Master cabinetmaker Frank Klausz cut dovetails with two bowsaws in less than three minutes. See more of this technique done "The European Way" here: • Dovetails for Drawers ...
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@anthonysmalawipredators87945 жыл бұрын
"Don't force it, just get a bigger hammer!"
@chrischaral11457 жыл бұрын
There is nothing like this gentleman - artist of woodworking.Thank you sir.
@HacknBuild7 жыл бұрын
That was amazing, I'd be spending my first three minutes planning out how to measure everything!
@PeterPasieka6 жыл бұрын
I have a feeling he's made more dove tails in an hour than I've seen videos about dove tails in my entire life... That was good...
@jesse_cole7 жыл бұрын
I guess you really can do a dovetail in 3 minutes... just add about 60 years of practice.
@Megahertzs4 жыл бұрын
That is exactly what I was thinking...
@HiltownJoe3 жыл бұрын
@@greghay3709 a functional joint. Not allways do you need something to look nice, but sometimes you need to make something fast. Making something just good enough as fast as possible is a valuable skill.
@ared18t3 жыл бұрын
He has a saw that has a bend in it to make it cut horizontal inside the dovetails.
@teaCupkk2 жыл бұрын
@@greghay3709 He accomplished working dovetails without braking a sweat and wasting half a day. The economy of gestures, the efficiency of his method and tools is what we like. I say his method, but really, you just witnessed a piece of history. It is the old way cabinet makers used to knock out quick dovetails for the out of sight bits of furniture, or furniture that was only meant to be functional, rather than good looking. They were perfectly capable of making neat dovetails, but only put in the effort where it was warranted.
@jazzman16262 жыл бұрын
Check out the Queen Anne chest of drawers he made with a carved seashell on the front. Absolutely superb skills!
@ryanmaly3 жыл бұрын
"if it's too tight, don't force it...just get a bigger hammer" has always been my motto. It's also the reason I will never be able to dovetail like this master.
@MakeSomething10 жыл бұрын
This is why I love Frank!
@pjmd201010 жыл бұрын
Just great job. Maybe one day
@BillSchimmer10 жыл бұрын
Of course I can do that. I saw it KZbin once.
@Quantiples3 жыл бұрын
The guy recording him says he sucks.
@mmanut10 жыл бұрын
Frank is the best. No one comes close. Fascinating to watch. Over 25 yrs ago I bought tapes with him teaching hand woodworking. I wore the tapes out.
@monkeyboydesign4 жыл бұрын
I think this is the best demo I have ever seen
@CMRWoodworks10 жыл бұрын
Wow that was awesome! I wasn't expecting him to pull out some huge frame saws.
@Offshoreorganbuilder7 жыл бұрын
When you look at the finished job, it's actually a bit rough. However, the glue (scotch glue) would take care of a lot of that, by filling in the small gaps and certainly the paint would. As he said, " ... a paint-grade job." (In one workshop, I was told that, if the joints were a bit rough, the answer was, "Get out the tin of 5/8 paint.") This is a fascinating video, and shows how, in the past, craftsmen could 'knock out' dovetail joints in super short times. Another point to make, for those who don't know, is that dovetail joints are *not* a way to show off your craftsmanship (though they can be) but are a practical and simple way to make a *strong* joint between two boards. One wheeze I have never seen before is the twisted saw blade. Excellent idea! (I'm going out to try it, right now. Maybe it will work with my fretsaw ...)
@frankpichardo52997 жыл бұрын
Offshoreorganbuilder It would take me a month to finish one tail, and it would still look bad, 😂
@dlwatib6 жыл бұрын
Actually, paint won't cover up workmanship like that. You're still going to see a crude dovetail joint under the paint. And if you try to glop on a heavier coat of paint to hide it and fill in voids, it's going to make the project look even worse. It makes me shudder to think about it. Take your time. Do it right the first time. Be proud of your work.
@chrish2676 жыл бұрын
dlwatib hater
@TheLunnyBear6 жыл бұрын
Great point on how it's a quick way for a very strong joint. I see a lot of old furniture come and go where I work,. One of the things I notice is very sloppy, rough looking dovetail joints on drawers, yet they are extremely strong still after decades of use.
@jcows126 жыл бұрын
dlwatib lol Youre missing the point....
