How to Make a Dovetail Template | Paul Sellers
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- Paul introduces the dovetail template that he has been making and using for over 50 years. It helps you to efficiently mark out the dovetail angle. Making it requires a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail, in order for it to be used as a reference.
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Pedro Martinez
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Yes I use an older version of Filmora when it was called Wondershare Video Editor
Looks like birch. Is it?
What is suitable wood for such template?
I think I've seen all your videoas. Got the book WoodWorking 1&2. Now I just finished a workbench, not perfect but I'm very pleased with it anyway.
Thanks for sharing all that knowledge.
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There are no words to comment Mr Sellers skills. But the most amazing thing for me is his kindness to share these precious knowledge so clearly. My unique words are THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Best wishes from Australia.
Mr. Sellers, you are the reason why I've turned into a 3AM viewer. I enjoy watching your technique, no matter what the project. your consistancy and positive outlook has contributed to helping an old wood hacker such as I, in gaining confidence in knowing that I still have a chance to learn and build. Thank you, Sir!
Paul, I love your videos. I've changed from "mostly power tools" to "mostly hand tools" and learned so much about excellent technique from your instructions.
Paul sellers I will never forget this name in woodwork I'm from Mauritius
Invaluable knowledge, one must make sure to Actively listen and actually learn and store these skills, then practice until skill becomes artistry.
If a guy watches this and walks away with only one quote, I think this is the one,
"Never Compromise" I love it, thank you sir, that will stick with me forever. I appreciate you taking the time to teach us all how to make this jig, I actually have one in my Amazon cart $12 bucks you just saved me.
I think my little gauge I make will make me much more happy than one I bought, so thank you so much sir.
I hope you have had a blessed and happy birthday week sir.
Dale
Can't wait to make one. For now, I need to get back out in the garage and finish this table saw restoration so I can start being a woodworker, rather than just a watcher. Although, watching continually gives me something to strive towards.
Thanks Paul and team!
Useful advice and techniques as usual. Paul Sellers is one of very few people who can make simply sawing a piece of wood, look interesting.
Paul, you're the only man I can sit for the length of the video to watch you work magic on a dovetail joint! Win or lose, I'm subscribed and always recommend your channel! 350 is almost there!
This is like listening to Pete Rose talk about baseball. Golden!
I just finished making the dovetail marker. It was a great project to not only tohone precision woodworking skills but quite satisfying. Thank you for your great contributions to the woodworking community.
Mr.Sellers you truly are a Master and such a pleasure to watch and learn. Thank you 🙏
Wow just look at that fine tool display behind Paul!
That's definitely a shop any woodworker indeed would envy!!
Patience, and precision supports Paul's passion! I attempt to think this way when working.
Video quality is top notch. I learn so much from watching your videos. Keep up the good work. Have a blessed day.
Hi Paul, I just wanted to say I have become fascinated with all of your videos. I find your passion and skill inspirational, and I hope that one day I can use these techniques to develop a fraction of your skill. Thank you for continuing to make these videos, nothing else comes close to the quality and instruction you provide. If ever you think that these videos have no purpose, I hope you realise that in a major way, you are having such a positive influence the lives of a lot of people, and many will be thinking these things without posting them. Thank you!
oh Paul, you make everything seem so easy . thanks for sharing your knowledge
Thanks to Paul one has been in my tool box for years and has helped me draw dovetails correctly....
BRAVO Master Sellers!!! I am DEFinitely going to make one of these! Thank you sooooo MUCH for showing everything in close detail, and explaining every single move. That is the only way I can learn things. GOOD JOB!!!
Just stumbled across this video again, made one of these a couple of years ago. Still in use, and used heavily the last couple of weeks for Christmas gifts. Wonderful aid, made out of scrap oak flooring I had laying around.
Thank you, Paul! I'm starting into woodworking, and since I don't know anyone who does it... at all... except with expensive power tools, your videos have given me the knowledge and confidence to try it on my own! This is a wonderful video, and I look forward to making my own template! In fact, I always look forward to trying the things you teach me!
Thank you Paul I learn so much by watching you.
