Hand Tools doings #12: Dovetails issue

Betsy, get a Jim Kingshott video. He’s got some good ones out. Can’t remember where I bought the ones I have but you can Google his name and find a distributor. I believe all of his videos are on dvd now. Shop around for a good price.

-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com

Thanks Tim. I’ve not heard of him yet. I’ll give it a go.

-- Betsy - GO BUCKS!

I have several of Rob Cosman’s DVDs and I really like them especially the ones on Hand-cut dovetails. I haven’t seen Jim Kingshott DVDs yet, I’ll have to check those out.

You can get Rob’s DVDs from his web site or through Lie-Nielsen.

-- Mike - http://inquisitivewoodworker.blogspot.com/

Looks like you can get Jim’s DVD over at www.foxchapelpublishing.com.

-- Mike - http://inquisitivewoodworker.blogspot.com/

Thanks guys – I’m going to check them out.

-- Betsy - GO BUCKS!

Roy Underhill of the “wood wright’s shop on PBS”IS A GREAT SHOW TO LEARN FROM. he makes ever thing by hand

-- Robert, mountainwoodcarving@netzero.net

Gotta love Roy, he’s been on PBS longer than Norm!

-- Mike - http://inquisitivewoodworker.blogspot.com/

Isn’t Roy the guy in Boston?

-- Betsy - GO BUCKS!

Roy’s show is “The Woodwright”.

-- Maplewood, MN

Just keep plugging away at it.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

I don’t know about any videos but I wanted to share how I learned, from Frank Klaus’s book. Practice just the cuts until you can saw right on the line like a tail cut, angled. Then make repetitive pin style cuts, straight down the face of the board but angled on the end grain. After you can work the saw well, then try to chisel them out and fit them. My first ones look terrible, but it really is a matter of practice. Eventually I made about 5 birdhouses with dovetailed corners, I’m sure I’m the only guy with dovetailed birdhouse. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help.

-- Every cloud has a silver lining

Thanks Keen. I’m kind of going that route. Some of my problem has been not cutting the straightest line – so I’m practicing that and marking out the dovetails. I’ll keep at it.

Thanks for your suggeston.

-- Betsy - GO BUCKS!