This makes dovetails easier.

[@alexcollins9513]

Attention to the finest of details, there is no one on YT that makes like you do, not even Matt Estlea. Outstanding work

[@HewAndAwe]

He was the one who taught me not to grip the handle so tight that you crush it 😊 made all the difference to my sawing!

[@1deerndingo]

I like the honesty of this video. A good woodworker knows how to hand cut a dovetale. A great woodworker can fix it properly.

[@HewAndAwe]

Cheers Danny, goes across the board no? (pun intended) its fixing the mistakes so no one knows it happened that makes the difference, after all we're only human. :-) Hope you're having a nice weekend!

[@rdr4b]

I learned my dovetail cutting mostly from Rob Cosman and David Barron. But this video picks up a lot of what they missed out. Good lesson. Thanks

[@HewAndAwe]

Cheers buddy, hope you had a lover Christmas break!

[@Jake65Kelly]

Outstanding vid. loved your humor and honesty. Subscribed. From Australia

[@HewAndAwe]

Thank you for the compliment Jake! Much appreciated, welcome aboard 🍻🍻🍻

Hello my talented friend. I love doing swallowtails. We can do this with many different techniques. This method of yours is also great. good tip. We can use it in different tools. I watched with great curiosity. Congratulations. Thank you for sharing. See you. stay healthy and happy. Big greetings.

[@HewAndAwe]

Haha, thank you Şahane! I hadn't thought of that and you're right could be used in other ways which I hadn't thought of! Sorry for the late reply, I do try and get to my comments once a week and answer all of them, sometimes the head space stars dont align for me to be in the right place to answer so I wait a bit, my apologies. Hope you're well! Cheers, Ben

@@HewAndAwe Hello again my friend, It doesn't matter if you reply late. The important thing is that you answered :-) We agree with you. we may not always have time. Everything is OK. See you. Cheers my friend.

[@michaeljamesreed9054]

Love your channel. Thank you for posting.

[@HewAndAwe]

Thank you Michael, hope you had a lovely weekend! 🍻🍻🍻

[@staxlhax1849]

Yet another project to add to the growing list. Love it mate.

[@HewAndAwe]

I gotta say, and mostly be completely honest I made that thinking man thats gonna be so handy, well its been completely forgotten about and never used since, its only when I read a comment on the vid I'm like whhhhhy didn't I remember to use that!?!?!?

[@staxlhax1849]

Isn’t that the whole point of these jigs, spend a day or 2 making the perfect jig and then only remember you have it at the tail end of a dozen drawers that’ve given you 7 different types of hell to get square?

[@HewAndAwe]

@@staxlhax1849 haha so so true! 😁

[@paultay23]

Great video... all that skill and time for a beautiful jig.. well worth it Ben

[@HewAndAwe]

Hey-up Paul, how the devil are you? Thank you mate, appreciate you saying that 🤗

[@davidblake1663]

Nice jig. Great problem solving with the dovetails -- we've all been there. Editing suggestion: leave the outro 5 seconds longer -- and add in a (humorous) call to action reminding folks to subscribe if they liked it.

[@HewAndAwe]

Cheers mate, taken note and done just that! Ive always thought better not to ask, but better Ive done my job right and they just subscribe - but thats not working 😕

[@davidblake1663]

@@HewAndAwe Yeah, I know what you mean, but there's been loads of times that I saw a great vid on KZbin -- then forgot what channel it was on because I didn't think of subscribing at the time. A gentle reminder is all it takes. Your channel deserves to be much bigger, don't be shy!

[@woodfather]

Damn that's gorgeous, and it's just a jig! And holy crap, all that effort to bring it to perfect, damn, was eye opening. I'd have just planed the side and called it a day 🤣🤣 Great job man, looks killer, and love the commentary had me laughing 😆

[@HewAndAwe]

Cheers buddy! Was a vid I was reluctant to post, even in post I was like damn this is boring!

[@sumosprojects]

Definitely need dedication to master these joints mate 🎥🔨👍🍻

[@HewAndAwe]

...and time. Theyre a funny one for sure, some days you can just nail them other days cant saw for toffee and no one gets them perfect every time. Hope youre well mate!

[@sumosprojects]

@@HewAndAwe All good mate 👍👍👍

[@JWick-hz6yt]

I have heard putting a little table salt on your glue line will help with slippage when clamping wood together

[@HewAndAwe]

I’ve not found that to be the case to be honest. It’s also raises the piece.

[@mattelias721]

I need to make one of these soon. On the fixing of gaps, have you tried making a paste of the wood flour and whatever finish you intend to use? Sometimes, CA glue works well also. In truth, I was waiting for you to line that dust up and grab a straw...

