my favorites!
great video! Safety suggestion - when chiseling, I believe you'll want to promote the habit of not putting your hand in the path or direction of the chisel pressure...19:07 for example
Young lady you did a fine job on those dovetails. I've been a cabinet maker for 30years, and have cut hundreds of dovetails. I really like your approach. Well done.
I watched this a few years back and came back to this because I wanted to make some boxes, might give this a try so thank you so much for sharing ma'am. Love your videos !!!
Love that you walk through your thought processes. Makes it very easy to follow the build. One question: where is your apron from? I don’t see it in your amazon store.
Awesome! Thanks for he feedback! It’s from calavera tool works. It’s one of the prizes for the builders challenge thats going on now 😉 he sells them through his website but I believe you can also get them at woodcraft
My woodworking teacher many many years ago had a little rule "both hands always behind the chisel cutting edge"; I winced a couple of times during the chisel part ;-)
I came here to comment on that. I have a scar on my wrist from 9th grade woodshop class to prove that is a great rule! P. S. I'm 58 now and remember the feeling of the chisel sinking in to this day 😬
There were a couple of times during the chisel use that one of your hands was in the line of fire if you had slipped. I was taught to always keep both hands behind the cutting edge of sharp tools. Great jig though.
I witnessed a terrible injury as a young guy in school by a chisel that was razor sharp. It was a very innocent situation and caused by a slip of the chisel. That day l learned a lesson l have never forgotten, it scared living heck out of me at that time. I am enjoying your channel.
Maurice Ryton yeah. It that point I was just marking the line I needed to cut to. I didn’t think it was a big deal since I wasn’t using much force. But you’re right. I need to be more away. Thanks!
Good job. A lot of the time I just cut tails by hand since there is so much chisel work anyways. The scary part is actually doing both ends of the board lol. Some type of investment lol. The fastest way I have found to do dovetail corners is to use a router.
Glad to see you were not intimidated by dovetails and I like your jig approach. However, I physically flinched when I saw you driving a chisel toward your hand holding the workpiece. Try laying it flat and cutting down across the board to avoid unfortunate red coloring in the wood.
Thank you for making these videos. I am kinda of a knucklehead. After being disabled from a back surgery, these new skills help me understand how things work. Really need to hit my books. Thank you
@@3x3CustomTamar I love women like you who like it and who devotes time to these wooden things and that does not walk around showing ass like those bitches that do not work at all and then they complain that they violate them
I just got a mental block when trying to do this and felt like you. Perhaps it must be an evolving effort one is ready for. I appreciate this kind of detailed thinking that may speed up the evolution.
Do you wish to be partner with me to manufacture my saw? May I have your opinion about my "Parallel Guided Power Saw" you can see on you tube? It can cut up to 18 ft or even more and is very simple and accurate. The saw system move on my guide very simple and easily. The same guide may carry all other tools such as router, drill press, tile/diamond blade. I wish a partner to manufacture my saw.
As with most of your other comments i enjoy your level of detail and transparency. I’ve always been a fan of Norm and his old ‘New Yankee Workshop’ videos but I always wondered how his projects always came out so perfect on the first try while mine NEVER did. I do think that learning to use a router jig for dovetail and box joints is the best and quickest way to make them. Porter Cable and Leigh make fine ones but they are both costly. They are tedious to learn but once learned the joints are quick and perfect from then forward. It’s a good investment in making classy looking drawers with a lot more glue surface and a lot more strength. James King of Kings Fine Woodworking here on YT has an excellent tutorial on learning how to use the Porter Cable jig. Keep up your well done videos. They are informative and enjoyable to watch.
So, you said "Don't judge me." , Well that's what the internet does. BUT REMEMBER! They're all trolls that have little to no experience and none of the, how should I say it, need? to gain knowledge, that you display. You are GREAT! Your forging into unknown territories inspires us all.
Just wanted to tell u that u did a freaking awesome job and I loved the fact that u showed the mistakes. So many of these channels don't do that. That's whats important in these type of videos. We're watching these because we don't know how to go about it. So great job. Ur awesome and God Bless You!
Great video. You’re awesome. Safety suggestions: Don’t wear rings or necklaces around power tools. Also, don’t wear anything that has drawstrings or at least remove the drawstring itself.
You should get one of the suppliers to send you a router jig for doing this as I've never seen one used, I only have hardwoods and don't want to screw them up trying! :D
Not just easier, but faster. She claimed at the end it takes a lot less time... and it's not the case. It's true that I had to mess up 6 or 7 boxes (mind you, they're still holding together and getting used, they just look bad) to get to the point where I am, but I'd have had an entire drawer's worth of dovetailing knocked out in the time she spent on that one joint. And the tools I use to do it are all cheap. Well, you do kind of need a decent vise to work fast, but apart from that it's a handful of $20 tools.
