My first handcut dovetails!

Nice DoF man.

-- Andrius Sta, Utrecht The Netherlands http://www.andriussta.com

You got to love those light & cheap prime lenses ;)

50 mm f:1.8? :p

-- Thomas - There is no such thing as a problem, there only are solutions.

35mm, but that was at f/2.4 I think, with a little on-camera flash & diffuser to counter the window backlighting :)

But I must admit it’s possible it will get a big brother soon… that new 50mm f/1.8G is verrrryyy tempting !

I wanted to complement you on your dovetails, but say that the photo made me click on the project. Way to go on both fronts :) Clearly I’m not the first to notice. I’m really loving getting to know both my new daughter and my new T1i and 50 mm 1.8.

-- The Dude abides...

Looks great dude! Well done!

-- christopheralan http://www.projectwoodworks.com

great job.

-- Ike, Big Daddies Woodshop, http://www.icombadaniels@yahoo.com

First ones? wow! my first ones were not even close. You did a good job

Thanks :) I didn’t time it exactly but it took me really long, easily half an hour or more for each half. Basically I sawed 1-2mm into the waste then pared (or carved, rather) to the lines. And that’s how one learns that oak endgrain is hard…

cool that you can do it with hand tools but my motto is god gave us hands to use tools edison gave us electricity to use power tools

Sure, but as much as I’d love having table saw, jointer, router, dovetailing jig, etc. I’d have a hard time fitting them in my budget and my 20 square meter living room… So I guess I’ll have to keep using hands for a while…

BTW, I’ve had my current pair custom made by Evolution & Natural Selection Inc. No problem with them since 30 or so years I’ve had them. Great brand, I recommend it :)

Sweet.
Best thoughts,
Mads

-- Mad F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect. Democraticwoodworking.

Practice time is time very well gained.

-- Make furniture that lasts as long as the tree - Ryan

Hi Damien;

Great looking dovetails.

The time spent learning to use hand tools will serve you well. Far better to learn them first, then move on to the machinery.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

Thanks again everyone!

@ Lee: Yes, I’ve been reading Krenov’s books and I think I have a similar position wrt. machines. I can perfectly see myself using them to do the heavy work, and I hope to get jointer/planer and friends when I get adequate space, but, as a hobbyist, I don’t really care about productivity. I’d rather have nice shapes and surfaces that don’t look too mechanical. Or maybe I would go to the complete extreme and use CNC to make complex mathematically-generated shapes :)