How to cut a DOVETAIL HOUSING JOINT by HAND

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In this video, I'll show you how to mark out, cut and refine a stopped dovetail housing joint. This means the dovetail will be visible from the back, but not the front. If you haven't already,
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@MattEstlea 5 лет назад

Like the workbench? Watch me make it here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FXKYwM0f5WU.html&t

@mykhelderian 5 лет назад

Well, it's a bit comforting to know that you sometimes.make mistakes. After watching your other tut on cutting dovetails, (you know, the one where your dovetails mated perfectly and were astheticly beautiful) I went into the workshop and looked at some dovetails I had previously cut and began to cry. Seriously, Matt , I love your demeanor, your thoroughness and your the effort you put out in the pursuit of excellence. I think your are headed to be a master craftsman. Thanks so much for your generosity in sharing your considerable knowledge with us.

@bryanstellfox8521 2 года назад

I've been watching your videos since the beginning, and YOU specifically have helped enable me to finally leave my day job and fully open my own woodworking business! I started woodworking like the typical American...with power tools. After a couple of years, I became proficient enough to have a side gig. Then, I realized how poor my craftsmanship was. I was proficient with standard power tools, but I needed to learn traditional hand tools to become something more!

@colinellicott9737 3 года назад

Awesome job! Love the plain talk about errors, kudos on being open and clear about that, so much more relatable than annoying perfection. Thx

@christophercastor6666 2 года назад

It’s cool going back to see your work from so long ago, especially after hearing about your battles with mental health. You’re an incredible educator and a wonderful presenter; I especially like your honesty and willingness to discuss imperfections! Thank you Matt as always, -CY Castor

@JeepTherapy 6 лет назад

I think this is one of your best videos. You slowed it down a bit and showing your mistakes and how easy it really is to make a mistake in woodworking is by all rights honorable. Thank you.

@myself9128 6 лет назад

Pointing out mistakes is helpful for the mere novice! Another great video, watching every one! Bought myself the Veritas Dovetail 14tpi this weekend thanks to your tool videos, what a beauty!

@MattEstlea 6 лет назад

Nice! You’ll see that saw through many years of work. It’s very good considering the price!

@Robin-tg4yr 5 лет назад

Love that you include the mistakes.

@Jake65Kelly 6 лет назад

Matt. You are a breath of fresh air. Great targeted information delivered quickly and no tedious waffle! I am so impressed with your information and balanced cool style I am signing up as a Patreon supporter. Keep up the great work! Cheers from Australia.

@ptcruiser2012 3 года назад

"I am a right old cowboy like that". Brilliant description. Love the video. I know this is a bit old but I have been going back through your stuff.

@christophercastor6666 2 года назад

Thank you Matt! It’s been a while since I originally watched this, but it’s always a great time to see you work

@vosifle 3 года назад

Best tutorials on RU-vid! Thank you!

@georgiesgirl64 6 лет назад

Great learning for us ladies out there. Cheers keep em coming

@geezergeek1637 6 лет назад

Thanks for making this series. Teaching this "old dog" a few new tricks.

@anthonyclaypool6925 2 года назад

Thanks for breaking down the method for final chopping and clean up. I split a chunk of the rear jaw for a Moxon vise I'm working on because I created "steps" by trying to cut the housing upright. 🤦 Mistakes are opportunities I guess...

@blhale1 6 лет назад

When making a depth adjustment with a router plane, once the locking clamp is tight, rotate the adjustment knob up (counter-clockwise) to remove the slack. This will prevent the blade from being pulled down while cutting.

@patchedupdemon7104 6 лет назад

youd have thought hed have known that,i mean he has all the tools so must be an expert

@SethDanielRiedel 4 года назад

I normally do that too but sometimes we all forget in the excitement of something

@Swarm509 Год назад

While I love doing hand work in my projects the housing joint really makes more sense with a router bit if you have many of them to cut out, rather then then chiseling. Still could do the dovetail part by hand though. Still a great joint to know how to do by hand, and satisfying once it all comes together.

