A helping hand with handcut dovetails

nice tight joints, and great articles ! thanks for posting and sharing those, they are a great resource to have

-- ㊍ When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

And he did it all with a man powered hand drill ! ;-)

Cool stuff dude !

Great information, Derek, and beautiful work, as always.

-- Mitch, http://furnitude.blogspot.com Also blog at http://www.craftsy.com/blog/author/mitch-roberson/

Thanks for the articles. They are very informative and a great resource on dovetailing. Outstanding work.

-- Michael Mills, North Carolina, http://www.scicaskets.com

those dovetails look sweet. I love the narrow pins you can only get handcut.

Great looking dovetails, and thanks for the links to check out…

Thanks for sharing

-- Scotty - aka... SgtSnafu - Randleman NC

Thanks for the links. Very timely for me!

-- "The only limits to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today." - FDR

Derek, after having watched a hundred or more videos and teaching on HCDT’s, it seems so easy to spot errors in the teachings. However, I have to say that from ALL of your links, you have your process down good. I even gleened a few things myself. In particular, chamfering a fence for the saw for ALL the tails. I had only been doing it for the outermost edge cut. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

-- Backer boards, stop blocks, build oversized, and never buy a hand plane--

Great information Derek. Many thanks.

-- Andy - Old Chinese proverb says: "If you think something can't be done, don't interrupt man who is doing it."