Dovetail Techniques with Stephen Hammer
Taunton Press, 2012.
$19.95; 36 mins.
This DVD, Dovetail Techniques with Stephen Hammer, demonstrates five dovetail techniques that are as beautiful as they are strong. You’ll learn about:
Easier through- dovetails
Half-blind dovetails in half the time
Decorative through-dovetails
Curved through-dovetails
Curved half-blind dovetails
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Always looking for the better mousetrap. Would love to own this and learn how to make dovetails more efficiently.
This looks very useful. Just learning how to make dovetails.
I would like one.
To win would be ... awesome.
I am sure I can use this to improve my techniques.
I can make a Machine & Template Dovetail, that looks ok. Please don't ask me to make a Hand Cut Dovetail. This DVD would be a big help towards me making very nice Dovetails. I am waiting on the mailman to bring me this copy of this very good DVD. I know that Stephen Hammer knows how to make Dovetails.
Thank You
Chomping at the bit to learn more about hand cut dovetails. This would be great.
Pick me
Anything to help improve my dovetails!
Dovetails=Quality important for excellent work.
Sign me yup!
Please, please, please! I want to improve my dovetails!
Hey I could use the help, many thanks for the chance.
Crossing my fingers!
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Looks sweet!
wow that would be cool!
I would love to have this (This one will post, hopefully).
I really, REALLY need this.
Cookies with milk. Sign me up.
I need me some curved hound's tooth dovetails. Comunt me in please!
I think I would enjoy this DVD.
I could definitely use this. This would expand my limited skills.
would be nice...
I'm about to learn the dovetail technique now. So, it would be great to have this DVD.
I'm coming up on the point in my current project where I need to cut dovetails so this could help me a lot.
This would be great.
This would be a great aide in learning to cut dovetails by hand.
I have tried almost all of Stephen's techniques in my shop and they work great! This is a great reference.
Looks Great! I'd love to win this!
As I am now just beginning to get back into woodworking after many years away, this DVD would definately help me get the skills needed to make dovetails!
I have always love dovetails, but am just getting started working with them. This dvd would be a major asset to me!! Thanks for the opportunity!!
Write me down, I really enjoyed these videos
Looks like a useful video.
To win an then pay it forward after I have learned
I'd love to improve my dovetails. Sign me up!
Great video series. I cant wait to test his techniques.
Kevin
Sign me up! I'm always looking to expand my library.
Sign me up, please
Finding a way to make dovetails cleaner, better, faster, etc.,etc., is sort of like the search for the fountain of youth. You never actually find it but you keep looking, hoping, sawing, paring, etc. etc. I'm in.
The series on the web was fabulous. Would love to own for our woodworking club.
Sign me up... I've been trying to master this for years, and still could use some help...
Thanks for a chance to win.
Dovetails, the finest joint in woodworking, would love the opertuinity to obtain a free copy
I'm just learning woodworking and would like to find out all I can about different types of dovetails and different ways to make them.
I've been wantinf to learn how to cut dovetails. This looks helpful.
Tried my first set of dovetails last week the results were horrible, I could really use some quality instruction.
Thanks for the chance to win
Would be a pleasure to own.
Count me in. I'd be happy to do a review.
I'd love to give this a look!
Dovetails? Who doesn't love dovetails!!
I have 32 drawers to build for a built in storage area, some more info on dovetails would be very much appreciated.
Cheers
Thanks for the opportunity to win.
Looks like a great DVD--I'd love to win it!
This would be a perfect way for me to learn to do dovetails
This DVD would be great for a compare and contrast with Rob Cosman's videos.
With this DVD I can get serious about my new LN chisel set, too many projects not enough Time!
i'd rather be cutting dovetails than watching tv
This would be so useful for me - I learn so much from the FWW videos; my kind of learning.
Oooooo, shiny DVD please!
I can't think of a better way to fill a sunday afternoon
Boy, do I need this DVD re dovetailing!! Please send one my way!
Boy, do I need this DVD re dovetailing!! Please send one my way!
Always interested in learning about techniques for better dovetails. Somehow I think practice is the real key.
Another hat into the ring..:>)
Sounds like a good book to have before attempting my first dovetails.
i want this book on dovetails because i'm awful at them. back to practicing my dovetails...
Looks like an excellent bit of viewing. Best of luck to everyone (but a wee bit more to me...LOL).
LOL wana win wana win wana win LOL
To me, Dovetails are the the definitive master skill in woodworking, and one that I would love to master.
I've got my dovetail saw ready...