@drekowski 6 лет назад

Great video, I like your attention to detail, care and accuracy. I would consider using a chisel or knife to sever the fibres the saw couldn't reach instead of just breaking them out. The joint was stuck a bit earlier than where you marked it, due to the stopped portion of the dovetail; looking for shiny spots on the joint helps to locate tight portions as well. And finally, for such a short joint parallel works well, but if the parts get wider and the groove longer, it may be worth tapering the dovetail ever so slightly, in order to have the joint lock only in the last 1-2 inches. Keep it up!

@frenstcht 5 лет назад

You _can_ crosscut with a rip saw. You could also sever that line with a chisel and a mallet, a K-BAR and a lead pipe, or a steak knife and some grit -- comma true. After 7 years in a mill shop, I gotta say that 90% of woodworking is knowing what's the right tool for the job. Or the right combination of tools; if you've ever had to match an antique moulding with a shaper and a random collection of router bits, you know what I'm talking about. Anybody who reads this and hasn't seen the vid on how to saw needs to go watch it, by the way. My sawing is several orders of magnitude better just from watching it and applying it. And that's without practice. Great stuff!

@acalek 6 лет назад

Can't thank you enough for your videos m8. Great to see someone elevate the quality of woodworking instructional videos, there is some serious production value on display. Also want to commend you for encouraging future wood workers by making these techniques accessible and more importantly, understandable to the masses.

@craigsmith8076 3 года назад

Awesome video mate and thanks for showing and explaining the mistakes. You are a fantastic teacher.

@TheEveryMaker 6 лет назад

I have a project I'm currently working on where I need a dovetail housing joint and was originally going to do it with a router. The piece is too small and I didn't feel safe, so I may just have to sharpen my chisels and give it a try with hand tools! Thanks again for the video and I really appreciate you showing the mistakes, it helps make it feel less intimidating.

@MattEstlea 6 лет назад

No worries mate! Best of luck with it!

@RamsesMCMLI 4 года назад

During my bench days at pratical post-graduation times, my friend told me: Hey, perfect ist the worst enemy of good! I enjoyed evr'y bit of ur video Kudos mate!

@rsdevarapalli Год назад

Inspiring Good quality joint making skills, thanks for sharing.

@garyknight8616 6 лет назад

Great video Matt. The honesty, as others have already mentioned, is appreciated and very helpful. Appreciate you've got a lot going on but would like to see the lighting improved. If you are on Patreon I'm happy to chuck you a few quid every month to help out. Cheers, Gary

@l1verm0m 6 лет назад

Great video Matt... your ‘warts and all’ approach is refreshing and helpful.

@MattEstlea 6 лет назад

Cheers Mike!

@danieloshannessy5595 3 года назад

Love this video very helpful for my purpose even though I will opt for a through dovetail for my own project very interesting idea with the slide stop.

@1guitarlover 6 лет назад

Hey Matt, I am so sad that you had that tiny little home in the dove tail... :P. You are just a gifted carpenter. One thing. Please consider improving the light system, for the light above you provokes to many shadows on your working bench. Cheers!

@czokalapik 6 лет назад

Great video as usual, I never thought of starting chopping away from the edges to prevent undercuts to be visible, great tip!

@wolfgang4468 5 лет назад

Great you do not hide anything, appreciate that.

@WoodByWright 6 лет назад

Sweet work man. love your Videos. if you ever want to do a collab let me know.

@luisp8999 6 лет назад

YES PLEASE!!

@MattEstlea 6 лет назад

It seems people want it to happen! I'm up for it!

@LimitedGunnerGM 6 лет назад

I follow both of you and would love to see that!

@davidfarmer2049 6 лет назад

did this happen?

@hughatkins 6 лет назад

I'd really like to see such a collaboration too!!

@inxj5915 2 года назад

I have the same Veritas router plane and found that if I have upward pressure on the blade anytime I’m adjusting the depth of cut, it avoids nasty surprises. One way to do this is to make sure the plane is sitting upright with its weight on the blade anytime the locking collar is loose.

@EquilibriaHealth 4 года назад

Always love your videos and your honesty.

@dibley1973 6 лет назад

Amazing clear and detailed explanation, as per the norm with your videos. Thanks for sharing.

