Session 105 - English: Dovetail Joinery with Origin + Workstation

With Shaper Origin, cutting dovetails has never been easier - regardless of your stock dimensions, bit selection, or joint design.
Tune-in as we demonstrate our best tips for several styles of dovetail, including half-blind dovetails and joints with unequal spacing.
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[@gooseisloosewoo]

So useful, thanks to everyone involved, particularly Robert Bieber who is clearly a coding wizard to build the generator and also very generous to host it for public use.

[@larryk6330]

Met you guys at the FWW event a few weeks back and I got some great info and tips in some great one-on-ones. Thank you. Having said that, THIS is the tool I've been looking for to do half blind dove tails in drawers. The App is awesome and the finished product is adaptable to pretty much any drawer size. As Jake would say; "Wow! Wow wow wow!!!"

[@flatlander523]

13.5mm "Well that explains a lot" from Jake was hilarious🤣. I wish you would have put the web site for the dovetail generator.

[@jeffsmith8836]

I’m a member of the Syskiou Woodcraft Guild in southern Oregon and northern California. We have a few members that have a Shaper and I want to at some point get a group together to share ideas and techniques.

[@kiwdwks]

Appreciate all the effort that you do for Shaper Sessions...thank you!

[@guybales4513]

Fantastic! Could you provide the link to the dovetail generator? I don't see it pined to the video and I don't see it in shaper hub either.

[@Shapertools]

Absolutely! We recommend dovetails.bieber.dev

[@BdwyMTI]

@@Shapertools Found the link independently, but don't see how to link what it generates to the Origin? What am I missing?

[@GrizzCraftCustoms]

@@BdwyMTI download the file and then upload that download to your shaperhub acct files.

[@moderntouchfurniture]

Looking for reasons to buy a Shaper, great videos, I'm Subscribed.

[@Shapertools]

Let us know what you'd like to see to tip the scale! :)

[@ken-ed5by]

You guys should do a split screen to show the cutter and the screen at the same time.

[@ocrrhbow]

I try to take two to three classes a year. Mostly at the FL School of Woodworking in Tampa and I am also a member of two local woodworking clubs that meet monthly.

[@jimpeterson3633]

That was awesome. Thank you

[@tracksterful]

Does this end the 'start with tails' discussion?

[@user-tm8tm6qf2c]

Very impressive!

[@rlevitta]

Why can’t you add the additional .004 to the base dimension so that you don’t have to cut a second time?

[@GrizzCraftCustoms]

Shaper needs to dev a Origin dovetail extension that has onboard design AND a safety for user-retraction of the bit inside the dovetail (prevent). Even better if it isn't an extra $$$$$ extension. Also, using the connected caliper is a great idea- but Shaper needs to make a interfaced caliper (or other measuring device) that is greater than 8 inches. E.g., use the 1/4 shank to reference off of one side and then the other- Origin should be able to measure the distance between the two points?

[@fernandosantana271]

I didn't get a chance to copy the address for the dovetail tool. Can you share it here? Thank you.

[@flatlander523]

Same here.

[@geraldrollins6331]

I have downloaded the files from the new dovetail generator and can see the custom anchor. But the custom anchor isn’t active when trying to place it at 0,0. . Sometimes the custom anchor triangle is red and sometimes it isn’t red. Any ideas?

[@lenkuffert7428]

50:07 Second question on this video! Could this cut be done with Plate instead of this somewhat elaborate jig?

[@FunnyName85]

I love the new program for creating dovetails. It is way easier than F360. The one thing that I am struggling on is a double dovetail. Does anyone have a simple way or formula for putting into the new program?

[@SuperMusicman7]

How do I access the dovetail generator

[@user-tm8tm6qf2c]

Could’nt you folks program the DT routine so that there is a teachavble location to raise and lower the DT cutter safely?

[@steveh8724]

That's an interesting suggestion. I also wonder whether it would be possible to indicate somehow how far away from the board you can move toward the user while still keeping the dovetail bit clear of the metal workstation support bar. One complication with the 'safe zone' for raising the DT bit is that the bit will also auto lift if the router encounters certain levels of force beyond what is 'normal'. This action will happen no matter where the bit happens to be at the time.

[@lenkuffert7428]

30:39 Gents, are the dimensions you talk about here (25 and 122.4 mm) the distance from the left edge to the centre of each pin? That’s my guess, but I’ve been wrong plenty.

[@Simon.in.Ireland]

Wow, really useful. PS You guys look more like twins every episode 🙂

[@Mike-dy8bq]

I think they look more like the Hall and Oates of woodworking😂😂