Showing 61 through 80 out of 101 articles containing "dovetails"
Tips & Techniques
… fixture gave you sore fingers. I eliminated that problem on my Sears dovetail fixture Tips & Techniques SAND OUTSIDE EDGES SMOOTH a long time ago. All I … Klett Portland, Oregon STARTING A DOVETAIL After reading about hand-cut dovetails in Woodsmith No. 19, I thought I'd share a tip that I use when starting a dovetail cut. I've found that …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 23
September 1982
Tips & Techniques
… F. Hansen WalhaUa, North Dakota ORGANIZED DOVETAILS Recently I constructed a few drawers (14 to be exact) using a dovetail fixture to rout half blind dovetails on all four corners. This involved…inside face. FIGURE A Next, I made two labels that are attached to the dovetail jig for identifying both the proper sides, and their locations for …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 27
May 1983
Drawer Construction
…constructed with a variation of a dovetail. Instead of making dovetail pins and tails, the joint we used on these drawers is a dovetail tongue and groove. The dovetail shape on the tongue… BITS. If the drawer's sides are more than %" thick, I use a '// dovetail bit to cut the grooves. Unfortunately, dovetail bits must be set at full depth to cut …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 31
January 1984
In/Out Box
… 1. (It's much easier to cut the dovetail grooves on these pieces if they start out wider.) dovetail grooves. The dovetail grooves that hold the support arms …install a W dovetail bit set for a '"/v" depth of FIGURE 2 TRAY SUPPORT ARM FENCE ROUTER TABLE DOVETAIL BIT WOODSMITH cut, and rout the dovetail profile on both grooves. DOVETAIL …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 31
January 1984
Tips & Techniques
…DOVETAIL JOINT FOR FLOATING EFFECT BRASS RULE To make the jig slide easily, I used the Bosch M>" dovetail glue joint bit (see Sources on page 24). This bit is a little different than a normal dovetail bit — it produces squared off corners on the dovetail. This squared corner keeps the two …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 31
January 1984
Tools of the Trade
…DOVETAIL ROUTER JIG Traditionally, dovetails have been cut using nothing more than I a few hand tools and a steady 1 hand. But recently, a new ■ method for cutting through dovetails…three different size dovetails, using various combinations of straight and dovetail router bits, see chart below. One major drawback is that the %" dovetail bit has a …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 32
March 1984
Wall Shelf
…of the shelf, as well as the drawers, are all joined with dovetails. A word about dovetails. Dovetails are an age-old joinery technique. Yet, they seem right at …You have to open the drawer to see the characteristic dovetail shape on the drawer's sides. HANGINGSYSTEM. Besides dovetails, this shelf offers another interesting challenge — hanging it …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 66
December 1989
Shop Notes
… TIPS FROM OUR SHOP Shop Notes JIG FOR DOVETAILS ■ When it came time to make the dovetails for the Wall Shelf (shown on page 18), I built a jig to hold the …), I make the chamfer even larger, see Fig. 2. dovetail spacers. Relief chamfers are useful on other jigs as well. When I cut the dovetails on the band saw (see pages 12 to …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 66
December 1989
Oak File Cabinet
… sides are joined to the front and back with half-blind dovetails using a router and dovetail jig. (For more on dovetails and plans for a jig, see WoodsmMhNo.m.) The metal slides I used… drawer opening (13"). After the drawer pieces have been cut to size, rout the dovetail joints on the ends of the pieces, see Fig. 17. bottom. The next step…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 74
April 1991
Cherry Night Stand
…cut to size, rout half-blind dovetail joints on each corner, see Fig. 11a. (For more information on routing half-blind dovetails, see WoodsmittiNo. 58). Next, cut …, I made chamfer cuts around TOP DRAWER (MAKE ONE) FRONT a. MACHINE-CUT Vs" DOVETAILS DRAWER FRONT CUT GROOVE FOR DRAWER BOTTOM 1/4" DEEP AND SAME f THICKNESS AS DRAWER BOTTOM …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 76
August 1991
Pedestal Desk
…For information on a jig and more about dovetails, see page 31.) drawer bottoms. Now, cut a groove for the bottom through the lowest dovetail slot, see Fig. 12b. Then, after cutting…This means you can see the entire molded edge of the drawerfront, but the dovetails aren't visible. To prevent the drawer from sliding in further, I glued a small stop …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 79
February 1992
Slant Front Desk
…DOVETAIL GROOVE V 1 =-l||M i' m ir ' [ ■*'"'] W DOVETAIL--*1 BIT 7 '-" W ■ DOVETAIL TONGUE NOTE: sneak up ON FINAL CUT GROOVES. Dovetail grooves are routed with a hand-held router. Set depth of cut andthenranrouteragainst a straightedge. TONGUES. Dovetail…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 86
April 1993
Shop Notes
…jig in place. Once you've decided on the dovetail angle (I used 14° for the dovetail chest on page 18, and 9° for the drawer…to cut tails /^X (""'-if #1 V v ttwr ('■ Tails > rzgZs^-"' ^ J TRIMMING DOVETAILS ■ On page 21 we show a tip for-trimming dovetails flush with a belt sander. This works fine…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 100
August 1995
Tips & Techniques
…shank hole 3 a. Turn metal strip to hold clamp Rail Bench Dog hole Dovetail Cauls Clamping cauls help pull dovetail joints together. But cutting out the face of each caul to fit … The pads fit around the tails and can be removed easily to fit different-size dovetails. Walt Neu Naples, Idaho No. 103 Woodsmith Hot glue pad to caul Clamping caul …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 103
February 1996
Photo Box
…side pieces (C). SLIDING DOVETAIL. After the grooves are cut, it’s time to concentrate on the dovetails. Routing these dovetails is easy. A router table and a 1/ " dovetail 2 bit are all…and glass 9 LID BACK & SIDES G a. Sneak up on fit of dovetail !/2" dovetail bit b. NOTE: Rout dovetail on outside edge in several passes to reach final size …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 105
June 1996
Display Case
… CARVING. The drawer front is joined to the sides with half-blind dovetails. But before cutting the dovetails, I carved the floral pattern on the front of the drawer (see… was start over with a new blank. HALF-BLIND DOVETAILS. With the carving completed, I began on the halfblind dovetails. I cut these dovetails by hand (see page 10 for details). But…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 107
October 1996
Two-Drawer Bookcase
…DOVETAILS. Instead, this bookcase uses the mechanical strength of dovetails to hold the shelves between the sides. The ends of the four fixed shelves have a half dovetail profile that slides into half dovetail…. I joined my drawers with 1/ " dovetails, routing them with a 2 dovetail jig. But if you don’t have a dovetail jig, you can use a locking …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 120
December 1998
Tips & Techniques
…out the profile of the ramp. 3 a. b. 4 Woodsmith No. 123 Dovetail Layout Tool I’ve often admired the little dovetail layout tools that I’ve seen in fancy tool catalogs. But I… the base against the face of your workpiece and mark off the dovetails. John Molburg Minooka, Illinois Repairing Mitered Corners A while back I was building a large …Read More
