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For the past couple of weeks at school, I have been training for the Skills competition in April. One of the things that will be in the competition project will be dovetails. So I have been practicing them for a while, and they are really fun to build. I will admit this was not my first impression, at first they were frustrating and appeared impossible. And my first attempt had up to 1/8” gaps, so there was no way I was going to post that. The joint you see here is my first successful dovetail joint; Hand made out of pine in about 20 minutes. I hope to be doing many more of these in the future.
Thanks,
Ryan
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MShort
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#1 posted 441 days ago
That is one might fine job you did on your dovetails.
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#2 posted 441 days ago
Successful? Looks damn near perfect!
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Sheila Landry (scrollgirl)
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#3 posted 441 days ago
That looks great, Ryan! You did a beautiful job and I think you nailed it! :)
Sheila
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#4 posted 441 days ago
Ya I would say you have it down pat, Awesome job. Really Awesome if you used a hand saw ?
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Ryan Haasen
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#5 posted 441 days ago
Thanks everyone for your comments. And yes, Ranger, I did use a hand saw as well as some chisels.
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#6 posted 441 days ago
Great Job Ryan a first class dovetail.
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#7 posted 441 days ago
That’s a good job Ryan. Looks perfect
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#8 posted 441 days ago
That’s nice work. Maybe I should go back to school and learn something.
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#9 posted 441 days ago
Looks really good. Looks like you poured it together.
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#10 posted 441 days ago
That’s beautiful, I don’t do many hand cut anymore, (really it’s been over 10 years) but you appreciate it much more than with a router. I’m probably to lazy to do many more, maybe on a small project. Great job.
-- Martin ....always count the number of fingers you have before, and after using the saw.
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#11 posted 441 days ago
That is a tight looking joint!
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#12 posted 441 days ago
Looks great from here !
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#13 posted 441 days ago
Looks good… Gonna make me go in the garage and practice now… I’m jealous…
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#14 posted 441 days ago
Tight !
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#15 posted 441 days ago
Excellent work Ryan.
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