Thread: My first Dovetails.

You're a better dovetailer than photographer

That's a top effort for you first one and now the thing to do is exploit the total freedom you have and explore variable spacing and tail/pin sizes.

Cheers
Michael

yeah i know ???? photo sorry,

well thankyou, yes i think i may try a single lap dovetail next time, but they look very hard.

They look pretty good to me.

Things can only get better.

Not a bad start Jim.
Did you cut the pins or tails first?
As mic-d said, not you can play around with the spacing.

thank you

ah i cut the pins out first.

spot on

I guess the more practice u have the better... made a coffee table last yr and it has 100+ dovetails Also I have found out that the harder the timber the harder it is to fit the joints, softer wood like pine is great to start with. I use to (in high school) go to the school's woodwork room and using their scrap wood to make small dovetail boxes using tenon saw and dull chisel...lol
btw GREAT first dovetail!!!...mine first 1 was....well...I kinda gave up on it, there were like at least 2mm between the pin and tail.

Originally Posted by jimmcelwaine

i cut the pins out first.

Good move

thanks you all

100+ dovetails wow that would of been quite frustrating

same with me i always go down to the wood work room and take anything out of the scraps bin that looks half decent for anything.