@richcollins34906 жыл бұрын
If l hadn't seen it with my eyes I wouldn't have believed it, absolutely incredible!
@androidgameplays4every135 жыл бұрын
It's a joke, it looks like crap.
@richnfamous596 жыл бұрын
that's a great trick with the bow saw - twisting the blade. thankyou!
@joeb53585 жыл бұрын
Love this guy. Old World Charm. 3 min.! Call Guinness!
@jessekoch34809 ай бұрын
He does not suck he is a craftsman. Pay your respect to these talent individuals for they have spent decades perfecting it.
@SnausageKing8 ай бұрын
It’s said in love and with no small amount of jealousy for his skills
@lancemcque14598 жыл бұрын
This guys is a dovetail NINJA!
@avrahamgoldberg97313 жыл бұрын
He's a wizard!
@beauxtx195910 жыл бұрын
When he gets to heaven, he'll show God how to make dovetails. He's my hero. So fluid, so graceful. What a talent!!
@samlsn10 жыл бұрын
How in tarnations did he get that blade to wrap under for the horizontal cuts in one stroke? I feel like I just watched a magician pull a rabbet(yep) out of a hat
@craftycub7 жыл бұрын
i was looking at that too! crazy. looks like thats what the knobs are for on the end. the blade is vertical on one end and then twists to horizontal towards the back of the blade. i will have to try that. really awesome!
@dan__________________7 жыл бұрын
The blade has a twist.
@csozoli6 жыл бұрын
The blade is vertical and has no teeth on it in the first 5 or so inches and then a light turn and the blade have teeth and its horizontal. Its not the knobs that do the job, yeah you can turn a simple narrow blade with the knobs but it will ruin the blade. the knobs are for overall adjusting, if u turn one knob u have to turn the other and so on,
@joewilson22716 жыл бұрын
This may be the first comment I've ever thumbsed up on a KZbin video. I've had this account for 8 years... You deserve it
@Brakken995 жыл бұрын
It did seem like a magic trick the way he does it so quickly and confidently... after slowing the vid down and seeing how his blade was adjusted in the framing saw I realized the same could be done by adjusting a cheapo coping saw which works great. I made it a touch better by filing down the first 1/4th of the saw blades to aid in the twist-cut to get the horizontal going. It's an amazing technique by an old school master. Thanks to Frank!
@1Jaz5d9 жыл бұрын
Had to watch this twice! Still can't believe it, gonna watch it again...
@hmarillejla77 жыл бұрын
Like this no fuss no gadgets no nothing just simple perfection.
@gailjohnson3544 Жыл бұрын
I love your work and how you keep it simple. I wish you were my dad and I would be next to you as you teach me the whats and the hows.
@Blackrain4xmas6 жыл бұрын
sigh, just unbelievable INCREDIBLE
@scottdingwall45793 жыл бұрын
A true master craftsman 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
@youcantouchgrasstoo3 жыл бұрын
Hot damn. True king of dovetails.
@glen-ozzstarscars847410 жыл бұрын
Practice makes perfect, Frank knows what he'd doing! Cool video, thanks
@mbartslife8 жыл бұрын
I like how you setted up your tools :)
@ErikBongers3 жыл бұрын
I'm currently creating half a dozen drawers with dovetails for a cabinet in my workshop, so no perfection needed. So, I came to take another look at this video for, ahum...inspiration.
@tornadokat4 жыл бұрын
How many people who have done dovetails giggle when they get to the end of this video like the guy behind the camera? I watched all these videos of people using jigs and making them look so perfect with routers and thought naw I'm sticking with box joints then saw this one and thought oh ya! Paint grade, makes perfect sense! If I'm going to paint it then quick and a little rough works fine... sand it, paint it, looks perfect!
@markspc16 жыл бұрын
Wow, absolutely incredible !
@seaviewjim10 жыл бұрын
Awesome a word that gets bandied about a lot on here for very little reason but that is truly awesome !
@nev1231231232 жыл бұрын
Amazing even the tools he uses are different
@Ed196015 жыл бұрын
Ok, I am officially impressed
@garygarrett17 жыл бұрын
Those have to be the sharpest saws in history of saws! dang.
@TheHibener7 жыл бұрын
Experience _does_ matter - nice to see :-)
@purestjudgement16246 жыл бұрын
His skill level is over 9000.
