Creating a dovetail joint with hand tools

Lie-Nielsen Toolworks, Inc, which designs, manufactures and sells a wide variety of woodworking hand planes and tools, held 2 days of interactive demonstrations in the Building Construction Technology's area during January 2009. This demonstration, presented by woodworking instructor Paul Sellers shows how to make dovetail joints by only using hand tools.

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Education

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• woodworking
• Hand Tool

[sumbook]

that video really shows how simple it is to do a dovetail.. with skills.. and not with expensive jigs and tools..

I loved it.. it shows how peaceful woodworking can be ;) noiseless :)

[achilles22382]

brilliant. how nice to have such a great skill such as yourself. im a beginning woodworker, and think that having these abilities are priceless. why buy something crummy at ikea, made of particle board, when you can build something yourself, that is of infinitely better quality, and likely half the cost, in the long run (after youve got your tools). thanks for the vid.

[Fetzenwolf]

Very good but not perfect.

[zonkozonko]

@KevKevAllen I would have used a Mallet, or a piece of scrap wood with the hammer. Just Nit picking very good video.

[FlashmoreGash]

Complete pro!

[madwilliamflint]

Wow. As someone who's just getting started this is really spectacular to see.

[Donegaldan]

Very good instruction and skills, There is nothing as sweet as the sound of a sharp plane.

[professoreinstoned]

who else thought this was for weed?

[KevKevAllen]

Great vid on how to saw out a dovetail! But I would have just used sandpaper instead of a planer...