Just followed along and made one. Thank you very much! Excellent videos. Clear instruction. Best on CZcams
Thank you, sir... You are a worldly treasure. I love watching and learning from your videos.
I just attempted to make my first template at 66 years of age. Never did woodwork. I realized the block preparation is crucial. I will attempt another. I used 3/4 square stock.
First I learned to hone my chisel sharpening skills which needs more improvement. They are sharp as needed. Learned to sharpen before anything else.
Paul you remind me of a shop teacher when I was in middle school.
Great channel
I have no doubt at all that you are the number one master ,in the world, at setting free all those beautiful things hidden in all the wood you touch
Thank you for taking the time to explain and show the woodwooker around the world how to do it. And maybe I can learn to be good at woodworking some day.
The quality of your videos is improving every day! Keep up the amazing work. And thanks for the knowledge you share.
Thanks, Paul. I saw you use this a while back and asked at the time to show how you made it. Love it.
Just made one a week ago before this video from your post on your blog. Works really nice, and got the chanse to make it in mezquite.
simple, effective, useful. and only costs the cost of a scrap of timber on the floor. nice job.
I remember this - this was the first time I ever heard about Paul Sellers a long time ago - I wanted to know how to cut a dovetail so that I could fix a draw that had broken at home. They were bad but they worked the dovetails still hold and anyway no one can see them. Thanks, Mr Sellers I have learnt something from you that I will be teaching my son soon.
Just finished making mine Paul. Thank you for instruction video
Thanks Paul, your template was one of the first tools I made.
Your videos offer me all the knowledge on woodworking that I never knew I needed. Thank you for the great content.
Indeed. I'd love to be able to afford his book, I bet it's fascinating.
Neffers his book on workbenches is awesome! Lots of good info and no nonsense methods. I know his workbench book was free for me to read with Amazon prime. Maybe there’s another source for you to read it free if you don’t have prime 🤷🏻♂️
The other day I cut my finger with a chisel, I smiled because I'm finally starting to sharpen them properly.
I've built my first ever workbench In my apartment, and I have my first tiny workshop there, your channel was a huge inspiration for this, I'm finally working towards doing something that I like as long as college gives me the time to do so.
Thank you for your contribution to the world, you are an inspiration and a role model to me, have a great weekend!
Cutting yourself on tools happen more often when they're sharp but not sharp enough. The reason is that when they're not ultra-sharp, they catch and then break through at a higher speed that you don't control. If truly sharp, it's smooth motions all the way, whether there's resistance or not.
That said, these days I tend to only cut myself when honing, riding the bevel against the stone with my fingertip for that perfect edge, and cutting my fingertips on the burr. But that's not deep enough to bleed, so I'm good with that.
I need to keep sharpening then! haha thanks have a great week!
Don't fret buddy, my apartment 'workshop' is a semi-circle of 1.5m radius. This space accommodates my homemade workbench with built-in table saw, a bench-top drill press, router table and a chip/dust collection cyclone that connects to the domestic vacuum cleaner. As it happens though, I use mostly hand tools, because of the noise issues. You'll be surprised how much you can achieve in such a small space with a little ingenuity! And yes, Mr. Sellers was my inspiration too. This man deserves a knighthood for services to the nation!
Nice! I have a square, 1.30 by 2.80 meters, no power tools, just a corded drill. The problem I am having however is with the noise, I'm looking into mats or something to place under the workbench 'cause every time I use chisels or hammers the sound is heard very loudly across the floor (it's a tile floor) and it makes me uncomfortable, don't want to disturb the neighbors.
I'm getting there though, right now I just finished making a sanding block and I'm looking into making something to hold my tools on the wall, it's starting to get messy haha.
I have a tiled floor too - I use an off-cut of some heavy, rubber-backed industrial carpet (from the local DIY store) UPSIDE-DOWN. That is, fibres on the tiles. It's just big enough for both the bench and me to stand on, so the bench doesn't move when I'm planing etc. However, I can slide it around on the tiles when needed.