@@fisharmor Depends on how you set it up. I use an incra 1000 miter gauge and an angle gauge to tilt the blade. I do tails first and the only layout i do is one line on one board to mark the thickness. I use a stop so i just flip the board to get an exact spacing. Make the spacing up as i go and it doesn't matter using a stop i get exact spacing from the original cut. I can have pins cut on both ends of the board before i can lay out pins on just one end.
I think if you cut the pins on the table saw & tails by hand (pull saw near the line, coping saw to hog out waste & chisel to clean up) you'd have the fastest system using the table saw. Router w/jig on both pins & tails would be faster still, tho obviously machine made
Nice job with good results. Just a safety comment. When chiseling, it's best not to have a hand ahead of the chisel itself. Voice of experience with a scar when a chisel slipped and laid my hand open.
All the work with jigs, router, etc. You could have just used a hand saw and chisel and spent far less time on your project. I like building jigs too but sometimes good hand tool skills are the way to go. Nice video.
New subscriber here! Just wanted to say you are an inspiration to all woodwork women out there! I am new to the trade , diy home projects in my case, only just starting out. I have a few projects under my belt and with the help of folks like you and your channel i can navigate through with success!!
I so love your honesty in your videos! Thanks for always sharing your mistakes, things you forgot, etc. I learn so much. BTW, I never judge, especially someone who's honest in their craft. Thanks again!
That video was amazing, I feel like I might actually understand enough about dovetails to actually give it a try now. I've seen plenty being done, but they're done by people who've done thousands of them and they don't explain a lot of what actually to do with them. Thank you for showing us how you worked it out, so that we can follow along.
I really appreciate your honesty on this video - to me, one of the best parts of woodworking is learning from mistakes and building on that knowledge for the next project. It's also hard to know how to avoid those mistakes when learning a new task.
I get that this is pretty much a "can I do it?" exercise, but this surely seems like a far trickier way of a dovetail. If you are going to clean up the cuts with a router then why not just cut the dovetails with the router in the first place?
I find your projects interesting but too fast to figure out what you're doing, slowing down play back means I can't hear you, also you look to be using an inadequate mask for MDF.
@@seanfyodorovich5230 What a stupid reply to make when someone makes an observation on safety, yes she can make her own choices, but they should be based on knowledge, she may not know, and I cannot know what she is aware of.
@@H4rleyBoy Again, you really ought to just worry about your own safety while letting other adults worry about theirs. This kind of paternalistic know-it-all-ism is what makes youtube so tiresome. And this has come to me directly from other content creators. Thankfully people like Matthias Wandel and John Heisz have learned to troll people like you.
Wow. The courage you show is inspiring. The internet trolls are….well we know, don’t we? I have not done dovetails yet, but I have some drawer construction which will require it. The way you walk us through it, imperfections and all, is SO much more instructive than the usual videos. Kudos to you for your skills, but even more so for your approach. You are the Brenè Brown of woodworking - vulnerability is strength 🙂
That's what I like about you, always finding new ways to do somthing looking at it with fresh eyes and working out problems to make somthing work It's a sign of intelligence. The dovetail joint turned out perfect your first try, that's more then I might say other people could do. Everything on a learning curve dont be afraid to make mistakes we learn from them.
Thank you for showing your issues you ran into and about trying different things. Thank you also for showing us that making mistakes is okay. We all need to learn that it only makes us better woodworkers.
Its good to see that the pencil was abandoned for the marking knife half way through the video. When making dovetailed joints (by any means) the knife mark is much more precise for marking a location (.002 vs .030 inches uncertainty for a sharp pencil) but perhaps more importantly, it provides a register for a chisel. Cleaning out waste material for either the pins or tails is so easily accomplished with a SHARP chisel that can be positioned precisely in a knifed line that any other method is actually slower and less precise. In addition to the registration line an appliance as simple as a block 2" high and say, 2" wide, and as long as the dovetail board can be used to align the chisel vertically for a PERFECT parring cut. Dovetails fitted this way will go together with a tap of a closed fist. Regardless of whether you cut pins then tails or vice versa, transferring the EXACT location of the tail to the pin or pin to tail is easily accomplished with a knifed mark and again, the chisel can be positioned to produce a PERFECT fit. Tweaking a dovetail this way is easy and satisfying and with a little practice you will be able to cut a simple dovetail without a jig by roughing out the waste by any method (scroll saw, band saw, copping saw) and cleaning up with the chisel and appliance. This work method will open up a whole range of artistic dovetail layout and give you 'hand cut' bragging rights!