@Lazasakh7 жыл бұрын
I pushed subscribe immediately after this video! )
@hudsonriverlee7 жыл бұрын
Frank this video is Sic. Lol. Just Sic. The saw, good grief, just a fun and informative video to watch.
@gerardopulus229 жыл бұрын
Maestro sin palabras
@sammarks54476 жыл бұрын
Outstanding old timer!!!
@postholedigger87264 жыл бұрын
Why do the producers of instructional videos add distracting music?
@StevenLarkin7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this... especially in the day of there is a jig for everything
@jannekaukiainen147110 жыл бұрын
Whaaaat! Just awesome!
@jacindroid95347 жыл бұрын
I can only say WOW!!!
@lbhunter63412 жыл бұрын
Oh for a day with Frank Klausz...difficult it would be to find time better spent...
@dougjones49872 жыл бұрын
Thats awesome..
@SolveEtCoagula932 жыл бұрын
Made my day! LOL
@COD_ben7 жыл бұрын
Gosh, What am I doing with my life lol this guys amazing
@dansilecchia73554 жыл бұрын
Smoke and mirrors!!! Nice Job, Nice sharp tools! Bueno!
@joejamesmonroe18548 жыл бұрын
VERY impressive Frank!!! A TRUE MASTER. What kind of blades do you have on those bow/turning saws? Thanks Frank
@DanielStarbuck10 жыл бұрын
Dang, not bad at all, i cant get set up to cut in the time it takes him to do it all, although my shed/workshop is tiny and if i hold my body the wrong way i knock a pile of junk over haha
@tater09095 жыл бұрын
Love these videos. Would love to work and learn!
@randolphwhitworth83028 жыл бұрын
you're awesome Sir!!!
@cayetanodomingueztoro79634 жыл бұрын
UN TRABAJO ESTRAORDINARIO. FELICIDADES.
@brianpatmore84182 жыл бұрын
Wow !
@111violist6 жыл бұрын
I must confes, I watch his with nose on the screen. He is magician.....lot of fun.
@mutegenic6 жыл бұрын
Went full Gepetto on that one
@RogiervanReekum4 жыл бұрын
True love.
@thomasdickson356 жыл бұрын
That saw he uses for cleaning the waste out is amazing. Somehow that blade turns that corner and cuts crazy fast. What is it?
@ionutzstoica2 жыл бұрын
i guess the dents are horizontals om the blade and at the handling the blade itself is narower
@romanjohnston2 жыл бұрын
Looks like you have done this once or twice! (comment made before the end of the video)
@frontlinediy18142 жыл бұрын
Jesus man knows his business
@pinkeye005 жыл бұрын
Making dovetails from around the corner with those saws
@buxtra4 жыл бұрын
Aproximately? Pretty tight I guess! A router? A dovetail template? Precision saw? Now for sale on Ebay...
@dmgaul19667 жыл бұрын
I think I need a bigger hammer!!! Fun video.
@ManhattanWoodProject10 жыл бұрын
Wow, that's incredible! Is it possible to have too much experience? :)
@rsauve9998 жыл бұрын
Amazing!
@peterlucas67322 жыл бұрын
60 years of practice culminating in 3 minute dovetails.
@manny755864 жыл бұрын
Most videos on the topic on KZbin take 5 minutes just trying to decide which saw to use.
@Suicidekings_2 жыл бұрын
That's not 3 minutes, that's decades upon decades of experience required to Master that.
@PilotJames34 жыл бұрын
Lol. That was great! You crazy!
@stevecathrynlarkin55077 жыл бұрын
super cool!!!
@ovlety7 жыл бұрын
wow, amazing!
@primalfury20115 жыл бұрын
Wow. Holy gap Ville.you COULD fit the titanic thru that
7 жыл бұрын
Kick ass!
@qigong10018 жыл бұрын
Rob Cosman just deuced his pants.
@andrewaustin69417 жыл бұрын
Slap Stick Actually rob did a video response to this one eight or nine years ago lol. He did a perfect not a "paint grade" dovetail in 3:40
@738polarbear3 жыл бұрын
@@andrewaustin6941 Yes he did . It was much better quality.