I've got my dovetail saw ready...
Dovetails with a jig look fine but don't give the satisfaction of cutting a perfect dovetail by hand.
I'm rather new at woodworking and would like to learn by seeing instead of reading. So I would love to watch this DVD and learn from Stephan Hammer at work ;-)
Bert
I'm new to woodworking and look forward to my first dovetail. That free video has got to help.
I can always do with a bit of advice .... Would enjoy owning this video!
I can always do with a bit of advice .... Would enjoy owning this video!
I don't need a shrink, cutting dovetails is my "zen" moment.
I know one thing for sure whenever I look at a hand-cut dovetail: The woodworker's either really good at this stuff or, like me, still learning.
I have cut dovetails using a router and by hand. I enjoy and appreciate using hand tools. It brings back the art of woodworking. Always looking forward to ways to improve and hone my skills. I am looking foward to viewing the video "Dovetail Techniques with Stephen Hammer"- Thank you
Sure would be nice to win this!
Can always use the extra hint or two. Please send the DVD here, I will view it and submit a review.
I'm enjoying the series.
This is one skill, at least for me, that will require more than just reading about it in a book or magazine...and I have several on the subject. I've always learned by watching others and doing myself. I recently retired from corporate America, and this is one skill I have promised myself I would learn before the end of my first year of retirement...and this DVD sounds like it would be a great place to start!
My plan, while I still have my health, is to move beyond being the weekend warrior/family handyman, trying to find enough time to improve our humble abode with bookcases, built-ins, storage, etc.
If I win, I will definitely write back with an in-depth review...and if it can get me on the right path, it will work for anyone!
Pick me, pick me!!
I have always loved woodworking and have recently gotten into furniture making, but have not had the chance to try my hand at cutting dovetails. This DVD might be just the ticket to get my nerve up to begin the journey into hand cut dovetails.
I have always loved woodworking and have recently gotten into furniture making, but have not had the chance to try my hand at cutting dovetails. This DVD might be just the ticket to get my nerve up to begin the journey into hand cut dovetails.
Just received the magazine back issue archive I ordered. Would love to win a copy of the dovetail DVD as I am trying to learn how to cut dovetails for several dressers I have to build. I would be happy to give my comments as to ease of cutting dovetails I learned from DVD.
Thanks,
Since moving to North Carolina, I've been working on honing my hand tool skills, and dovetails are number one on my priority list! I sure could benefit from winning this DVD.
Please include me in the drawing. Thanks.
Thank you for the chance to enter and win this gift. If chosen, I will learn and practice all I can from it, as Dovetails are one of my favorite joints.
I could use all the help I can get. My dovetails are strong enough, but the gaps are unsightly.
It sure would help to learn from a pro.
Thanks for the opportunity. Please include me in the drawing!
I'm just starting out, I could use the help!
I just finished a whole series of dovetails. Better than they used to be...but then there are the gaps. I could use some help!
I just finished a whole series of dovetails. Better than they used to be...but then there are the gaps. I could use some help!
Goodmorning,
I am a 60 year old male, pretty much self taught in my woodworking. I have recently decided to put up my power tools and start learning more about creating without electricity and start woodworking by "hand power". This DVD seems to fit the route I am going and would be a great addition to my studies.
Thank you,
Mike
I've been wanting to learn to do hand cut dovetails for a couple of years, these DVDs would be great to kick start a new skill set for me.
It is such a benefit to learn from watching others. Thanks for providing your teaching in this way.
This DVD will make sure I learn to do it the right way.
Looking forward to learning one of the classic joints in woodworking and adding one of the hallmarks of craftsmanship to my skill set.
This DVD will make sure I learn to do it the right way.
It will be nice to obtain better techniques for cutting dovetails
There is a lot to learn about dovetails. This DVD looks like a great source of information.
To the folks at FW , you want people to leave a comment on a DVD for dovetailing. If I have not seen the video, how can I leave a comment? If I have seen the video, it means I own a copy. Why enter a contest to win a copy I already own?
It will help me be a better teacher. Effectiveness and efficiency techniques help my students feel a sense of accomplishment when challenged with the mighty intimidating dovetail.
But if you send me a copy ( since I don't own one), I will gladly write in a comment.
One can always use tips and advice. This source sounds good.
Let's see.... how about we flip a coin to see who wins? Heads, it's 'tails and tails... well, it's also 'tails. Dove-tails that is!
Always want to learn. I'd like a copy.
