STL 363: Extra Than One Strategy to Reduce a Dovetail

Extra Than One Strategy to Reduce a Dovetail

Bob van Dyke demonstrates quite a lot of approaches for each state of affairs.

The Trendy Grasp: Allan Breed

After many years of carving, Al Breed nonetheless desires to know what the primary lower a 18th-century craftsperson made in a carving.

Hand-Reduce Dovetails: Pins First

Uncover the pins-first method to dovetails that the North Bennet Avenue Faculty is understood for.

Tall Dovetails with Mike Pekovich

Mike comes up with a number of sensible options for reducing dovetails on a big leisure console.

Splines, Dominoes, Biscuits, and Scones?

From Zachary

I used to be re- listening to some previous episodes and also you talked about you used splines to register two items for a glue up, and it labored completely! A short while later I used to be listening to a different episode and there was somebody who wrote in asking learn how to flatten 100” plus boards by hand for a desk glue up.

These obtained me pondering…

First, why don’t we discuss extra about utilizing splines for registering boards when doing panel glue-ups? With all the Festool domino haters on the market (they’ve level, it’s costly), I’m actually stunned I’ve not heard this concept sooner. Splines can simply be achieved utilizing quite a lot of strategies and tooling. Dowels will be irritating with alignment and drilling, biscuits have their very own drawbacks, and the domino is pricey. Why was this solely snuck right into a “biggest strategy of all time” and never a characteristic article?! And most significantly, how come I’ve by no means considered this earlier than!?!

Second, given this “new” technique, I’d have an interest to listen to when visitors would select every of those strategies (splines, dominos, biscuits, and dowels) for registering panels or different joints and once they would particularly keep away from them.

The ABCs of CNC

Regardless of preliminary doubts, the CNC has rapidly develop into an indispensable software within the Advantageous Woodworking store.

Hung Up On Hinges

From Tim:

Im im the center of constructing an ash tabletop and cupboards for a hight adjustable desk base. I now must determine on which hinges to make use of. I’m pending between regular butt hinges and soss hinges. I don’t know if I need the visible accent from a hinge or simply to make it invisible. Sadly I couldn’t discover any detailed info on soss hinges in your web site. What are the professionals and cons? Why are they virtually by no means seen in nice furnishings, or did I simply miss them? Moreover the visible facet, the one factor I can consider is the minimal thickness of the cupboard door. Are there different downsides? Do they have an inclination to final equally as lengthy? I’d actually respect some inside!

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