Thank you so much for the walk through , I can do that finally cause now I understand how it works, your a legend sir and I wanna thank you for all your free videos and demos , dad's like me with little funds really use this information to still be able to study the craft , thanks a ton
I didn’t read the wood grain on my first piece. Resulted in the wood breaking off when working with the chisel. Second attempt was successful and now in use. A lesson learned.
Thanks Paul your help on my dovetail cutting has helped me do much
Paul is simply a super smart craftsman.
Hi there Paul I been following all your projects you are a true craftsman.
My Grandfather was a woodwork Craftsman sow it's something that you been born with, many thanks for you dovetail explanation I have managed to make my one dovetail jig many Bertus from South Africa stay under this Covid 19 pandemic.
Very nicely done. The subtitles work great. And all the little tricks are smart. I can use this in my class. Thank you
Greetings from Holland.
Simple, elegant and perfect.
I squared up a piece of walnut and tried as best I could to follow Paul's excellent instructions to create the dovetail template, but it did not pass the 'eyeball' test. I was able to draw the proper lines and everything looked fine until I completed the saw cuts. The eye can discern things that do not look right but I had to take the combination square and the sliding bevel to examine where I was off. Several of my edges had humps of valleys that required extra chiseling, shaving until all surfaces were true and square with no gaps in the measuring tools. Now it is fine and I look forward to making my first handcut dovetails. Absolutely love your videos, especially the sharpening chisels and restoring hand planes.
I made one of these tonight. Laid out some practice dovetails. The template is great! I started sawing and chopping. Remember kids, always mark your waste pieces lol omg
A little late to the game, but I started late this afternoon with a lump of walnut and ended it just before dinner with a dovetail template. Lovely, relaxing, satisfying way to spend some time, albeit a little more of it than it took Paul!
I'm definitely building one of these, thanks Paul!
What can I say? Thank you! True lessons from honest hands. Thank you as always,
-CY Castor
We missed you!!
Hi there from Portugal,
Nice info as always :D
Obrigado(Thanks) Master +Paul Sellers and team
Very cool, thank you Mr. Sellers.
I could listen to paul say "perfect" all day
Thank for yours videos, I appreciate su much. Best regards from Mexico City.
Thank you for the shared knowledge!
I just made this yesterday and I can’t wait to try it out! Unfortunately there is a bird’s nest right next to my last scrap wood stack so I need to go and get some new wood to practice on while they nest in peace. The hardest part for me was trying to create a small perfectly square block first without any power tools. Good practice but I wasn’t 100% successful.
Hello Paul, Nice topic... Your videos are great here in Brazil....
1 in 7 is between 1 and 6 & 1 and 8
I’m dying
Well I didn't have any offcuts in a decent size but I did have some 5mm thin stock so I trimmed down to about 30mm wide, made 4 saw cuts and laminated one together. Lovely, hard maple and sapele, almost looks too nice to use.
always a good video very good instruction
Awesome tool very useful.
thanks for the demo
you save my life mr paul... really, thanks for the wisdom, i'm sure I use' for all my story... xaman say it! REMEMBER
Brilliant craftsman ship as ever. Ian UK subscriber
thanks Paul,I am going to make one now
wow i like it so much. Thanks
Thanks. Very helpful.
Paul is great
gonna make one right away
Thank you very much, that's fantastic :)
Mr. Sellers, do you ever do meet and greets in the states? You've inspired me to begin woodworking. I've bought your book and think it's probably the best read out there.
Thank you.
We are planning to have a meet and greet in the future.
Verry good 😊
Preach! 👏🏽
Hi Paul! Greetings from Tunisia :) I started woodworking watching your videos and others. I was wondering if it was fine to make a mortise in an angle to the grain. Thank you Sir you have been a great teacher to me.
Most certainly you can angle a mortise .Check out Mitch Peacock's channel.
I love your videos! Where can I get bench clamps like yours? Thank you so much for the videos!!
Hi Ted. You may find Paul's blog post informative if you wish to have a look here. paulsellers.com/2015/11/a-clamp-in-time/ - Team Paul-
Nice video ;)
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Awesome video. Subscribing.
