Can anyone tell me the process for making inlaid (or double) dovetails?
Thanks to Steve Latta’s excellent article on tablesawn dovetails, I’m now cutting flawless through and half blind dovetails, and the only investment I had to make was $19 to put a custom bevel on a saw blade.
It’s my understanding that inlaid dovetails are typically cut with a router setup like the Incra jig, but I’m hoping there’s a way I can make them with my table saw setup.
Thanks,
Jonathan Sandelin
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I can make them on my leigh dovetail jig with a bit of extra set up. as far as doing them on your TS what i would try doing is go about making half blind dovetails your usual way out of two contrasting woods, say maple and walnut. if your inlay will be walnut then cut your tails in the walnut, glue everything up and then cut the walnut tail board off proud of the inside face (the amount is determined by the thickness you want your inlay) now you have filled the half blind pins with walnut, and you can cut out smaller sockets and cut a new maple tail board. when it's assembled you should have a nice even inlay. i hope this isn't too confusing. good luck
andrew
Thanks Andrew,
I'll give that a try. I always cut my tails first, which will make the second set of pins kind of tricky, but with a little work I can probably get it.
Jonathan
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