Easy Hand Cut Dovetails that Hide Grooves with Will Myers

Will Myers, while building a Moravian Workbench, makes through-dovetails that hide the groove. See the accompanying blog post here: woodandshop.co...
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[@bill4123]

I accidentally watched this at double speed and thought "whoa, this guy can whip through some dovetails!" thanks for sharing your techniques, nice video.

[@garryevans3594]

another tool for solving issues before they are problems. thank you

[@WoodAndShop]

You're welcome 😊

[@robertbrunston5406]

Very good! Thank you.

[@WoodAndShop]

You're very welcome Robert!

[@eherlitz]

Nice way to hide the grove!

[@tomdenny8507]

Well done.

[@steveherring6660]

very nice job!!!

[@Flannelcarpenter]

Love this channel.

[@WoodAndShop]

And we love you!

[@timmcfarland3844]

Cool, thanks for this. Just the other day I was wondering how to do this.

[@WoodAndShop]

You're most welcome! Just make sure you go and practice it.

[@eric_sarno]

Wouldn't it be easier and cleaner to stop the groove before going all the way through the tail, so that you could then cut the pins normally? I am sure I will use this method however, when I forget to do the above!

[@DBYNOE]

Stopped grooves in a precise way is not so easy with a groving plane, this method leaves the grove corners nice and square, making fitting the bottom board easier.

[@mathewanderson2400]

Darnley Bynoe I’m not so sure. I’ll test a project this week to find out. Seems to me, if you’re careful enough tonchisel awesome dovetails, you should be able to be careful enough to stop your groove plane before the tail and chisel the rest....

[@hidgik]

Sorry for the off-topic question, but which accent does this gentleman speak in? I am a non-native English speaker.

[@kingofcastlechaos]

Southern or South-Eastern United States. I'm from Texas so I'm considered a non-native English speaker too sometimes! I am always impressed by people around the world who speak, read, and write in multiple languages.

[@hidgik]

@@kingofcastlechaos Thank you for the response!

[@sethwarner2540]

Your fingers look like mine; glue covered them , but after a satisfying peel, only remnants of glue remain.

[@ikust007]

Good day! Tell me . If i bought the Dowload version, do i Have that section also ?

[@WoodAndShop]

Yes sir. Here is the download version: www.linkconnector.com/ta.php?lc=138766000012004704&url=www.popularwoodworking.com/product/building-the-portable-moravian-workbench-with-will-myers-video-download/

[@TyyDaymon]

When cutting dove tail do you leave the line or cut the line

[@kevinblair2882]

Stay to the waste side and leave the line; fine tune the fit with chisels. if you take the line with the saw, you'll have gaps, but probably a functional dovetail joint. Rob Cosman teaches a method of marking that offsets the pin lines such that you can saw on the line and still get a tight fit. It takes practice and I still struggle to get the tight fit I see in these professional videos.

[@TyyDaymon]

Thanks I self taught via magazines & utube much appreciated

[@jeepking1510]

Hard times, hard time come again no more

[@WoodAndShop]

You nailed it! One of my favorite songs.