This is a post regarding the choice I create dovetail joints. Please dont get the idea that I created it because I believe my choice of doing this deed is the be-all and end-all choice of creating dovetails. It is so far from that, you cant imagine.
I started to search out choices of creating dovetails about four years ago. I paid a years membership at Fine Woodworking just so I could view the dovetailing demonstrations given by Steve Scott, Gary Rogowski, Christian Becksvoort, Matt Kenney and Andy Rae, to name but a few. I probably watched the videos Keith Cruickshank shot of Craig Vandall Stevens demonstrating his choice of producing dovetails fifty times if I watched them once. You also cant mention dovetailing demonstrations without putting Chris Schwarz in the same sentence and I have jumped on anything and everything he has ever had to say on the subject.
I tried them all and alchoices found a problem in my results. I then analyzed each step in their different approaches and took what best worked for me. I then started to analyze what didnt work well for me as well, looking for the areas that seem to get me into trouble.
I mainly came up with one major problem following the choice of each master and that problem can be summed up in the name of one tool the mallet.
No matter what I did or how I did it, when I whacked the chisel with a mallet, lightly, heavily, quickly, or using slow motion, something moved. Most often it was the guide board, which quickly threw my alignment out. One day I had had enough and I left my mallet in the cabinet, going at it with just raw muscle power. Once I did that, I had the thing beat, or at least I think I might have it beat.
Which brings me to this post.
If this post helps someone, its a bonus, as I enjoy nothing more than helping someone else (Im going to post about this one day). My reason for creating it, though, is through pure selfishness. I honestly dont know if Im missing something or if I could do something better at this point. It is one of those, "Cant see the forest for the trees", deals. I am hoping that one or more of you knowledgeable gents or ladies will spare me a moment of your time and comment on where you think things could be improved. It would be something I would be truly grateful for.
The image below is just a link. Click on it and download a PDF file that displays text and images of the step-by-step process I use for producing dovetails.
Have a run through and let me know what you think.
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