Compound Dovetails
Compound Butt Joints & Carving Gouges for 17th Century Carving
A Review of Compound Angle Butt Joints Essentially what I cover with compound angle butt joints in this Office Hours is the same as what I covered in the lesson in Semester 4...to some extent.…
Angled Sliding Dovetail
Angled Butt Joints Are the Key Hand tools are wonderful because they make angles irrelevant. Simple, compound, multi-dimensional, it doesn't matter what the angle its still a line to be cut to. This sliding dovetail…
Drop Leaf Table Part 5: The Drawer
In this installment, I'm going to build the drawer and the web frame to support it. Normally this is a pretty straightforward exercise that we have seen many times in previous projects. This time however,…
Tool Box Part 3: Drawer and Tray
Time to build the drawer and the tray then finish off with the workbench top. If your compound dovetail technique isn't honed by now, building the drawer to precisely fit the case will sharpen…
Tool Box Part 2: The Case
Have you gotten enough practice on those scary compound dovetails yet? Time to put it to the test and build the carcass of the tool box. This video tackles some interesting challenges in joinery…
Project: Compound Dovetail Box
Practice Your Skills by Making a Compound Dovetailed Box This little box may be a bit too pretty to be filled with nails but that may have something to do with making it out of…
Lesson 3: Compound Dovetails
Here it is, the long awaited lesson on compound dovetails! Cutting dovetails out of the perfect 90 degree plane gives you a huge confidence boost and you suddenly realize that no design is out of…