The dovetail book Tools & techniques for mastering a classic woodworking joint
Book - 2024
The iconic dovetail is the king of woodworking joints; creating a beautiful, tightly fit dovetail corner ranks top among many woodworkers' bucket lists. Get your pins and tails straight with this must-have collection of techniques, instructions, jigs, and tips from Popular Woodworking. You'll expand your repertoire of tight-fitting dovetails from traditional to varieties such as sliding, housed, half-blind, compound, houndstooth, and more.
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- handbooks
Handbooks and manuals - Published
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Lancaster, PA :
Cedar Lane Press
[2024]
- Language
- English
- Item Description
- Includes index.
- Physical Description
- 167 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
- ISBN
- 9781950934942
- 1. Hand-Cut Dovetails
- Tools for Dovetailing
- Your First Hand-Cut Dovetails
- Frank Klausz on Learning to Cut Dovetails
- Dovetail Ruler Trick
- Dovetail Dilemma
- 4 Tips for Dovetailing by Hand
- Precise Hand-Cut Dovetails
- Tips to Avoid Dovetail Gaps
- Houndstooth Dovetails
- The Art of Making Dovetailed Drawers
- Tapered Sliding Dovetails
- Compound-Angle Dovetails
- Impossible Dovetails
- Mitered Dovetail Box
- Dovetail Station
- Shaker Tray with a Little Embellishment
- 2. Power-Cut Dovetails
- Bandsawn Dovetails
- Power-Assisted Half-Blind Dovetails
- Router Table Dovetails
- Sliding Dovetails with a Router
- Make a Sliding Dovetail at the Table
- Table Saw Dovetails
- How to Make Condor Tails
- Make a Drawer with a Half-Blind Jig
- 10 Tips for Using a Dovetail Jig
- Half-Blind Dovetails by Jig
- Contributors
- Manufacturers
- Index