Comments on: Video: Mitered Shoulder Dovetail

By: George West

George West — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:40:31 +0000

Great video, trying to understand the same written would not be as easy as seeing it done. Thanks Chris, love the tunes.

Camera work was flawless too.

By: blindleader

blindleader — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:37:39 +0000

The only concern, if it really is a concern is that a test fitting of a tight joint compresses wood fibers which never return to their uncompressed state. So the joint is never as tight again.

By: Kenny

Kenny — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:41:18 +0000

Great demo Chris. NICE DOVETAILS and mitered at that!

By: Christopher Schwarz

Christopher Schwarz — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:47:13 +0000

I have never heard that disassembly could weaken the joint. And I cannot fathom how it could weaken the joint.

Most of the advanced joints (such as the secret mitered dovetail) always require a test fit.

Chris

By: blindleader

blindleader — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:17:15 +0000

I was going to jump on that question myself, but overslept. I have one of those on my desk right now but never use it because I break the .3mm lead every three seconds? Perhaps the HB is too brittle?

By: rushboy2112

rushboy2112 — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:44:06 +0000

fantastic video thank you Chris

By: johnw

johnw — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:39:59 +0000

This technique seems to require full assembly and then disassembly of the dovetail joint prior to gluing it up. I’ve heard this may weaken the joint – any opinion on whether this is a valid concern?

By: Julien Lecomte

Julien Lecomte — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:04:10 +0000

Boy, you gotta love that banjo music… Awesome video, thanks Chris!

By: Steve_OH

Steve_OH — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:30:04 +0000

I think the Zona saw is one of the hidden bargains of the hand tool world. The cut is phenomenally fine (I measured the kerf at 0.014-0.015″). It’s also phenomenally slow, but that hardly matters in this context.

-Steve

By: Darrin

Darrin — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:29:15 +0000

Very cool Chris… For me, you make it look easy to a point. I have almost 0 exp. in woodworking but with a little patients, I think I could pull this off.

The only thing I would suggest with the video is maybe talking through what you are doing rather than adding the banners.