How to Cut Tapered Sliding Dovetails by Hand
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- čas přidán 18. 03. 2021
- Lately I'm on a mission to encourage other woodworkers to hone their chisel skills a lot more. The chisel is the most powerful tool in the shop with no limits to what it can do. So when I heard a podcast lately saying that you need to have a dovetail plane to make a tapered sliding dovetail I had to show that not only do you not need a specialty plane but the chisel is the more efficient and accurate tool to use.
Want to see the untapered version of the sliding dovetail? I have a video on that too: • Sliding Dovetails by Hand
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Excellent demonstration, very clear narration. You're an natural teacher. Thanks!
There is something really powerful in overcoming the "well I can't do that until I have this tool mentality". It really is all about making a line and then getting rid of the wood on the proper side of that line in any way you have available.
I've got a really awkward set of constraints, mostly from being poor, low space and tool money means I need to use hand tools and being a renter means any furniture I make needs to come apart and flat pack for moving. techniques and videos like this are a god send.
This channel should be called Woodworking with Chevy Chase. Great work!
This is the best how-to on hand made sliding dovetails I’ve ever seen. Thank you!
thanks for doing this.
Loved watching this. I don’t think many people get that there is a difference between sliding dovetail versus tapered dovetail. Going to see if you have a video on angled dovetails. Like in a splayed leg or base situation. Also please stop giving me reasons to buy more chisels. I already want the new Narex Richter chisels and have been holding back successfully.
Now for a little fun:
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Very nice: clearest presentation of this, I think. Thanks!
Shannon, i decided over a year ago I need a raised shelf on the back of my reloading bench to hold heavy tools like reloading presses. My sketches made me think I should have sturdy joinery for the middle uprights, and since the ends were to be made using hand cut dovetails, why not do sliding tapered dovetails for these uprights? I studied this video several times as I revised my plans! And a month ago I completed the project following your excellent method, and the 3 sliding dovetails form the case for 4 drawers. It was tremendously satisfying to build, and I couldn’t be more pleased with the results. Thank you for sharing your techniques so freely and so well. Your channel is a jewel among the plethora of woodworking channels on CZcams. 👍👍
congratulations
Amazing… I need to try this!
Love it when a plan comes together. I have been wanting to make sliding dovetails but didn't know only one side is beveled, I also need to make a saw guide. I was also thinking I needed a dovetail plane so yea thanks.
That's a really great tip about starting with the straight sliding before adding the taper. I can totally see how that would make the layout way easier
Very instructional. I'm taking away a couple of pointers for this joint, which I'll be using in an upcoming project. Thanks for the video!
Love the angled saw fence! Simple solution.
Very nice information thank you
Thanks so much! Learned a lot from just this one video
Thanks
Thanks, just what I was looking for to approach an ambitious project. Increasingly using you as a reference, since I too would like to move away from noisy machines. Thank you.
Bravo! A joy to see you work
This was on point! Now i need to cut some tapered sliding dovetails
I tried out a parallel sliding dovetail as a practice joint last week......like you eluded to I had the initial thought of "I need a dovetail plane to cut the male part".....I cut it with a chisel in the end basically the same way as you showed, it wasnt perfect like yours but I seen it could be done this way.....and this video has reinforced that in my mind.........Im gonna use a sliding dovetail now in a cabinet build that I have comin up :)
Thanks for this Shannon, whenever im stugglin with a technique using hand tools I always find inspiration in one of your videos, keep doing your thing Mo Chara :)
Mo Chara is Irish for "my friend" ........Shannon is a river in Ireland which could possibly be where your name comes from :)
Thank you! Enjoyed the video. Found the length good considering what you covered. Looking forward to more.
Great stuff.Shannon
perfect, just what I was looking for. Thanks, increasingly looking to you for guidance in the hand tool alternative to
Great instruction! Thank you!
top quality teaching!
I wish I had seen this three days ago! Great video!
Well done. Thank you very much
Your parallel layout first allows a check: if it's accurate, the socket width marked on the far side will match tail board thickness. If it does, it confirms all layout between. Now add taper with confidence.
GREAT INSTRUCTION!!!!!!!!!
Holy blue hue Batman! We're definitely not in the Matrix 😁😁
Looks like on the Pandora.It·s so blue~~~
great
Excellent presentation on the taper dovetail joint! Is this joint glued, pinned or key locked ever?
I went back to April of 2019 and your saw guide then was 12 degrees for case dovetails do you have multiple guides or just found 15 degrees more to your liking, Thanks for posting and sharing.
Outstanding Shannon.
thank you for the precious lesson. Why would you choose a tapered sliding dovetail instead a regular one? the aplication is the same
Frank Strazza has a good presentation on the subject and it's half as long. He's laying the joint out within the first minute of the video.
oh good I'll go watch that, I like Frank.
I am trying to gather all the terminology I can for woodworking and metal work as I teach adult education woodworking, and I am learning blacksmithing. Where did you hear the term "morton" cut? I enjoy your presentations.
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Thank you.
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Did you swap tapers? I think i saw the socket taper on left side while pin was tapered on right side.
Have you commented on the pros and cons of acute angle versus obtuse angle to act as the crosscut saw guides? I am interested in your choice to use an obtuse angle. I set up my guides as acute simply because I thought they would reliably have more surface area to be clamped upon and it would be better to observe the material while sawing. Also have you not considered another set of support guides for the chisels to trim the tapers, shimming one side to adjust for the taper. This angle block might be more essential with denser woods that don't allow for as much compression
In my untapered sliding dovetail video I do talk about my choice for the fence. My fence is actually set up acute because then it sits on the keep side of the line and if the saw should jump the kerf it can only do into the waste area of the dovetail. If set up obtuse then you would set it on the waste to make the undercutting angle and there is possibility to mar the workpiece if the saw shifts or jumps the kerf. I've used the same fence as a chisel paring block as well but have found that it is more work and not necessary as long as you have a good layout line to work to.
It's nice to see how you make the sliding dovetail, and it's a lot of work, easier to make a dovetail is with a dovetail plane, take a search for Grathobel, if you want ;-)
My chisel game needs work....
"some podcasts" 😂
My Goodness. I really wanted to learn how to do this but but you talk, and talk, then talk some more. But you never demonstrate so anyone can learn. SHOW HOW TO DO IT !!!
Which video did you watch, only question i have is if he tapered opposite.