Month: September 2011

Today I took a class at the local woodcraft on cutting hand cut dovetail.  I had tried cutting dovetails on my own with less than desirable results.  Admittedly I had tried with a dozuki, and I never could get a good feel for that saw.  For this class, I decided to bite the bullet and buy a Veritas 14TPI dovetail saw, which I used today.  It was money well spent!  With a few minor exceptions, even though they had their tools out for us to use, I used my own tools.  This was important to me as these would be the tools I would be using in my shop, I would be using to learn with.

The class was three hours long, but by the end of the class, I had made a solid joint.  The gaps, while there, are small, and with some additional practice, I feel I am on the way to make solid dovetails!  The photo shows the end results of today’s class.