Thread: Look how smart I am !!!

Gives ya the ****s don't it.

I hope ya think yer not the first indyvidal to make this stuff up.

A greenie for the efforts, another if I was allowed for showing the results.

Oops!

Top marks for showing it anyway.

You're a brave man, Rob!

I've made that particular stuff up with a normal through dovetail, never mind a secret mitre

Col

Originally Posted by Wood Borer

Anyone got a recipe for humble pie?

Youve come to the right place Mister, as I am the King of humble pie.

Al

Ps, why bother to make secret DT's, who the hell will ever know if you did or didnt????. :confused:

I've been thinkin'. I bet that joint just sits togteher neater 'an a greased pole up a pigs rrs, Why doncha just glue it up an' tell folks it's a secret dovetailed mitre joint, ya aren't lyin' really.

Or ...

You could just reinforce your mitre joint with biscuits, glue it with epoxy, and you will have saved yourself a lot of time and effort. But then, I realize that dark-siders get off on pain and humiliation, as Leopold von Sacher-Masoch discovered

Rocker

ah, don't worry about it.......I've never bothered with them.......I mean, arn't dovetails supposed to be showed off anyway.........hidden away like that....nobody would never know..........

Rob, I applaud your strength. Kudos to you for investing the time in true woodworking skill instead of jig building or "finding a better way". and kudos especially for letting us learn from a mistake. I'd give you 20 greenies if i could, but alas i can't give you any. but i will vote for woodborer in the "woodworking idol" competition.
-Ryan

Hi Rob, so would these be the Fred Flintstone Secret Dovetails??? Sounds like you had a good time and learnt lots. You are gamer than me, I haven't dared try dovetails yet.

cheers
RufflyRustic

Originally Posted by rufflyrustic

I haven't dared try dovetails yet.

Wendy, there's a challenge for you just waiting to be conquered.

I am going to beat the secret mitred dovetail and I reckon the sense of achievement will be even greater since my first dismal attempt.

I have conquered the most difficult part of the secret mitred dovetail exercise - building up the nerve to attempt it. The rest of it follows naturally with the odd hiccup along the way.

You should give the through dovetails a go - they aren't all that difficult. Just remember to mark them out correctly

Borer,

I must admit the whole concept of the secret mitred dovetail is quite exciting.

It's the retrospectivity of it all that has the greatest potential.

I'm thinking of doing just one, keeping it somewhere casually obvious, so that I can explain to visitors:

"Oh that's a secret mitred dovetail, that's how I make every joint in timber, I only keep that lying around to explain that what looks like plain ordinary old butt joins are really as strong as they would have been if I'd glued them with epoxy!"

Or maybe you could send me one??

Cheers,

P

Good one, Mate! Top points for the attempt. I look forward to seeing the successful conclusion of this journey.

By the way, when I looked at the first pic, my mind played tricks on me. Have a look - imagine the pins are the cut out portion and vise versa - it's an optical illusion that makes the pins look "twisted". Can you see it? I actually have to concentrate to view it the correct way.

Well done - a twisted secret mitred dovetail joint - I bet it's a first!

Originally Posted by outback

I've been thinkin'. I bet that joint just sits togteher neater 'an a greased pole up a pigs rrs, Why doncha just glue it up an' tell folks it's a secret dovetailed mitre joint, ya aren't lyin' really.

trouble is technically it's a secret mitred SHOVEtailed joint

top marks for showing it though

Originally Posted by DPB

it's an optical illusion that makes the pins look "twisted". Can you see it? I actually have to concentrate to view it the correct way.

I know what you mean Don. I showed some people at work this morning and I had trouble figuring it out myself.

Originally Posted by bitingmidge

Or maybe you could send me one??

No probs when I learn how to do them.