By: Paul Sellers

Paul Sellers — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 01:47:00 +0000

Yes, simply a method rather than a technique. Because we tend to use chop saws to chop and square the ends of our already four-square stock to length, we can rely on using the adjacent pieces to mark our distances from the end with our fingertips to guide us and a sharp pencil to then give us the depth line. We cut the the dovetials and stop a fraction shy of the pencil line and then use the sharp pointed knife to establish the exact position of the knifewall, which is the exact thickness of the adjacent piece. Now we cut the knifewall between the saw kerfs to establish the pin recess shoulder lines on both sides of the piece but not on the face of the dovetails. With the tails cut, we trace around the tails onto the tailpiece. This time, when we get to transfer the line to the opposite side, we make a small nick on the corners to guide us and again transfer the line to in between the tail recesses. Very simple.

By: Martin

Martin — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 21:39:00 +0000

Can you please clarify how the knifewall method works when cutting dovetails?

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By: Paul Sellers

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