@bernd.b62884 жыл бұрын
Great 🙌
@adamchristopher20007 жыл бұрын
Brilliant :-)
@aravindavetrivelu885510 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thought this is another one of those videos with misleading titles.
@monkeyboydesign4 жыл бұрын
were you expecting real doves?
@StavrosGakos7 жыл бұрын
"once maby twice" :)
@jonasdaverio93694 жыл бұрын
You there! No surprise, haha! I'm a sub, by the way, I really like what you do
@ConnectionRefused4 жыл бұрын
"You suck Frank...you absolutely suck" - LOL...my thoughts exactly. ...now to go figure out where I can buy one of those twisty frame saws
@justboty2k812 жыл бұрын
Its interesting - but it also looks like a three minute dovetail :D
@thekchile6 жыл бұрын
Man, it would take me longer to join that with screws, it would be funny to see him race against someone using pocket holes
@salsaybachata.clchile71703 жыл бұрын
Wow
@bengrahamart Жыл бұрын
It’s almost like he has done this before. 👽
@ironmantooltime4 жыл бұрын
🙌
@ginosmovies6 жыл бұрын
Eh Frank , Have a beer! LMAO!
@dulcimoredan7 жыл бұрын
WOW!!!
@acerjuglans3832 жыл бұрын
Is that your biggest saw?
@PBS-nm1uu3 жыл бұрын
an explanation would be nice
@cem66627 жыл бұрын
all respect for you. worship worship worship
@robertchurchill34854 ай бұрын
Where would someone even find those thpes of saws"??
@jerrywhidby.5 жыл бұрын
I want to know how the blade went from vertical to horizontal.
@kurtgraber67185 жыл бұрын
Me too!! I watched it again and still cant figure it out...Trickery!!!!
@738polarbear3 жыл бұрын
I think khe was showing how fast he can cut the joint freehand with no measuring and no gauges or marking out . I have seen Franks quality work and it is flawless . Do people seriously think he does not know what he did ? Get a bigger hammer . Ha ha ha .
@andrewgarratt51917 жыл бұрын
😁👍🏽😁👍🏽Ok so apparently if I get a bow saw and a turning saw....there is no reason in the world to buy any other saw then right !?!?? 😁
@a0flj05 жыл бұрын
Not bow saw. Bow saws are awful, useful only when you cut branches off trees. These are frame saws. I know some people don't make the distinction, but there's a huge difference in handling.
@przybyla4204 жыл бұрын
That saw is awesome, and totally ingenious. But it won’t help you with perfectly fitting dovetails. It is for rougher work as the Master says, a relic from the days when dovetails weren’t a fancy thing and were cut all the time for everyday objects (because metal was expensive, labor cheap and the joint is strong).
@przybyla4204 жыл бұрын
The reason it won’t help is because it can’t really make that impossible corner perfectly. You have to chisel. Two tricks for removing the waste between tails: 1) drill a hole down in the corner by your baseline for a coping saw (select a proper blade) to pass through. 2) make a few extra saw cuts with your back saw through this waste, so it can be chiseled out easier. If you have a bandsaw and it’s not too awkward to hold the work on the table, you can also hog away almost all of it that way.
@spayced2 жыл бұрын
One benefit of the large rectangular size helps you visually square up the cut. It's easier to saw straight and plumb because the huge size makes it so obvious.
@asoac6 жыл бұрын
Frank, what type of blade did you use to make the horizontal cuts?
@cat5dookie15 жыл бұрын
Thats a homemade coping saw. you can get the parts at gramercy tools
@raftom44547 жыл бұрын
Holy fucking shit.
@anniiket6 жыл бұрын
Amazing! How do you sharpen your saws? Do you have a video for that? If not, it would certainly help us.
@a0flj05 жыл бұрын
These saws are in act quite easy to sharpen. I don't know the name of the tool, but there is a tool that makes it easy to bend teeth to the right angle. Other than that, you only need a triangular file. As far as I can tell, they were the precursor of the electric band saw. You can do most of what you can do with a band saw with them, only manually.
@dougjones49872 жыл бұрын
@@a0flj0 a saw set
@a0flj02 жыл бұрын
@@dougjones4987 Thanks.
@raccoon60724 жыл бұрын
I would not be surprised if he was the third+ generation of a woodworkersfamily (or a Tischlerfamilien?)