Your channel is fantastic. Most of the TH-camrs out there will do 5-6 practice cuts then film one and make it seem like they’ve never made a mistake. You make it seem like I’m just over at a friends house and we’re trying to figure out some dove tails. Trial and error is a major part of the wood working process. Love the channel 👍
I used to do a lot of woodworking when I was young, but I've never actually made any dovetails. Watching you figure it out as you went was awesome! It makes me want to try it. Good job, and thanks!
Great jig, great presentation. My favorite part of your videos are your small issues that come up, and how you fix them. In the real world rarely are there projects that come out perfect on the first try.
Hey Tamar I really appreciate your approach! I don't have space for a workshop right now, so I'm learning all I can until I do. "This is how I figure it out out" is much more instructive than "set your gage to such and such". Thank you!
I can't adequately express how helpful I find your videos! Thank you for allowing us to experience your process, not only the cuts, but also how you work through challenges. You're also pretty funny, which makes for great entertainment hahaha
And to think our predecessors did all this work with simple hand tools and a little sweat off the brow ! Awesome jig glad I found your Channel . Thanks
Thank you for your honesty, some of the comments don't seem to notice that part of what you show in your videos. 'Frame of reference' may be something we forget sometimes. Keep it 'your way'. 🙂
Watched the whole video. During this time thought of suggesting to you to use router to cut the lengthy process. Get a set of dovetail bits. The best thing about the video is that you love woodworking. I think like me and many other woodworkers, the smell of wood intoxicates all of us. At the end you have reached the right conclusion. Great video.
Your videos are so instructive and delightful to watch. I really like the trial and error approach. This really helps to make the move when it's your turn ! Many thanks 🙂
Awesome. So glad you liked it. This was definitely a fun one to figure out
@@3x3CustomTamar stoked to see you give Matt a shout out. Great set of dovetails! Hand cut dovetails are a way for craftspeople to highlight their skill. Jumping in and getting more comfortable with chisels is awesome! Keep it up!
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Nic Beurskens I hope to be able to hand cut them like him one day!
Point well taken! But let's be frank ...with today's adhesives....there is really no need to make dovetails...is there? Other than the inherent beauty of them and the "I hand made these!" ..aspect of it. "A good woodworker will achieve the desired result with the least amount of work"......look it up.
I have watched (almost) a million dovetail videos. I really like the jig. I super love the honesty and kind of trial and error - vocalizing the thought process. Frequently youtubers are more intent on impressing people than teaching people.This is something that people can learn the design process and imitate that vs. just going step by step blindly. Great job.
So glad you liked the video style. I’m all about just figuring it out and learning as I go.
This is a valuable addition to my woodwork collection th-cam.com/users/postUgkxbnOKZBE4evMO5V2vroHeCjq6d_MV6wJO I still will rate this woodwork plan as the best in my reference library. It always seem to stand out from the rest whenever you go through the library. This is a masterpiece.
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Immediate results are not always the best teaching tools. When I was 15, I started seriously learning how to work with wood at my school in Switzerland. My teacher was a musician who made his own oboe reeds. His starting point was having the entire class cut down one tree. We then had to cut it into boards and lay the wood aside for future students to use in two years.
Having done that, we were allowed to have a one metre board to begin our work/learning process. We were not permitted to use any mechanical tools. By the time my board was prepared for work, I had made up my mind to start with the hidden dovetail joint. Even though it is considered by some to be among the most difficult, I felt it was the best place to learn the most. Fifty-five years later, this remains my way of thinking. And the underlying lesson in your presentation is essentially the same. Thank you for the reminder.
Could you just imagine a teacher having 15 yo's cutting a tree down in the US? lol Said teacher would be sent to prison for ever. Thanks for sharing your memory's.
total beginner here... loved the transparency in the process of figuring out how to do it. Nice job
Thanks!
Thanks taking time make video
Tamar...you are so delightful to watch...and I really enjoy how genuine you are when you endeavor upon a project and you show some of the shortcomings warts and all...this is integrity Tamar at its finest! I am 70 years young and was raised the "old school" way coming on up...you embody all of the "old school" ethics...principles...morals...and standards...this is so refreshing! You are so adorable and the daughter I never had...I support your advertisers! Keep the video's coming!...and Thank You!
Instructional and entertaining. Love your "just do it" attitude. You're fearless!