@brianm.9451 6 лет назад

Awesome! This is a good reason to hone my hand sawing skills.

@HansHoffmeister 2 года назад

Well done! Learned a lot

@totobill22 6 лет назад

Super vidéo, Thank's from France :)

@jchadwick7506 6 лет назад

FGS. I only bought the fine tooth saw, didn't I? Sigh. See you at the weekend...Your vids are costing me a fortune. :-)

@Subsonic-cd2en 6 лет назад

Great videos! For some reason, your mannerisms and style really remind me of Gordon Ramsey, lol - minus all the anger and yelling.

@jmwing 6 лет назад

agreed - I noticed that too

@paulrobinson5833 4 года назад

yeah just as annoying!

@arra4741 6 лет назад

Great! Thank you, waiting for next one!

@margaret-annekent3247 2 года назад

Totally brilliant! What took me so long to find a proper craftsman's video? Only one thing....please could you speak more slowly? Many thanks. Annie

@martinbrace7195 6 лет назад

Awesome job Matt thanks.

@chriss4613 6 лет назад

Thank you for sharing your mistakes. Too many people shy away from showing that.

@MultiWarrior63 6 лет назад

Thanks Matt, great timing mate

@MattEstlea 6 лет назад

Read your mind. Cheers Ken!

@michaelhastrich7257 2 года назад

Kind of new to woodworking and really want to practice all these types of joints. Any tips on what woods to use for practicing my joint skills?

@rjamsbury1 6 лет назад

Great instruction as ever Matt, thanks. Could that bruised bottom corner have happened from the offside of the chisel when skewing into the opposite corner?

@zagrizena 4 года назад

The Jesus pen had me confused for a moment there. Watching one of your videos before I wasn't really paying so much attention to the tools and I just assumed it was some kind of carpenter jargon for a really simple basic marking tool that can be traced back 2000 years. Kind of like a marking knife maybe? Only now I noticed it was an actual pen with literally Jesus figure on it, lol 😀

@TheLastPharm 3 года назад

Oh dear, 62 people must be offended by Jesus on a ballpoint pen. On a more serious note, I love the way you make things look perfectly simple and logical and easy while this must take hundreds if not thousands of hours of practice. Very nice work and narration.

@jeffjensen4532 6 лет назад

Great video! Just started. I hope that some day my mistakes can be as small as yours...wood working mistakes that is...! :D You do fantastic work! Keep it up!...your work/videos that is... :D

@MattEstlea 6 лет назад

Haha you should see the size of my mistakes outside of Woodworking! Cheers Jeff.

@johnc.4871 5 лет назад

I thought it kind of comical that you have a jesus pen and say god I need a new one. good luck with that request. lol

@LoveofChocolate18 5 лет назад

nice opening credit!

@RBTrujillo1 6 лет назад

Outstanding video Sir!

@MattEstlea 6 лет назад

Wooaahh please tell me you're the Robert Trujillo from Metallica?! ;) Cheers Robert!

@RBTrujillo1 6 лет назад

Sir! No No No No! I am not the same Robert Trujillo you think of! I am a nobody, I am a common person that enjoys your videos Sir. The closest I come to any remote level of heavy metal is a cousin Randy Castillo who was a drummer who played with Ozzy and Motley Crue. So no, I am not the the Robert you think of, I'm sorry.

@chm1701 6 лет назад

Shame that you were so disappointed about the result, Matt. Although, I do understand why, but thanks for the video and for showing us the mistakes and how to prevent them.

@genardusfaberus6514 6 лет назад

Great video. Thank you.

@radinsyah1574 2 года назад

My veritas router has the same fault. Besides the weak locking system, the blade end can be too trigger happy too… allowing the bevel of the blade dig deeper into the stock and micro-tilting the base forwards.

@akjkjkak 6 лет назад

That marking knife looks sweet. Where did you get it? It almost looks like one David Barron used to sell.

@rolandharrison5651 3 года назад

Matt, could you please slow down. I have to keep going back 2 or 3 times ( or more ) for each step to catch what you are saying. This makes it difficult to put the whole process together. It takes such a long time to complete the whole video. You do a great job explaining.

