Impressive demonstration. Consider using a straight bit first (max diameter is the "smallest width") to clean out the bulk of the waste to save your precious dovetail bit. As seen in the video using only a dovetail bit will burn/destroy the bit and the created incision if you put too much stress on it.
It has taken me YEARS just to get my BOX JOINTS to a level of precision I can stand to look at and work with. I may wait until retirement to tackle dovetails. It's just too much maths for me without some kind of jig. I LOVE the shot of you just sitting there wracking your brain doing maths...I'd be pulling my hair out and throwing the pencil and pad across the shop...lol. I notice an injury on one of your fingers...I hope you're ok buddy. Great video and I'll see you again on the next one.
I've watched this video several times and I am still very impressed with its ease and simplicity. I only reason I still prefer hand-cut is that I feel I have more control in all aspects of doing dovetails. very nice video.
It looks simple... but I haven't grasped the logic behind it yet... Maybe I should simply copy what you do step-by-step some day... Very nice joint like this.. 👍
Absolutely awesome ! Thanks for sharing the technique. I always wanted to but I feel I could try a dovetail joint now. BTW what wood types are you using - they look beautiful and look like pine & redwood but not sure. Thanks in advance.
Ustacığım, ben Türkiye'den yazıyorum.yaptığınız iş çok güzel ve öğretici. Fakat, C ölçüsünde bir yanlışlık çıkıyor. A+B toplamı 29.27mm.çıkıyor.Siz 29.44 mm. Veriyorsunuz ölçüyü, acaba hangisi doğru? Cevaplarsanız sevinirim.
You are God! 🙌 Amazing work again. Thanks for your amazing videos. There are many comments on this video, and I don't know if someone asked this question before, but... what kind of wood is it? Sorry for my ignorance
Hi sir, would it be preferable to increase the size of the tails for larger beams, or rather increase the number of tails and keep them at this size? Also why did you increase the size of the two tails after already measuring them out perfectly, is it because the male end needs to be thicker than the female end? Thanks for your time :)
The thing I was wondering was how will the dovetails fit in, the end of the hole being round. Cutting a chamfer solves that easily while still maintaining strength where it is needed, nice trick.
Excellent work as usual! Thanks! 02:17 is the mask necessary because there's another person in the shop? Just asking, not judging! 05:23 what happened to your finger? It looks like a power tool injury :-(