Hi there, great video!! It’s refreshing to see someone take the risk and do something they’ve never done before. Here’s a quick tip. If you want to divide your work piece into a certain number of pins or tails, use a ruler on a diagonal with a measurement that is easily divisible. If you want three pins, use 6 or nine inches on the diagonal, then transfer those marks to the end of the piece with a square. If you want 4 pins, use 8 or 12 and again transfer to the end. There’s no math and you can then use those marks as the Center of your pins, then transfer as you did for the tails. It’s easy and works great. Personally, I find it easier and quicker to hand cut dovetails rather than all the setup of the saw, but that’s just me. Keep up the great work. 🙂👍🏻
0:10: "Drozz III, the Return of Drozz" 😃😍
Excellent video; I hadn't seen this type of jig before, and thanks for encouraging us not to be intimidated by dovetails.
Hahaha! Theyre coming!!! I was so intimidated before attempting this jig and it all seemed so confusing. Now I understand them more clearly and hope to use them more in future projects
At first, I did not understand the intention of the project, but when I finished watching it, I was truly and completely satisfied with the results. Congratulations and thank you for this awesome contribution.
Tamara I respect you so much. I'm old enough to almost be your grandpa. I've been a woodworker most of my life but primarily making guitars. I'm expanding into fine word working and using your influence and plans for gigs. Thank you for being the woodworker pro you've become. I'm a big fan!
Those turned out really well. I do have one small piece of advice: clamp a guide board on your gauge lines when you go to chisel out the pin spaces. You can hold the chisel in the gauge line against the board as you chisel and it will keep the chisel in plane. I always use guides to chisel. Some people even make jigs to clamp their boards into to guide their chiseling when they do large numbers of dovetails.
I’ve seen the table saw method before and I like it much better than using dovetail jigs with routers as the router jigs always produce artificial looking dovetails. The pins just aren’t narrow enough. The table saw method gets clean results that look really good but the pins can be made narrower so they look more like hand cut dovetails. Nice work. 👍🏻
Please! I cringed at 19:08 ! Do not ever direct a chisel toward your "clamping" hand! One slip and the blood will ruin your project. Otherwise... Super cool.
Great video, because it's real. Sometimes angles are off and materials are at fault and you have to work thru it. I'd say this is inspirational. A great experiment.
Awesome. So glad you liked it. I really appreciate the feedback ☺️
100% Agree.
Do you wish to be partner with me to manufacture my saw? May I have your opinion about my "Parallel Guided Power Saw" you can see on you tube? It can cut up to 18 ft or even more and is very simple and accurate. The saw system move on my guide very simple and easily. The same guide may carry all other tools such as router, drill press, tile/diamond blade. I wish a partner to manufacture my saw.
Love your realness. The reality that certain things seem overwhelming to do but you break down those barriers to simplify it but not edited to the point that it looks too simple showing mistakes are part of the process. Thank you. I enjoy all your projects and the way you approach them.
So awesome to hear! Thanks!
I love yr attitude, lve been an emergency nurse for many years and while some people are good at their job they can't effectively impart knowledge, l love watching people who can, you are one of those and clearly a bit of a perfectionist. Love yr work from 'downunder'. Thanks!!!
Haha! Just a bit of a perfectionist. Thanks! Appreciate it!
Thank you for sharing. I really appreciate the fact you share your trial and errors and explanations. 👍🏼
Glad you like it! I love experimenting and learning from all the mistakes. So I hope others will too!
If you don't want tear out (depending on wood things go quite spectacularly wrong) all you have to do is score a fine line on the back height line. Doesn't need to be deep, prolly .05mm deep. Just a kiss with a box blade. You'll never have tear out with that in place.
good tip!
Painter's tape sometimes works too.
Great tip, Thanks
This also gives the look of the hand-cut dovetail.
Hmm. Certainly give that a try.
Really fascinating. I've often wondered about dovetail jigs for tablesaws, and this really showed the strengths and weaknesses of the approach. Really valuable - thank you so much for posting.
So glad it was helpful. I was so excited to experiment with it
You are a pleasure to watch,you explain your steps very well and it’s always to the point in short detailed talk, no needless extra explanations. Your very informative show and tell videos are spot on. I will be watching again, for sure, thanks.
40 years of experience here and totally impressed. That was a great jig and excellent demonstration. Thank you. Keep up the good work.
So awesome to hear! Thanks!
David over at Make Something has a great philosophy; "Everything is an experiment". I love that you take us on the whole journey with you. That way we can learn what works and doesn't work along with you, as well as to seeing why it works (or doesn't). Love your videos.
That’s a great philosophy to have! I totally agree with it. Thanks so much for the feedback. I really appreciate it!
Jeff Delamater agreed. Love to see someone figure something out as they go. This is the same with me. The best part of wood working as a hobby is the engineering. Be it a mission style chair or a jewelry box. It all requires engineering to some degree.