@danielallen2000 6 лет назад

very nice, keep it up!

@lincolndickerson1293 Год назад

Curious could you have removed a thin bit of material from the shoulder of the darker wood to let it fall that minimal amount into the dovetail without sacrficing the tight fit of the joint much?

@cerberus2881 3 года назад

The Router is much cheaper and more effective than all those Overpriced hand tools, though it would be fun to do.

@royr327 6 лет назад

Woodworking is the never ending pursuit of the unobtainable idea of perfection. Good you think you know what happened, all errors are preventable, but also sometimes unavoidable. From my view it was the knife lines that caused the fiber to sever, sometimes because of unpredictable grain structure. Most folks wouldn't show a video of a cross grain dovetail. And you rightly point out that it is never the tools fault. Go to 17:13 and look at the horizontal knife line protruding past the dovetail line . Still, great job.

@QlueDuPlessis 5 лет назад

Just watched some similar from Wood by Wright

@Cynyr 6 лет назад

up next a stopped, tapered, dovetail housing joint for use on wider stock?

@gryshie100 5 лет назад

Matt. Is this kind of joint that could protect the table top when you do it at the bottom of table top? Protect for example of twisting when you glue UP together wide boards. If that is True do you have any advice for do it all acros the table top? Thanks and greatings 😊

@timothyball3144 5 лет назад

Not trying to bust your chops or anything, but is there a crack on the dovetail opposite that bruise? If so, would that come from the edge being too tight?

@seanhollandcanada 6 лет назад

As a Buddhist, I would like to recommend that you get a Buddha pen.

@Тисо-щ4я 6 лет назад

famously made by Matt! sorry for my English

@MattEstlea 6 лет назад

It will be living in the glass cabinet on the right hand side of the screen from now on!

@Тисо-щ4я 6 лет назад

very interesting your videos!

@johnmontgomery560 6 лет назад

Is there any work around on the Veritas router to get more accurate depth ?

@pgtips4240 2 года назад

Still a really good joint considering you were going at rocket pace and doing a video.

@josephKEOarthur 6 лет назад

what is the mallet you are using? for the chisel?

@BlackSwan912 4 года назад

Wouldn’t a skew chisel avoid that bruise?

@janikumlander1822 6 лет назад

You should make a new mallet 😬

@rick91443 6 лет назад

Enjoyed watching and thanks...rr

@jacobdiscipleofjesusforeve419 6 лет назад

Great info. Jesus loves you Matt

@thomasarussellsr 6 лет назад

Oops and bruises happen. Still, all in all a great how to video. Thanks.

@MattEstlea 6 лет назад

Cheers Thomas!

@gizanked 6 лет назад

If I want to do this but I don't have a Jesus pen will it still work or is a deity pen required?

@ianbeckett2427 6 лет назад

Plenty of other deities to choose from though... static.wixstatic.com/media/1de1f3410742f752894df086116bea2f.wix_mp_512

@MattEstlea 6 лет назад

ooooo you may struggle a bit!

@WoodByWright 6 лет назад

you really do need an affiliate link to that pen.

@JeepTherapy 6 лет назад

Yes a deity pen is required. I recommend Ganesh... or how ever you spell it... god of removing obstacles... but in your case... wood. :D

@mynameisciaran 6 лет назад

Matt, I love your videos. Very helpful and well made. However, I'm new to woodwork, I'm pretty bad at it and I realise now that this is because of my low-quality pens. The problem is, I'm kind of broke. Can I just write the word Jesus on one of my pencils?

@gregorylondos534 5 лет назад

I only wanna leave a comment for your workbench homemade or purchased...?

@MattEstlea 5 лет назад

Visit my profile, it’s the first video at the top ;)

@lnesland 6 лет назад

Nice work. But why not just sand the sides, instead of using a chisel?

@charliegoransson12 6 лет назад

Subbed

@rickgoebel6724 6 лет назад

17k subscribers minus the one down below. 20K by end of year?