Well that just saved me $40. Thanks Mr. Sellers
Why $40. You can buy a pair of aluminium ones for $20.
Hey Paul,
I would like to ask, what type of wood do you recommend?
I’ve been trying with an Ash blank I had laying around, but hav not been the results I feel are acceptable for this template. I’ve been struggling with the cleaning and chiseling of the finish surfaces do to the density of the ash. Let me know your thoughts.
P.S. I really enjoy your channel. You take the time so beginners such as myself can venture woodworking and get good source information for technique. Thank you so much
I must say I entirely agree with Paul .1:7 is a great looking ratio and is really the only one you need . There is too much piddling around with different ratios to my mind.Unless it is for historic purposes . I see nothing wrong with cutting dovetails of different sizes all by eye and no templates.
Please make a Q&A again!
Thank you. I was wondering where to get one of those ?
Hi Paul! Can you make video about diy wise/poor man wise?
Any reason for not using the router to clean the 'tenons'? I know that the surface is small, but i think you could let the tenons a little longer to give the router some extra support, and shorten them at the end. This is a technique that I learned from you (I am pretty much sure).
Thank you again Don Jackson Remington Magnum
I want to build a small toy chest using plywood and dovetails. What pin angles on 3/4 inch plywood should I use. I was thinking it would be 24 inches in height. Any tips ? Thank you for your videos . I have learned so much from following you.
Using that router as a marking gauge makes this tool look very similar to Japanese high end marking gauges. I own a couple and they work great just like the lines you drew across that piece so flawlessly. It is very interesting to me that how great minds of wood crafts on two separate continents thousands of miles apart thought so much alike.
Hi Paul :)
What do you do with the rest of the dove... I plucked it and it still doesn't work plz hlp!,,!!
Do you have a video showing how to use the dovetail template
Hello Paul, how do you make one of them scraper's? By the way i love the video's keep up the good work.
Good question kenny 69. Is this a homemade tool or one that is purchased? Was just about to research it.
You can make them from a saw blade...
Don't ruin an antique or a quality handsaw though, but a modern industrial electro-hardened teethed one makes a great donor for such things!
Once they're dull, you can't do very much else with those!
(Or you can buy a scraper)
To sharpen, file then stone the edges to a good 90°, and once that's done, use a hard smooth burnishing tool, a screwdirver shaft would do, to turn the edge, to make it form a microscopic hook/blade...
You do this by first runing the burnisher along the 90° flat you just "sharpened" then by inclining it a bit more each pass...
No need to go overboard though!
I bet paul has good videos on this!
You can buy them depending on where you live. They are called card scrapers. Bahco, Narex, Crown, Clifton, and Irwin all make card scrapers.
If you have an old saw, many of those can be cut up to make scrapers as well.
You'll need to learn how to sharpen and use them. Go to his website, www.woodworkingmasterclasses.com, and I believe the instructional videos are free. You just have to sign up for a free account.
Here i am thinking: wait why is he doing it with pencil and not marking knifes, that cant be accurate. And then he freehands two perfect straigth parralel lines on a angeled piece of wood that he hold freely in his other hand. Like what.... Amzing template, will recreate.
Now to make ten different sizes and pitches.
Dear Sir Sellers
I am interested in some of your carpentry books, but on Amazon they tell me that they are not available. Could you tell me where I can get them?
I live in Mexico and am a beginner in woodworking.
mr. paul do you have pdf instructions on how to make your dove tail templates
It would be nice to show how to use it.
People should reffer to razors as "Paul Sellers' chisel sharp".
para que serve esta peça que vc vez
1 in 7 is between 1 in 6 and 1 in 8! 😄
what wood would be better to use for this template? would oak be good enough, or it should be something harder?
Yan Dyshkalps oakbis good nice n hard
I find oak likes to split in weird ways. Maple may be more forgiving.
Saw wont split wood lol
Mr. Sellers would it be possible to purchase a dovetail jig from you? It would truly be an honor to own something from a "Master-Craftsman" as you....
I'm sure that if you're good enough to make dovetails, you're good enough to make one of these yourself