S Lee Sanders totally agree. The problem solving isn’t bad either 😉
Very good work, you simplify things to a certain level that encourage any body to do hard things. Thank you for your efforts, wish you all the best :)
So happy to hear. Thanks!
You got skills! Much respect! Thank you, I needed this build.
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I think I've watched every video on youtube about dovetailing from all hand cut methods to hybrid to router jigs to table saw jigs. I gotta say, this video makes the process very simple to understand. Bravo!
Awesome. So happy to hear
I have said it before, you are the Queen of Jigs. Another brilliant jig. Keep up the ingenuity.
Hah! Thanks! 😂
I had to make a bird feeder bracket from ash by hand with a concealed mitred dovetail for my boss once, never seen or heard of this joint in 30 years of being a chippy, took me 2 hours, mind blowing!!
Lovely job, another great video. 👍
I hate dovetail joints, fortunately if and when I have had to make them I pull out the router dovetail jig. I take my hat off to you for producing a quality joint using hand tools.
Thanks! I hope to master completely hand cutting them one day
If you have not seen Rob Cosman's videos, he is a master of hand cut dovetails and a fantastic teacher.
You are quite a remarkable woman. I've done lots of woodworking with my Dad, ( he built wooden boats) but you are quite something. I will build this jig and use it for my drawer dovetails on a dresser for my granddaughter. An old dog CAN be taught new tricks (I am a 74 yr old dog) Thanks a bunch for making this video.
Wow, thank you!
I love how real this felt. I would hesitate and do some trial and error, so it’s good to see someone as good as you be so honest and get an awesome result. Thanks!
Glad you liked it!
To solve the problem of height difference when you cut the tails, you could align the tip of the tail ramp to the center point between the 2 blade lines. Rather than to the runner. That way, the saw heigh would be the same on both sides. Hopefully I'm being clear !...
By the way, great job and perfect video !
Totally clear! Since it’s glued on I can’t adjust it at this point. Wish I would have noticed that before. Ha
You can also lower the blade height to just below the line and finish it and clean it up with chisels
You can layout evenly without dividers just hold your ruler at a steep angle across the board and pick a measurement that works out nicely then tick each one
It took me a minute to understand what you were saying here. I think you are saying that the geometry of laying your ruler at an angle will make simpler math at certain points. If you are making three tails and put your ruler at six inches angled across the board, the centers show up every two inches. Is that right? Clever solution if so! Thanks!
Aaand I just read another comment with the same recommendation (but a little more explanation). My interpretation was correct! Well done me! :-) Thanks again for the hint. It will be useful for dovetails and lots of other applications.
You are great! I can't wait for the video on making the draws 😂😇. Keep up the great videos!
Hahaha! Going to start that project today!
Hi. What kind of people would dislike it?You more than deserve a like ,you deserve a load applause
Thanks, i appreciate that😊
I watch a lot of woodworkers for inspiration and instruction. I'm a total novice and have only made a handful of items, but this video (and the whole energy around it as just trying something you aren't super comfortable with already) is probably one of my favorites!
That’s so awesome to hear! I love figuring this stuff out. So I’m glad you like to watch it. Ha
Good video. You have definitely convinced me to look at the router jig if I ever decide to do dovetails.
Thanks! I would love to try one of those
Here's a tip, use a bevel edged chisel for cleaning out your dovetail joints
Pordie I’m pretty sure those bench chisels from Wood River that she was using are bevel edged.
@@ness-ee Maybe my eyes deceived me
great video! Safety suggestion - when chiseling, I believe you'll want to promote the habit of not putting your hand in the path or direction of the chisel pressure...19:07 for example
Young lady you did a fine job on those dovetails. I've been a cabinet maker for 30years, and have cut hundreds of dovetails. I really like your approach. Well done.
Thanks! Really appreciate that!
I watched this a few years back and came back to this because I wanted to make some boxes, might give this a try so thank you so much for sharing ma'am. Love your videos !!!
Love that you walk through your thought processes. Makes it very easy to follow the build.
One question: where is your apron from? I don’t see it in your amazon store.
Awesome! Thanks for he feedback! It’s from calavera tool works. It’s one of the prizes for the builders challenge thats going on now 😉 he sells them through his website but I believe you can also get them at woodcraft
My woodworking teacher many many years ago had a little rule "both hands always behind the chisel cutting edge"; I winced a couple of times during the chisel part ;-)
I'm with you on that point. Luck it was spead up.... don't think i could have watched it in real time.🤣😂😁😀😎
you can choke up on the chisel if you can't keep both hands behind...that limits the depth of cut when it goes into your hand.
