Video: Technique Series #10: Hand-Cut Dovetails 2.0 Weekly Production

Video: Technique Series #10: Hand-Cut Dovetails 2.0 Weekly ProductionThis is follow on video to his highly successfully Hand cut Dovetails video. After teaching thousands of students and receiving a lot of feedback from folks who watched his original video, Rob made this video which is an updated and expanded version of the original. This video now includes a lot of instruction on the preparatory skills needed to make hand cut dovetails. Skills such as how to sharpen your chisels, how to choose the correct dovetail

Master craftsman Dale Nish taught me how to make an amazing wood hinge for boxes

Port holes in drill bit holder expel the sawdust to prevent clogging

the way it fits the hand

Working edge of the blade is squared to the sides and ready for use

flat surfaces and I think Shapton stones create the best polished surfaces

2 inch long blade

The first two inches of each dovetail saw is filed at 22 teeth per inch (TPI) and a 30 degree negative tooth rake

High carbon O-1 steel

then this is the workshop for you

this blade set is almost twice as thick as that found in older Stanley and Record planes

An additional camera was used in filming this video to provide close-up shots of what was happening at the "cutting edge"

Fully functional miniature smoothing plane