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10th December 2008, 09:32 PM #1Member
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My first Dovetails.
I have been interested in hand cut Dovetails for a while now,
but never got round to trying them out myself,
but recently i got my hands on a good book that tells you everything you need to know, i did these using a pax gents saw and a coping saw
please tell me anything i could do better and how, it would be most appreciated.
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10th December 2008, 09:53 PM #2
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
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10th December 2008, 09:56 PM #3Member
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yeah i know ???? photo sorry,
well thankyou, yes i think i may try a single lap dovetail next time, but they look very hard.
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10th December 2008, 10:41 PM #4Skwair2rownd
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They look pretty good to me.
Things can only get better.
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11th December 2008, 01:59 PM #5
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11th December 2008, 04:57 PM #6Member
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thank you
ah i cut the pins out first.
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11th December 2008, 08:24 PM #7
spot on
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11th December 2008, 08:59 PM #8
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.H.S.
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11th December 2008, 09:33 PM #9
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11th December 2008, 10:30 PM #10Member
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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.
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