In this video workshop, Stephen Hammer shows you how to cut beautiful, tight dovetail joinery using a combination of hand and power tools. Beginning with standard through, and half-blind dovetails, Hammer expands your woodworking skillset to include decorative dovetails, as well as curved through and half-blind dovetails.
Sections:
Easier through dovetails – Learn how to cut tight, accurate through dovetails using the bandsaw and tablesaw.
Quicker half-blind dovetails – Learn how to cut half-blind dovetails using the bandsaw and a router.
Decorative dovetails – Combine previous techniques to cut dovetails with multiple pin sizes in the same joint.
Curved through and half-blind decorative dovetails – Using a simple router jig and the tablesaw, construct dovetails with curved baselines that will leave admirers scratching their heads.
Produced by: Ed Pirnik; Video by: Gary Junken; Editing by: Tom Olivares
Purchase this video workshop on DVD.
Videos in the Series
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Introduction: Dovetail TechniquesAugust 7, 2012 -
Episode 1: Easier Through DovetailsAugust 7, 2012 -
Episode 2: Half-Blind Dovetails in Half the TimeAugust 7, 2012 -
Episode 3: Decorative DovetailsAugust 7, 2012 -
Episode 4: Curved Through DovetailsAugust 7, 2012 -
Episode 5: Curved Half-Blind DovetailsAugust 7, 2012