@@jeffdutton1910 ouch 😂
I came here to comment on that. I have a scar on my wrist from 9th grade woodshop class to prove that is a great rule! P. S. I'm 58 now and remember the feeling of the chisel sinking in to this day 😬
There were a couple of times during the chisel use that one of your hands was in the line of fire if you had slipped. I was taught to always keep both hands behind the cutting edge of sharp tools. Great jig though.
Yeah. My bad. I will have to be more aware of that.
I witnessed a terrible injury as a young guy in school by a chisel that was razor sharp. It was a very innocent situation and caused by a slip of the chisel. That day l learned a lesson l have never forgotten, it scared living heck out of me at that time. I am enjoying your channel.
Maurice Ryton yeah. It that point I was just marking the line I needed to cut to. I didn’t think it was a big deal since I wasn’t using much force. But you’re right. I need to be more away. Thanks!
I really appreciate you being willing to show the process you went through, warts and all.. it helps a lot.
Most important video on woodworking. I mean that's the most important and awesome jig have ever seen. So simple and useful
with the speed at which you handsaw, makes me wonder why you'd use a table saw :P
To some people , getting a straight square cut by hand is pretty much impossible.
Good job. A lot of the time I just cut tails by hand since there is so much chisel work anyways.
The scary part is actually doing both ends of the board lol. Some type of investment lol.
The fastest way I have found to do dovetail corners is to use a router.
Glad to see you were not intimidated by dovetails and I like your jig approach. However, I physically flinched when I saw you driving a chisel toward your hand holding the workpiece. Try laying it flat and cutting down across the board to avoid unfortunate red coloring in the wood.
Thank you for making these videos. I am kinda of a knucklehead. After being disabled from a back surgery, these new skills help me understand how things work. Really need to hit my books. Thank you
Awesome. Glad you liked it
Yup. It's one of my favorite woodworker. I will watch this for 50 times before I try it
Uma profissional nota mil!!!!! Parabéns.
The end does justify the means. You are doing great.
Invest in an angle indicator. It's going to be your new best friend.
Ok, you convinced me. I will stick with box joints and half laps! LOL Thanks Tamar.
Hahaa! At least you got something out of it!
@@3x3CustomTamar I love women like you who like it and who devotes time to these wooden things and that does not walk around showing ass like those bitches that do not work at all and then they complain that they violate them
I just got a mental block when trying to do this and felt like you. Perhaps it must be an evolving effort one is ready for. I appreciate this kind of detailed thinking that may speed up the evolution.
Do you wish to be partner with me to manufacture my saw? May I have your opinion about my "Parallel Guided Power Saw" you can see on you tube? It can cut up to 18 ft or even more and is very simple and accurate. The saw system move on my guide very simple and easily. The same guide may carry all other tools such as router, drill press, tile/diamond blade. I wish a partner to manufacture my saw.
As with most of your other comments i enjoy your level of detail and transparency. I’ve always been a fan of Norm and his old ‘New Yankee Workshop’ videos but I always wondered how his projects always came out so perfect on the first try while mine NEVER did. I do think that learning to use a router jig for dovetail and box joints is the best and quickest way to make them. Porter Cable and Leigh make fine ones but they are both costly. They are tedious to learn but once learned the joints are quick and perfect from then forward. It’s a good investment in making classy looking drawers with a lot more glue surface and a lot more strength. James King of Kings Fine Woodworking here on YT has an excellent tutorial on learning how to use the Porter Cable jig. Keep up your well done videos. They are informative and enjoyable to watch.
So, you said "Don't judge me." , Well that's what the internet does. BUT REMEMBER! They're all trolls that have little to no experience and none of the, how should I say it, need? to gain knowledge, that you display. You are GREAT! Your forging into unknown territories inspires us all.
Hey Tamar. At 14:14 If you put the board on the other side of the blade to set the height, it would come out accurately.
I love the "Damn the torpedoes" attitude and just go for it.
Haha thanks
You can prevent slipping when clamping by sprinkling salt over the glue.
Wow! That is interesting!😯
Just wanted to tell u that u did a freaking awesome job and I loved the fact that u showed the mistakes. So many of these channels don't do that. That's whats important in these type of videos. We're watching these because we don't know how to go about it. So great job. Ur awesome and God Bless You!
Awesome to hear! Thank! Glad you liked it
I appreciate your honesty, and with that your ability to inspire the newby by taking something on and learning. Great job!!
Great video. You’re awesome.
Safety suggestions:
Don’t wear rings or necklaces around power tools.
Also, don’t wear anything that has drawstrings or at least remove the drawstring itself.
Didn't know that Lady Gaga is so skilled in woodworking :-D
Ha!
Haha! I knew she looked familiar 😉
I would argue that this lovely and skilled woman beats lady gaga hands down!!! No offense to lady gaga.
