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Handcut Half-blind Dovetails
… I didn’t want the ends of the dovetails to be visible from the front. So I decided to use half-blind dovetails instead. With a half-blind dovetail, the pins of the joint aren…At first glance, you might think that cutting half-lap dovetails is more dif ficult than cutting standard through dovetails. But the steps are basically the same. And since …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 107
October 1996
Sliding Half Dovetails
…Then the tails are created on the ends of the shelves. HALF DOVETAIL GROOVES To create sliding half dovetails, the first step is to rout the grooves in the case sides … spacer as far as you can towards the bottom of the side. Rout Dovetail. Now the dovetail bit will automatically rout along the bottom edge, creating a %/8”-wide groove. No. 120 …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 120
December 1998
Dovetailing Quick Tips
DOVETAILING QUICK TIPS When building drawers, you just can’t beat a half-blind dovetail jig. With a couple test pieces and a few minutes, you can be set up to rout dovetails…cut establishes the shoulder, removing the material that would tend to chip out. Dovetail bit Make a light pass to prevent chipout Adhesivebacked sandpaper Double Check After…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 139
February 2002
Making Sliding Dovetail Joints
…MAKING THE JOINT. Making a sliding dovetail joint is a two-step process. First, you have to create a dovetailed slot in one workpiece. Then you make a dovetail on the mating piece to … much effort, but without any slop. W How-To: Rout a Sliding Dovetail a. Test fit and trim sides of dovetail if needed Rout Slots. Using an auxiliary fence and stop…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 159
June 2005
Hybrid Dovetails
…Dovetails The combination of a router table and hand-tool techniques results in great-looking dovetails with a minimum of hassle. It’s tough to beat the look and strength of a hand-cut dovetail joint. But cutting dovetails by hand is …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 202
August 2012
Mitered Shoulder Dovetails
…square corner are through dovetails and a simple miter joint. Each of these joints has its advantages. Dovetails offer the ultimate in…dovetail looks like a joint made by a woodworker with a serious case of indecision. Standard through dovetails are used across most of the width of the workpieces. However, at one (sometimes both) edge, the dovetails…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 208
August 2013
Dovetail Drawers
…for example, were joined with half-blind dovetails so the joint could not be seen (when the drawer was closed). Through dovetails were only used to join the drawer … off this handsome joint, and add a spot of subtle decoration. However, when through dovetails are used on drawers there are some special considerations . . . and some problems. LAYOUT.…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 19
January 1982
Dovetail Joinery
… similar for all three variations, we're limiting this article to through dovetails. Half blind dovetails (which are used mainly in drawer construction) will be covered in the …and they're really kind of a waste of time). through dovetails. The method described here for cutting through dovetails may not be the best. It's certainly not the fastest. …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 19
January 1982
Dovetails: The Pins
… THE FIRST STEP BEGINS WITH THE PINS Most of the preliminary work for laying out a dovetail joint has been covered in the article on the previous two pages. Once all of… two strokes. The kerf should be skimming along the pencil line. Since the teeth of a dovetail saw have very narrow set, these beginning two strokes will hold the saw in position…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 19
January 1982
Dovetails: The Tails
… a monumental effort just getting the pins cut and cleaned up -- especially if you're cutting dovetails for a whole set of drawers. But now it's time to move on to the tails… paper (from a grocery bag) in the path of the file, Fig. 12. That's it, a perfect dovetail! 10 WOODSM1TH Step By Step X,, IMake sure board for tails is true and ends are…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 19
January 1982
Dovetails: The Tools
… similar to the Gent's saw.) tyzack dovetail saw. So, what saw do you use? My favorite saw for cutting dovetails is the Tyzack dovetail saw, (A in Fig. 1). The … thin and nice for cutting dovetails. Ted likes the special Japanese dovetail chisels. These have steeply beveled backs specifically designed for cutting dovetails. Also, the steel used …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 19
January 1982
Dovetail Tongue & Groove
… cap of the bread board, for example). Then the dovetail tongue is cut to fit the groove. DOVETAIL GROOVE. Since the dovetail groove must be made with only one depth setting … that is against the fence on each pass, Figs. 2 and 3. dovetail tongue. To cut the dovetail tongue, keep the dovetail bit set to the same depth setting and adjust the fence …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 20
March 1982
Dovetails: Step-By-Step
…, slip a '/.•" spacer between the bottom edge of tfie draiver front and tlie stop block. w DOVETAIL BIT 4 Cut the soclcets in Hie draiver front by moving ■muter from …is cut the same as for a flush front draiver. RABBETED DRAWERS Malting the dovetail joints for a drawer with a rabbeted front is a little different from routing a flush front…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 58
August 1988
Tips for Dovetailing
…raise the bit until it's even with the top of the notch. FITTING DOVETAIL JOINTS How tight should a dovetail joint be? A good fit shouldn't be so loose that you can push the…home. Then allow the drawer to dry on a flat surface. GLUING DOVETAIL JOINTS How much glue should be applied to a dovetail joint? And where should you put it — on the pins …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 58
August 1988
Bandsawn Dovetails
… wanted to share with us one of his methods for cutting dovetail joints. When I first saw Mark's sample dovetail joint, I thought it was cut by hand — or maybe with …to be straight, square, and to a consistent depth. (For more on dovetail theory and how to cut a dovetail joint by hand, see WoodsrwthNo.19.) layouttime. There's another advantage to …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 66
December 1989
Dovetails: The Pins
WOODWORKING TECHNIQUE Dovetails: The Pins After you've finished chopping out the waste areas between the tails, the … off the ends of a piece of plywood, see Fig. 2. Shop Note: To cut a tight-fitting dovetail joint, the pin angles must be the same as the tail angles. The easiest way…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 66
December 1989
Dovetails: The Tails
…cutting the tails is shown in the drawings on the opposite page. Before you cut dovetails on a project, I'd rec-ommend working through the whole process — tails and pins — on some … of cuts. Shop Note: Usually you will be joining both ends of a board with dovetails. To simplify the explanation of the cutting sequence, we're showing only one end. …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 66
December 1989
Dovetail Box
… long blank, see Fig. 3.) DOVETAIL RABBET. 1 cut the dovetail rabbet on the router table, see Figs. 3 and 3a. To do this, raise the dovetail bit V,\" above the surface of…^ (SEE DETAIL la ■) FIRST: RIP BEVEL ON ONE EDGE TO MATCH ANGLE OF DOVETAILS SECOND: RIP LID TO WIDTH SEE DETAIL b. CUT LID ^\ SLIGHTLY OVERSIZE -AND SAND…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 89
October 1993
A Tapered Sliding Dovetail
… opposite page. A long dovetail shaped socket was cut into the base of the column. Then a matching dovetail was cut onto the upper end of the leg. When the dovetail slides into the socket… spread glue lightly at the bottom of the socket and the top of the dovetail. But as the dovetail slides into its socket, the glue is forced out of the joint and…Read More
