Thread: the impossible dovetail. ?

Thinking maybe the guts of the pins piece has been cleared somehow so he can slide it in sideways someway.....or swivel it in. ??? ...unless he's fibbing about the split.

No doubt, one of you blokes have tried it already....wood borer maybe ?

Yep, made one in about 2005 - will do a search later on to find the relevant thread.

Here 'tis.


Cheers...................Sean

edit: thanx for the link scooter.....great work alexs, it looks really cool.
cheers

wonder if the knot is extra

I saw something similar a few years ago but have never had time to do it myself. It too looked impossible, I'll try and find photos of it. It was a dovetailed 90 degree angle but there were dovetails on BOTH faces, rather than dovetails on one face and pins on the other face.

Originally Posted by Just George

I saw something similar a few years ago but have never had time to do it myself. It too looked impossible, I'll try and find photos of it. It was a dovetailed 90 degree angle but there were dovetails on BOTH faces, rather than dovetails on one face and pins on the other face.

George you are thinkin of Master Kintaro's joins. It was covered here some time back


http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ad.php?t=32049

try this one

I had a look at the links but couldn't find the dovetails I was talking about, there were however dovetails like the Leigh Isoloc dovetails but they were cut by hand.
Cheers

This the one? https://www.woodworkforums.com/f11/japanese-dovetail-mortise-tenon-19121

Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

This the one? https://www.woodworkforums.com/f11/japanese-dovetail-mortise-tenon-19121

But if you look carefully at the ebay images, the joint is not asymmetric and the end of the pins are perpendicular to the face, not angled. This is a bit different to the joint in the pic I feel.

Cheers
Michael

I cut that sort of joins for relaxation.

Ta. But I think Mic-d is right. Its different. So, any new ideas ? Or do you just change that one of alex's a little ?

Originally Posted by apricotripper

Ta. But I think Mic-d is right. Its different. So, any new ideas ? Or do you just change that one of alex's a little ?

Jake

I will repeat to you the advice that I gave Wongo when he was torturing himself over how to make Sam Maloof's joints for a rocking chair - stop thinking about it, cut some wood and see how you go. It worked OK for him (as you would have seen if you have been following his WIP thread on the rocker: Wongo's rocker )and I am sure it will for you.

Originally Posted by jmk89

Jake

I will repeat to you the advice that I gave Wongo when he was torturing himself over how to make Sam Maloof's joints for a rocking chair - stop thinking about it, cut some wood and see how you go. It worked OK for him (as you would have seen if you have been following his WIP thread on the rocker: Wongo's rocker )and I am sure it will for you.

shore....I'll just put this blindfold on,,,,pick up the saw, and see how I go.

oh, come on someone......I'd really like to know. Its not the same as Alex's. right ?