@@physicsguybrian Dude, find Yourself some sense of humor, ok? ;-) Cheers!
You should get one of the suppliers to send you a router jig for doing this as I've never seen one used, I only have hardwoods and don't want to screw them up trying! :D
Router jig dovetails are plain ugly.
Pretty awesome how you show the mistakes and mishaps while making this jig. It makes some of us more willing to try something new.
Glad you liked it
I appreciate you show the trial and error, woodworking gets frustrating at times and you have to work through it, great video keep it up!
Glad you liked it! I’ve yet to have a projects without any mistakes to figure out
I dont know-maybe my brain has been booze-soaked...but that all seemed overly complicated. I found it easier to hone my hand-cut dovetail skills.
Yeah but once you have the fence set, you can slam out like 100 dovetail boxes in a single day!
Not just easier, but faster. She claimed at the end it takes a lot less time... and it's not the case. It's true that I had to mess up 6 or 7 boxes (mind you, they're still holding together and getting used, they just look bad) to get to the point where I am, but I'd have had an entire drawer's worth of dovetailing knocked out in the time she spent on that one joint.
And the tools I use to do it are all cheap. Well, you do kind of need a decent vise to work fast, but apart from that it's a handful of $20 tools.
@@fisharmor Depends on how you set it up. I use an incra 1000 miter gauge and an angle gauge to tilt the blade. I do tails first and the only layout i do is one line on one board to mark the thickness. I use a stop so i just flip the board to get an exact spacing. Make the spacing up as i go and it doesn't matter using a stop i get exact spacing from the original cut. I can have pins cut on both ends of the board before i can lay out pins on just one end.
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I think if you cut the pins on the table saw & tails by hand (pull saw near the line, coping saw to hog out waste & chisel to clean up) you'd have the fastest system using the table saw. Router w/jig on both pins & tails would be faster still, tho obviously machine made
Nice job with good results. Just a safety comment. When chiseling, it's best not to have a hand ahead of the chisel itself. Voice of experience with a scar when a chisel slipped and laid my hand open.
All the work with jigs, router, etc. You could have just used a hand saw and chisel and spent far less time on your project. I like building jigs too but sometimes good hand tool skills are the way to go. Nice video.
New subscriber here! Just wanted to say you are an inspiration to all woodwork women out there! I am new to the trade , diy home projects in my case, only just starting out. I have a few projects under my belt and with the help of folks like you and your channel i can navigate through with success!!
I so love your honesty in your videos! Thanks for always sharing your mistakes, things you forgot, etc. I learn so much. BTW, I never judge, especially someone who's honest in their craft. Thanks again!
Glad you like it!
From now on a bunch of people gonna be selling "hand cut dovetails" haha
Flashbacks to chiselling dovetails out with my shoulder.
6:39: The jig is done? How silly. I belive the saying you are looking for is "the jig is up".
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That video was amazing, I feel like I might actually understand enough about dovetails to actually give it a try now. I've seen plenty being done, but they're done by people who've done thousands of them and they don't explain a lot of what actually to do with them.
Thank you for showing us how you worked it out, so that we can follow along.
That’s so awesome to hear! So glad you found it helpful!
I really appreciate your honesty on this video - to me, one of the best parts of woodworking is learning from mistakes and building on that knowledge for the next project. It's also hard to know how to avoid those mistakes when learning a new task.
Glad you liked it!
I get that this is pretty much a "can I do it?" exercise, but this surely seems like a far trickier way of a dovetail. If you are going to clean up the cuts with a router then why not just cut the dovetails with the router in the first place?
Craig Phillips shutup Craig!
Must be an American thing I guess because you gave yourself way more work to make some dove tails than needed to me 😂
takes time to make the jig but once its done, in the time we cut one dovetail, she'll have all four joints and the drawer finished. Repeatablility
This is for people who don't have a router or router table
I find your projects interesting but too fast to figure out what you're doing, slowing down play back means I can't hear you, also you look to be using an inadequate mask for MDF.
Perhaps you should just let her decide what she needs to do for her own health and safety.
@@seanfyodorovich5230 What a stupid reply to make when someone makes an observation on safety, yes she can make her own choices, but they should be based on knowledge, she may not know, and I cannot know what she is aware of.
@@H4rleyBoy Again, you really ought to just worry about your own safety while letting other adults worry about theirs. This kind of paternalistic know-it-all-ism is what makes youtube so tiresome. And this has come to me directly from other content creators. Thankfully people like Matthias Wandel and John Heisz have learned to troll people like you.