@MattEstlea 6 лет назад

Hahaha, bet its going to be 19,999! Nah I'm going for 25K Rick!

@Sombraespía 5 лет назад

You should try the tapered dovetail joint to larger work because not even couldn't close your sample.

@MultiEsben 6 лет назад

What make Chisels are you using"

@MattEstlea 6 лет назад

Lie-Nielsen!

@NoCom.36 6 лет назад

Молодец, кудрявый!

@diowk 2 года назад

He doesn't have a combination square?! How is this possible?

@planespeaking 3 года назад

Love these videos but electric router ftw on this.

@theYeti1000 6 лет назад

I love your tuts. They are very straight forward. But I won't ever be able to do them because I don't have a Jesus pen.

@Giich 2 года назад

The fit is too damn tight even 1 shoulder splitted. I fall in that too when i got it too snug its really scary to fix that cause it can quickly become too loose which is even worse :)

@okiterukagetsu 5 лет назад

mmm dovetails

@tinycuisine6544 Год назад

I love what you do, but I feel you rush a little bit. Something like this trakes time to assimilate. Just some constructive criticism. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.

@robertlangley258 6 лет назад

Ok now I am absolutely positive beyond a shadow of a doubt that I’ve not nearly enough brain cells to accomplish a dovetail like this! Guess I’ll just keep using glue and 20 penny nails driven with 5lb ax head for joints. Where the hell do people born like this come from? 👍👍👍👍👍

@MattEstlea 6 лет назад

Haha what a comment! Cheers Robert! Don’t worry, this joint is actually very forgiving as a lot of it is hidden. Just take time on the shoulder lines and don’t worry too much about the rest. As you say, nails and glue can fix any loose joints ;)

@TheWoodYogi 6 лет назад

Hi Robert :) I love the comment. He did make it look easy, but if we follow the video step by step and with a few times trying it out on scraps of wood, we can do it :D

@robertlangley258 6 лет назад

The Wood Yogi if you say so Yogi, but I’m feelin a little lack-0-noodle after watching this young man go. He’s a baked potato and a whole bag of chips..thanks for the pep tho Yogi ✌️

@logancarr5676 5 лет назад

Wood working Jon snow

@edelrabe 6 лет назад

Jesus pen, nice one)

@dimitardobrev3296 5 лет назад

what are these things?

@Wheel333 3 года назад

🙏❤️🙏

@nikolce14008 6 лет назад

Great video, but you should improve the lighting in your shop where you film the videos.

@MattEstlea 6 лет назад

Cheers mate. I’m using 2 led panels at the moment but definitely need more but I’m starting to put more effort into what I’ve got now.

@douglanglois456 6 лет назад

Just started watching your videos. Great content, great presentation. But I have to ask - what's with the Jesus pen? Earnest Christian, or irony? Not that either is right or wrong.

@czokalapik 6 лет назад

I would guess neither, it's simply a Jesus pen :D

@kennethodette1352 6 лет назад

It rubs a lot of people wrong . Kind of blasphemous. you should retire the pen unless you like pissing of Christians.

@BlackSwan912 4 года назад

Kenneth Odette Christians ... myth-believers. I’ve never met one that doesn’t prove to be a hypocrite.

@Deestainglass01 6 лет назад

what's up with Jesus pen. great video

@MattEstlea 6 лет назад

My favourite pen, that is all!

@paulrobinson5833 4 года назад

What is sawring?

@jakelilevjen9766 3 года назад

Please, oh please, buy some lights!

@JeanClaudePeeters 3 года назад

Unable to make this joint... couldn't find a Jesus pen. Very disappointed. 😂

@DessieTots 2 года назад

Matt I’m finding these videos very difficult to follow without getting a headache. “Bloody hell, what was that, what did he just say, play that bit of the video back again, etc”. Too many jump cuts in the editing, talking too fast, too much slapping and tapping things together, process not broken down enough and thinking out loud. Your style is becoming more and more manic and schizophrenic. Would you adopt a more relaxed and easier to watch presentation such as seen in Paul Sellers videos. I’d hate to invest in more basic tools only to find that I can’t use them anyway because I just cannot keep up with your demonstration.