Still trying to learn the art of dovetail
My projects are good, but on these they fail
Could it be my tool?
Or am I the fool?
A DVD could help me tip the scale.
So many people want to win that DVD. I want it too. Thank you.
I love the way your magazine captures techniques that otherwise might be lost over time. Keep up the good work.
I need this, haven't done dovetails yet, and I need to learn!
Mike
Your magazine is the absolute best source of information a woodworker could possibly need.
Great, I love winning give-aways.....
I like dovetails but still in search for a proven way to do them. I like to have a copy.
Would love to win.
I'm just getting started with some of the finer aspects of joinery. Dovetails seem daunting, but, I really want to master these and other joints. The DVD sounds like a great help.
I would love to learn how to do more hands on woodworking and start making dovetail boxes.
This would help me get better at woodworking in a big way!
I have many of your books on making boxes but have been hesitant to start because of never making dovetails. My Father, whose tools I have, could make great dovetails, but I was not around to learn. I would like to make some boxes with dovetails for my grandchildren. And maybe pass on the skill to them. Thanks for the opportunity get a copy.
What's a dovetail? :p
THis is by far the best comment !
I did my first dovetail from a guide in an 80's issue of Fine Woodworking and was later excited to learn that President Clinton had learned it from the same article and had his hung from a basement rafter, same as mine.
Learning to cut dovetails seams easier than trying come up with a winning comment. I vote for "what's a dovetail".
Free is a very good price.
I have a set of chisels and don't know how to use them - I desperately need this DVD. Help!!
I have a set of chisels and don't know how to use them - I desperately need this DVD. Help!!
I'll take all the advice I can get on dovetails.
Well, shazam! Does that qualify as a comment?
I've never made a dovetail I would show anyone. Something like this DVD may help.
I have had always had difficulty getting getting them to look right. I guess this dvd instruction is what I need.
Yeah Baby. Dovetail me.
Let's see is it pins or tails. you flip.
i use a saw -- my chisels are never sharp enough. send it to me.
I need DoveTail HELP - you can send it to me :-)
With a last name like Hammer, it's bound to be a good DVD on making dovetails fit! Travis from Minnesota
I'm on pins and tails waiting for a DVD call.
I am always up for learning new skills, even with dovetails! I would love to win this DVD! Thanks!
I could always use some help in making dovetails since mine are not real clean. I hope I win.
This sounds like just what I need to learn this skill.
My dovetails need help. I'm on pins & tails waiting for the DVD
I have always been impressed with dovetails. A router jig is fast and accurate but lacks the beauty of "handmade".
I would love to win this dvd......
HELP! I am making my first desk and have been practicing dovetails for the drawers. I need a LOT of practice, and/or this DVD.
I'm just starting to use dovetails so winning this would be great.
I'm an avid fan of FWW. My last dovetails were very clumsy. I'd love to get that disc. Thank you.
Dovetails cut by hand gives the box or item a unique look. I would love to master the hand tools and have the skill set that woodworkers had many years ago before powertools. Here in Hawaii at the Iolani Palace there is a music box that is well over 100 years old and the skills that it took to make that and the details are really awesome.
I strongly suggest making your DVDs more affordable. You have now priced them at parity with a printer book, and as a professional a long time in the field/business, your subscribers should know that charging $20 for a $0.30 CD is simply an unsustainable business model.
Perhaps instead of continually offering us very deeply discounted DVD materials (collections of past versions of Fine Woodworking, etc., you could just stop insulting our intelligence and offer us the same material (including this nice sounding DVD on dovetail making), for an up front price that was reasonable, say $5 plus $1 postage. I'm willing to bet that you'd sell thousands of them!
Them's my two cents, and I hope that I win the DVD :-)
Ha, if you saw my last attempt you would feel sorry for me and hand deliver this. So in other words Pick Me.... Please!
I'd even donate it to my local woodworking club, the Kaw Valley Sawdusters, if I win. Thus, more folks can learn.
I agree with those who suggest that you price your DVD's more reasonably. I would certainly buy more of them were they more affordable as I have come to realize how much better DVD's are than books to learn a new skill
Fine Woodworking magazine is the best!!!!
I never win, but I enter anyway.
curved dovetails sounds interesting and hard. would like to learn!
I would love to master dovetails - and this looks like a great way to learn :-)
Your magazine has taken me to a whole new level of wood working.
I NEED it. All of the drawer boxes in my Kitchen need replacement. Termite barf & glue boards just can't take another year.
I would love to learn more about handcut dovetails.