Wow. The courage you show is inspiring. The internet trolls are….well we know, don’t we? I have not done dovetails yet, but I have some drawer construction which will require it. The way you walk us through it, imperfections and all, is SO much more instructive than the usual videos. Kudos to you for your skills, but even more so for your approach. You are the Brenè Brown of woodworking - vulnerability is strength 🙂
Stop being so modest. Im learning so much from you 😊
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That's what I like about you, always finding new ways to do somthing looking at it with fresh eyes and working out problems to make somthing work
It's a sign of intelligence.
The dovetail joint turned out perfect your first try, that's more then I might say other people could do. Everything on a learning curve dont be afraid to make mistakes we learn from them.
Glad you like it! thanks!
This is brilliant trial and error that's what it's all about you should be very proud well done
Thanks! It was fun to figure out!
Thank you for showing your issues you ran into and about trying different things. Thank you also for showing us that making mistakes is okay. We all need to learn that it only makes us better woodworkers.
Glad you liked it!
Dove tail joinery is on my list and you have inspired me even more. I really enjoy your videos and especially your honesty. Keep up the great work.
Its good to see that the pencil was abandoned for the marking knife half way through the video. When making dovetailed joints (by any means) the knife mark is much more precise for marking a location (.002 vs .030 inches uncertainty for a sharp pencil) but perhaps more importantly, it provides a register for a chisel. Cleaning out waste material for either the pins or tails is so easily accomplished with a SHARP chisel that can be positioned precisely in a knifed line that any other method is actually slower and less precise. In addition to the registration line an appliance as simple as a block 2" high and say, 2" wide, and as long as the dovetail board can be used to align the chisel vertically for a PERFECT parring cut. Dovetails fitted this way will go together with a tap of a closed fist. Regardless of whether you cut pins then tails or vice versa, transferring the EXACT location of the tail to the pin or pin to tail is easily accomplished with a knifed mark and again, the chisel can be positioned to produce a PERFECT fit. Tweaking a dovetail this way is easy and satisfying and with a little practice you will be able to cut a simple dovetail without a jig by roughing out the waste by any method (scroll saw, band saw, copping saw) and cleaning up with the chisel and appliance. This work method will open up a whole range of artistic dovetail layout and give you 'hand cut' bragging rights!
Splendid. Love your "can do" and "let's figure it out" attitude - very inspiring.
Thanks! I love figuring this stuff out
Your channel is fantastic. Most of the TH-camrs out there will do 5-6 practice cuts then film one and make it seem like they’ve never made a mistake. You make it seem like I’m just over at a friends house and we’re trying to figure out some dove tails. Trial and error is a major part of the wood working process. Love the channel 👍
Seems like a waste of wood. Ha
I used to do a lot of woodworking when I was young, but I've never actually made any dovetails. Watching you figure it out as you went was awesome! It makes me want to try it.
Good job, and thanks!
Great jig, great presentation. My favorite part of your videos are your small issues that come up, and how you fix them. In the real world rarely are there projects that come out perfect on the first try.
No project of mine has ever been perfect. I think it would discourage ppl if if left out all my mistakes. The mistakes is how I learn!
Hey Tamar
I really appreciate your approach!
I don't have space for a workshop right now, so I'm learning all I can until I do.
"This is how I figure it out out" is much more instructive than "set your gage to such and such".
Thank you!
You are very smart. And very detail oriented, without being obsessive. Great teaching.
Awesome to hear
Out standing with all the efforts of plannings and executions! And with lots of ingenuities !!!!!
Thanks’
I am reminded of the phrase about this build, "The inconvenience of convenience." All the best to you Tamar.
When woodwork gets technical. Nice job Tamar!
I can't adequately express how helpful I find your videos! Thank you for allowing us to experience your process, not only the cuts, but also how you work through challenges. You're also pretty funny, which makes for great entertainment hahaha
Ha! Glad you’re enjoying the videos!
And to think our predecessors did all this work with simple hand tools and a little sweat off the brow ! Awesome jig glad I found your Channel . Thanks
Ha! I don’t know how they did it! Thanks!
Thank you for your honesty, some of the comments don't seem to notice that part of what you show in your videos. 'Frame of reference' may be something we forget sometimes. Keep it 'your way'. 🙂
Glad you like it 😉
Watched the whole video. During this time thought of suggesting to you to use router to cut the lengthy process. Get a set of dovetail bits. The best thing about the video is that you love woodworking. I think like me and many other woodworkers, the smell of wood intoxicates all of us. At the end you have reached the right conclusion. Great video.
Thanks! Yeah i love experimenting with new ideas. So fun
You are awesome! I feel very lucky that you are able to do what you do and share it so well.
You are a natural woodworker .. your a great problem solver.
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