Hand Cut Half Blind Dovetails - 122

[evanwhitman]

Great video bro! One thing though, I think that you have your pins and tails confused. Your're calling your pins, tails and your tails, pins. Your're calling your pine sides tails when there're pins and your're calling your cherry drawer front pins when in fact it is the tails part. Think of a birds hind flared tail.

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@evanwhitman Thanks for the kind words. But I can assure you the terminology is correct. And if it wasn't, the other commenters would never let me live it down, lol.

[evanwhitman]

@TheWoodWhisperer I stand corrected. I was taught wrong in my terminology. I actually researched it before I responded. I probably should have done that before posting originally. :)

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@evanwhitman haha no worries. I find it best to think of the function of a drawer and that you always want tails for the drawer sides. Looking at the functionality of a drawer, there is only way the joint would make sense in terms of resisting years of pulling forces....and that's with the tails on the side. Sort of helps me remember which is which.

[evanwhitman]

I’ve watched a few of your videos and there're very informative and educational with a non condescending manner. Well done! I enjoy watching young guys {like me} taking hold of a craft that is dying. Ah yes, the video game era! Thank you Microsoft! Cheers Bro! You have my respect.

Evan

[evanwhitman]

@TheWoodWhisperer I appreciate the gentle correction. I guess I always thought of it as the human anatomy, men have {ah-hem} and women have... you get the point. I also would applaud you for putting yourself out there and exposing yourself to blog snipers {like me in this case, sorry about that}

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@evanwhitman After six years, I learned to deal with it. :) If you can't deal with feedback, you don't last very long on the web. :)

[Knapper32927]

This is awesome - slight humor, and great detail on information - the graphics are great also, giving some great insight and a superb teaching method. One thing though:

I was always told "you aint gonna cut that wood with the marker, kid" whenever I would mark more than once - at 1:55 - 2:02 on the end piece, he scribes the wood twice. Do you recommend doing that for a rookie? Not me of course, I'm a superman - but the average rookie....lol Thank you for the video too :)

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@Knapper32927 Thanks for the kind words. Glad you liked the video. As for scribing, I would say only scribe twice if you don't feel the first scribe line is deep enough.

[knightlylad]

I must say Sir, this is one of your best videos!

[olinewoodworker]

Do you always take a 3/16 off each end? what do you use as the measurements for each tail? Or how do you divide the material in between the 3/16 marks/

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@olinewoodworker Honestly, it all depends on the drawer. For a small one like this, these numbers seemed good to me. I don't worry too much about perfect dovtail spacing though since the eye usually can't pick up little discrepancies. But the easiest way I know to divide them up is using an actual divider. Short of that, you can just do the math or simply lay them out in a way that looks visually pleasing.

[dartyr]

Where did you get that dovetail marker from?

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@dartyr that's from Lee Valley

[cMaXeJIJIo]

Excellent! This is what they`re called-HALF-BLIND dovetails!

I about to make a guitar speaker cabinet in the likes of mesa-boogie and they use the same joining technique. Stumbled upon your video purely by accident!

Great work!

[perto75]

I love this video!

[chingerspy]

Thanks for that, it went over tips I'd seen in other vids but theirs always seemed sped up. Your's went a the right pace for me at least :) I've done a few DTs but you reinforced the rules to follow that I always manage to screw up.

[bggswo]

You got skil

[phoenixwoodnz]

only if you give the metric measure as well. Never understood inches!

[SgtBooker44]

Wow Mark, that was great. The high school woodshop teacher never made it look that easy.

[mikegriff0]

great vidio man the wood wisperer is alsome

[julioyaldonza]

Hi Mark, you are one fo the greatest woodworkers in the world, that is proved through your success, but I´d like to ask what do you think of the mysterious rising dovetail, have you tryed it out yet ? Does anybody knows what I´m talking about?

Please have a look to my channel by clicking on my name and learn more about traditional woodworking.

Thanks everybody !!

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@julioyaldonza Haven't tried that one yet. Looks very cool!

[julioyaldonza]

@TheWoodWhisperer Thanks a lot for watching Mark, you are a really kind person. I guess you know that joint comes from Roubo bench, which Roy underhill and others have explain and talking about

see you !!

[Ariceater]

@julioyaldonza

I saw that video. Very nicely done. When would you use that rising dovetail instead of a normal through dovetail?

[Xar0mir]

Handmade dovetails can be a sign of great craftsmanship, and you never can have enough methods to and hints about how to make a dovetail. Thanks mate. :)

[dlmarti]

Jesus, this guy is amazing

[blesshiscottonsocks]

Great stuff man,

i always learn so much!

[pallysspot]

Oh this is the best tutorial i have seen, which i can use to work without having to own any mechanical tools, by that i mean jigs and routers etc etc. Pure excellence!

[nitroxunit1]

i like the beginning, it funny.

[Timei]

You're totally right. Many, if not most people, just want to see the finished results of their projects and in doing so completely forget to enjoy while working on said projects. Enjoying what you're doing is very important and the first step in getting wonderful end results.

[Skandoro]

Wish i could saw as fast as you :) Really nice video, good for improving precision.

[CanineFaeces]

Good stuff