[@HewAndAwe]

I’ve tried all sorts most don’t take finish or stain or both, the gel I use is the best I’ve found so far, it’s ready to sand very quickly sands quickly and takes finish/stain but is slightly off colour like them all, such as life…

[@GPDIY]

Thank you so much for sharing this.

[@HewAndAwe]

Thank you mate, hope it was of some help or a giggle or two. Hope youre well man!

[@GPDIY]

@@HewAndAwe You are welcome. Keep it up.

[@FixitFingers]

Worth it for the commentary though I may never be able to replicate the skills 😁 20:18 😂

[@HewAndAwe]

I think I probably said the same thing to myself some years ago, and still do bud. Maybe pass on the sanding marathon 😂and geek out on how to saw by hand or the likes 😄

[@FixitFingers]

@@HewAndAwe sanding done thank feck. Now to find a way to edit it did as not to put people to sleep. I'll get to hand tools one day 😁

[@HewAndAwe]

@@FixitFingers I possibly came over a bit wrong, I meant no disrespect- kudos to you going to such lengths and what must of been much mental trauma, fcuk that! I’m looking forward to seeing how you edit that like you’ve said, and keen to see the results! I dip my hate to you bud! 😊

[@jlmfoy365]

Brilliant, thanks very much. Regards Jim.

[@HewAndAwe]

Thank you Jim! Hope youre well mate!

[@vww1l]

Hey Ben. Another top vid. What brand did you say your marking wheel was? I’ve been thinking about getting a veritas but you don’t rate them?

[@HewAndAwe]

Hi vww1, cant believe thats your first name, feels weird calling you that 😆 My choice is the Tite-Mark, although about twice the price of the Veritas. I do like Veritas tools and have quite a few of them. But I can't get on with the mechanism(s) to dial the tool into a hair, and I find just a bump and its out. I'm under no sponsorship or the likes to say what I'm saying, just a guy who likes things to work perfectly and simply. Anyway, hope youre well, hope you have a lovely weekend - be-lucky, Ben.

[@vww1l]

@@HewAndAwe Hey Ben, I am Jon by the way for future reference 🤣Ive just seen the JessEm wood sabre which has a pretty snazzy micro adjust function. What are your thoughts? I will deffo have a look at the Tite-Mark though. I am hoping to start building my wood workshop tool setup soon. What are the workshop essentials you think I should invest in first? Big questions!!! Soz

[@crease1655]

Love the commentary! I was just wondering whether the alignment board takes out the need to put a notch in the tail board so it registers when transferring to the pin board. Does it make it harder if you don’t have the notch?

[@HewAndAwe]

Very good call! Yeah you’re right it does, it’s just habit with me doing that, all be it a useless habit! 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@alanpecherer5705]

You do incredible work, and you're obviously unafraid of taking on the work of manually creating your dovetails. Why do you not use dovetail router guides?

[@HewAndAwe]

Thank you Alan, I do and dont, if it were work that has to go out the door fast I'd prefer to machine them for lots or reasons, but if money wasnt a clients issue Id be hand cut all day.. the short answer is by hand gives me a break from my head/brain and grounds me, this goes either way satisfaction or rage but by hand theres more satisfaction. Hope that makes sense?

[@alanpecherer5705]

@@HewAndAwe It does make sense, and is an interesting insight as well as a great answer. As one who has done modest amounts of woodworking and metalworking for many years, I'm sure I don't have to tell you that those last 2 or 3 levels of precision are not easy to attain. You really do have to have (eg; invest in & pay for) the high end chisels and you're gonna wreck some pricey lumber along the way. And you either do or do not have the requisite patience, there's no way around that. Once I began framing houses, I could no longer summon the patience to cut dovetails or even try. I'm no purist. These days, if I can't slam it together with deck screws, I'm hardly interested in even starting!

[@HewAndAwe]

@@alanpecherer5705 Im the opposite, if Im not learning something new or trying to perfect something I cant be bothered, Im even worse if the job is repetitive!

[@SujMenon]

That needs some set of skill, Ben. I am sticking with butt joints 😜

[@HewAndAwe]

"Butt joint", that some sort of American kinky thing 😆

[@ChrisFranklyn]

Why did you write on tape? Because it'll look better on KZbin, naturally :) Your commentary had me creasing up Ben, and now I've going to watch how everyone holds a saw handle now and certain questions will come to mind :)

[@HewAndAwe]

Oh-Chris, you crack me up I'm still trying to compose myself to reply and chuckling away, bloody needed this after doing a day of closed captions for youtube in different languages, you're like the modern day Monty Python and I mean that as a big complement! Cheers bud, you made me smile thank you!!! Hope you're well mate, Cheer's Ben!