Fine Woodworking projects have challenged my high school shop students to build to a higher standard- thanks!
the soon i can master dove tails, the sooner i can teach my daughters, good luck to all
I'll throw my hat in the ring. Always keen to learn new skills.
This is exactly what I need as I was already researching and wanting to learn how to do hand cut dove tails.
Thank you for the chance!
A perfect compnion to my other reference books
Making a dovetail is one thing, but to make a clean professi onal one I still need a little help. This could be the light at the end of the tunnel.
One of the best of the instructional video series. Clearly explained and illustrated both interesting and essential joinery skills.
So many ways to cut a dovetail, so little time. Always worth seeing someone else's technique.
Pins or tails first. Hoping to see what this "Master of the Craft" recommends.
I'm really excited about this DVD and for a chance to win it. I have been working wood for a few years now and have recently found an interest to use more hand tools in the process. I am really enjoying the journey. This DVD looks like it would be another useful tool in guiding me in the process of hand cut dovetails. Everything that Fine Woodworking produces is fantastic and I am sure this will be no exception. Thanks
I have been woodworking for some time, but just in the last few years I have been focusing more on hand tools. I make boxes and stools to practice my hand cut dovetails, but like with everything else, I could use a lot more practice. Your DVD sounds like just the thing. Thanks
Always wondered how those curved dovetails are done
Looks like a great DVD!
I am just getting started with the finer aspects of woodworking, and am looking for a good resource to learn how to do dovetails. I hope this is it!
This is an amazing reference covering skills from basic to advanced. Would love to have a copy to add to my library.
I just took a hand-tools class and we learned how to do basic dovetails. It was great. I'm looking forward to learning how to do the others, especially the curved dovetails.
If this video can show any time-saving techniques on making half blind dovetails, it would be well worth the purchase price but getting it as a prize would be even better!
I have never made a hand-cut dove tail. Maybe the dvd would help me learn how.
i really need to learn hand tool skills, including dovetails. winning this dvd would be a nice change of events.
I use dovetails on most projects and can use better teckniques to make them more accurately and and quickly.
Your videos are excellent. This would be an asset to any woodworker, and I would cherish learning from it.
Brad
I really do want to learn how to make dovetail joints by hand that are functional, tight and good looking. A video such as this would take me a long way to accomplishing that goal.
Have been experimenting with different methods to mark thin tails on rabbeted drawfronts. Knives seem to wander in my hands, and the access was difficult. I took an old chisel, and ground the thickness to just allow it to pass through the narrowest space between the (bandsawn cut) tails. With a light tap, and visualizing its perpendicular application, it leaves a clear mark the entire length of the tail. The drawerfront was held in a Moxon style vice and the tailboard clamped in place for the procedure. Still have a long way to go with my technique, and was glad to see the plethora of articles on repairing defective dovetails. I also "invented" a method to disguise defective dovetails. In addition to the usual endgrain wedges, I also tried cuting endgrain, tailshaped "veneers", chiselling out a hollow in the exposed tail, and gluing it in. .
I have not seen either of these techniques previously reported.
Always great to see how others have mastered different techniques!
Brilliant, always looking at other learning oportunities to hone hand tool skills,
regards in better woodworking
Patrick
Love the word "dovetail". Why am I so scared to try making one?
I always appreciate input on best practices to get a good looking joint in a reasonable amount of time
When I buy or look at a RV, I always check the drawers to insure the joints are dovetail, if they are not, it is a deal-breaker.
After my last project involving dovetails I need this DVD. Always looking for instructions for improving my work. This video looks like it will help me get my pins and tails together.
A new professionally produced DVD from FW. The duration of the DVD is rather short 36mn, I expect some concise and right to the point advices.
Looks like a lot of fun, I would love to own this DVD.
My dovetails need all the help they can get. This video looks promising.
This DVD looks like it could answer the questions that I have about making dovetails that are good enough to show someone else. Thanks for the chance to win it.
Looks like this DVD could really go a long way to help me learn how to cut dovetails. Thanks for the opportunity!
The holy grail of woodworking, tight good looking dovetails. Something I would love to better my skills at.
Help me, please.
I would have to keep winning this a secret from my sweetie because if she new what was possible then my honey-do list would be even larger. Thank you in advance?
thanks for give away. Hopefully it will come to me.
199? What better number to be than 199? I hope that it brings me luck. I am really just getting started on my woodworking journey beyond school, and would love to be able to further my fundamentals.
Thanks for the chance!
Looks very comprehensive. I would love to win it
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