Woodworking Project #2 Dovetails

Look Great!!!!!

-- Lew- Time traveler. Purveyor of the world's finest custom rolling pins!

Yes you can.

Great Al. Nice job. By the way he colored in the ends of the dovetail with a black pen.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

yeah, forgot to mention… I tried to use up some old left over maple-stain-poly stuff on the sides and for the ends, I dabbed on some old left over walnut stain… using, what else, a Q-tip.

-- Al H. - small shop, small projects...

Nice work!

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

It is an illusion alright. Looks like the tails stick out past the end of box!! :-)

-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence Wake Up America!! Please read; http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/26-0

Nice touch with the stain, really brings that joinery out (I was wondering what type of wood it is that has such an extreme contrast between long grain and end grain.. wow).

-- ㊍ When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

Very well done dovetails with a great optical effect. Last weekend i tried my first dovetails at a box, but did one mistake next to the other. Had to do more practice till i get a result like yours.

-- *** the german lumberjock ***

You did it very well.

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

Great work!

-- http://www.damnfinefurniture.com

Al, you did a good job with this set of dovetails. To be honest with you I would have been embarrassed to even photograph my first set.

-- Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful- Joshua Marine

Really very good looking dovetails, and the finish just highlights it!

-- Chris

Very nice…I really need to get off my butt and start going to them things…Just gotta find time and the wife’s good graces….

-- If you can't build it, code it. If you can't code it, build it. But always ALWAYS take a picture.

Fabulous job… I just did my first set too (an interior window casing) and though they look fairly good, I’m way to embarrassed to even look at them myself. A far cry from how yours turned out.

-- Rick, south Sweden

Very well done. looks great

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Great dovetails. Still waiting to do mine. The dark ends are cool. Right on!!!!!!!!!! Make up a lid for that thing.

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.