SMART & EASY WAY for making Sliding Dovetails || Prevent table tops from warping

[@DsHardWoodCreations]

Never seen it done like that before. Thats what i love about our craft so many ways to get a job done.

[@wilcoxtube]

Now THAT is a technique that I have never seen. Now my wheels are turning! Thank you!

[@BauWoodworks]

Hehe great 🙌 Let me know how you like using it when you try it😉👍

[@martinkeith]

I have never before seen this method, and it's perfect! It will save me a ton of time worrying about breadboard ends that I no longer have to create! THANK YOU!!!

[@RFMongoose]

Very clever, I have been leaning towards the metal brackets for a table top because traditional sliding dovetails intimidate me. But this has changed my mind.

[@danbruno956]

Very clever. Thanks for sharing

[@BauWoodworks]

Thanks for watching, Dan 🤗

[@diegopadilla9327]

Awesome. Those sliding dovetails are beautiful man!

[@00schralf]

Nice, well done 👍 And yes: big shoutout to Dominik and his awesome videos! Cheers

[@BauWoodworks]

🤗👍

[@arisskarpetis]

That seems great. I will keep that in mind for two tables I will be making in a few months.

[@djeity]

What a terrific idea! I've wanted to use sliding dovetails to strong-back wide boards before but always been put off by the necessity for an edge detail. This solves that problem. Thanks very much!

[@BauWoodworks]

That's awesome David. Sounds like the same problem/concern as I had with this table 👍 Happy woodworking ✌️

[@robtripp9094]

This looks awesome! Have you made a video for the leg setup yet?

[@scottwebb3808]

This is amazing! How do you attach the rest of the trestle since top rail is fixed to the table? Mortise out the center?

[@knuckletherapyserveothersf6092]

Simply beautiful piece of work

[@dominikplouffe4191]

I have to admit, I really was septic about this. But turns out great! Beautiful work. Thank you.

[@BauWoodworks]

Well, I was skeptic, too when I first saw it. Glad I could convince you, too 😉 Let me know what you think when you try it out 😉👍

[@tjerkheringa937]

What an original idea! You can even simplify this further.

[@dominikzastrau7198]

Die Technik kannte ich zwar schon, aber sehr gut erklärt und ausgeführt! Daumen hoch dafür!

[@BauWoodworks]

Ja na da hast du bestimmt das Video deines Namensvetters schon gesehen 😉 Danke dir und schön, dass du trotzdem was mitnehmen konntest!

[@dominikzastrau7198]

@@BauWoodworks 😉 korrekt 👌

[@DominikRicker]

I‘m excited to see the final result. Love the details so far, guess the overall look will be awesome 💪

[@BauWoodworks]

Thanks mate 😀 Can't wait for that project to be finished, too. Over a year in the making already and another year of designing it. For sure my longest-taking project so far...

[@jerryspfs]

I haven't used this techniq for several years. This is a very good review as Iam about to replace my current desk with a floating table top.

[@alaricomanju7280]

Awesome idea. Well done.

[@BauWoodworks]

Thanks :)

[@anaphylaxis2548]

What a cool way to lock it in there! Love this.

[@BauWoodworks]

Hey Ana, yeah that method blew my mind, too! Try it, it is as cool as it looks 😉

[@docrumpel1260]

Very good video, perfectly explained! But even better is, that you uploaded more content the last couple of weeks after a long break 👍

[@BauWoodworks]

Thanks Doc 🤗 Yeah videos are coming weekly every Sunday from now on 😍

[@mariano_353]

Gonna try this method. Thanks. I have some doubts about the wax actually preventing the dovetail from getting glued to the tabletop. Did you have any issue with wood movement?

[@BauWoodworks]

You don't have to use much glue. If you want to be really sure you could even tape the areas with plastic tape (downside: you have a piece of plastic in your table, but, nobody except for me ;) is gonna know...)

[@howardsmith5474]

Wow, I was not expecting that. Nice work.

[@howardlaws5787]

Very nice, I like your easy presentation style

[@AJHDC]

quite clever!

[@BauWoodworks]

😀 *not my idea though

[@matthewingalls9130]

Beauty and function, I love it!

[@brianj6314]

Oh my god thank you i NEEDED this

[@BauWoodworks]

🤗😍

[@jaimegenovajr3257]

The video that I've been looking for! Thanks

[@laurenniolet7352]

Amazing. Thanks for this video!

[@NicoSmets]

That's a great technique/ Thanks for sharing.

[@BauWoodworks]

My pleasure. Thanks for watching 🤗🤗

[@myhoneyshandmade1077]

great technique. I need to do this to a table with an apron. how much does the dovetail need to extend from the table bottom? would 1-2 inches be enough ?

[@jameshuntley428]

Beautiful work.

[@TuomioK]

Thats really clever. I have gotten similar end result by necessity because I have used planers that arent wide enough for the whole table top anyway. So I just made really precise dowel joints between the planks. I routed the dove tail channel before gluing the planks and voila'! I could now slide the dovetail bar into one half of the table and then slide the rest of the table into the dovetail. Not that difficult. Dovetail hidden from the sides/ends.

[@jameskarwacki5802]

Very well done Sir.

[@dirdick43]

Very nicely done.

[@thomascristaldi9303]

Brilliant idea

[@themullenmarketwoodworking]

Wow, what a great idea! Thank you so much I will 100% be using this technique in the future.

[@1adam1967]

Thank you for this! I am going to subscribe!

[@simontayler2158]

Brilliant....a better way

[@thomasbraun2874]

Cool, baue gerade einen Couchtisch aus Eiche und möchte auch vermeiden, dass die Nut von der Seite zu sehen ist. Danke!

[@BauWoodworks]

Ahh dafür ist dann perfekt! Viel Erfolg und schick gerne mal ein Bild 🤗

[@ubdriller]

Excellent!!

[@CarlYota]

Ah, a ton of work making complicated joinery that nobody can ever see. It’s basically a microcosm of woodworking itself. 😂 I might just do a regular sliding dovetail all the way through on my table just so people can at least see the fancy work that went into it.

[@jairsouza7108]

Muito bom, bela idéia! 🇧🇷

[@BauWoodworks]

😀

[@feraligatrs]

Looks amazing thanks for the video! So is the grain direction for the wood that attached to the table supposed to stretch in a particular orientation? I'm assuming you want the grain to expand perpendicular to the table so it doesn't cause wood cracking within the dovetail slot?

[@Dunc2222]

Ingenious!

[@superpuppy7854]

Very cool. I'll definitely be stealing this from you. I wonder if pegging the boards together with some sort of wedge would avoid the need for the glue? Or perhaps some stringers running the length of the table could run through the dovetails and lock it all together. I'll need to play around with it. Thanks for posting this. You just gained a subscriber 👍

[@riaanfranzsen9499]

Oh wow!!!!

[@thomlipiczky9021]

Schon! Viele danke!

[@searchmanager9372]

How is this table 1 year later?

[@saschavolling7808]

Coole Sache 👏👏

[@BauWoodworks]

👍👍

[@samatteb1]

Inserted dovetails 😊

[@charlyfunke2909]

Da ist auch die Unterseite des Tisches ein Handschmeichler!

[@peterebel7899]

Man kann die Tischplatte auch anders rum auf das Gestell montieren ....

[@peterebel7899]

Great work! So the sliding dovetail made it to the English speaking world ...

[@metapublic]

but it is not the easy way, sorry