As much as I enjoy my modern power tools, watching you do this purely with hand tools was great - thank you!

himitch, its me arnold. great job will try, Ive been a plumber for 57 years, and missed my calling. but watching you and paul sellrs got me fired up. baught a worh bench an old stanley #3 and new #4 bunch of other tools and im on my way. thanks for the insperation im loving it , having fun with my planes and tools,. thanks again mitch. arnold.

Good carpentry skills. How on earth could anyone give this a thumbs down!

Thanks for the short and effective video. Very clear and useful.

It would be a sin to do such a beautiful job and then hide it on the back side of the work! masterfully done.

Very nice! Thanks Mitch.

It's amazing how tight that mitre is, nicely done!

great video. personally I would use this as a design and have it facing forward. they look fantastic. i love your handy work.

GREAT tip to outline your your cut with pencil. Good timing for me to watch this as I just ordered a router plane blade and will be making one in a week or so. Thanks

Amazing job, strong and beautiful ! Congrats. I'd personally leave the butterflies a a decoration feature. Thanks

I first thought it was to be a through-dovetail to pull the joint. Even so, much impressed with techniques and execution. I will copy to move myself up the hill. Will search for more of your craftsmanship. ron

Beautiful work, I wish I found your channel a year ago. Thank you for such clear instructions. Kind regards Karl Karlpopewoodcraft

Very meticulous work...Properly explained...beauty and strength made easy...

Pretty hard to beat the sound of a razor sharp plane on wood!

You have a lot of patience my man. Most of the time my router isn't fast enough for me.

Very nice tutorial. Pay no attention to the non constructive criticisms. It will be fun to try out on some scraps and get some practice with my limited supply of hand tools.

Very neat. Thanks!

I would have it showing as it adds character, good video and another joint I must try 👍 thanks!

i think im going to attempt to make a mirror frame with one of these in each corner. looks great

As always, thanks’ for taking the time to make this video! ~M~

That would be nice to be on the front of a picture frame it would add a bit of character. Well done nice work

It's Beautiful to look at so one can have It in veiw.

Excellent!

Thank you, I am inspired.

Thanks for a lovely video and a good explanation, but wouldn't it be more accurate if the butterfly was marked to avoid turning it accidentally up side down or 180 degrees?

Can more than one of these be extended to any arbitrary length mitre or is there a limit? I've mostly only seen butterfly keys like this in small picture frame dimensions, or to prevent checking in tabletops and reclaimed wood. I'm tempted to "force" a mitered L-shaped shelf to stay together in the drier months by making several butterflies, but is there a point where wood movement along the mitre line (which usually causes the interior corner to separate much earlier than the rest of the joint because the angle of the mitre changes) "overpowers" the keys, so to say? Or would the movement be restricted at the mitre and simply redirected further down the shelf? I could live with a few months of slightly less shelf space, but the gap between the mitred edges in the corner is quite an eyesore. The answer I've found online is almost always a variant of "drown both ends in epoxy and steel brackets and cross your fingers," but it was typically given by people who never learned traditional joinery to begin with and may not be familiar with a solution that doesn't involve hitting a power button on something.

Outstanding work: Thank you. There are some fascinating clamps shown at 10:10: where can they be purchased from?

Nicely done but I agree dont hide that butterfly key make it the front!

Don't you end-up with a gap around the butterfly the width of the scribe line? I slightly taper the butterfly so that the butterfly is slightly wedge-like. Thanks.

Thank you for this. I've made some hardwood picture frames up and have been wondering how to reinforce the mitre joint. 24 butterfly keys & sockets to do so I'll have to allocate a fair amount of time for this :)

VERY NICE.

Hello Mitch. You did a beautiful job on the butterfly. I have a question for you and people like Paul Sellers: how did the woodworker in ancient times end up with a flat bottomed mortise or bowl without a calibrated cutter like a router plane? Inquiring minds have to put a fly in the ointment. Thanks, Bill from Minnesota, USA.

What kind of hand saw is that at 1:00? Anything specific or just a basic saw?

Nice work as usual Mitch...that thumb looks sore..lol Where in the uk are you roughly? Steve

What is the name of the scoring knife that you used? I'd like to get one of those.

How it is called the tool used in 7:11 minutes ?

Great video, but that joint is way too attractive to hide in the back. I'd display it on the front of a frame, personally.

What material was the butterfly?

Would you consider doing a video on how to do a hidden - mitered dovetail joint?

In side Biscuit Is Better And Faster,,,What you Think ???

lovely joint shame its on the back of a picture frame though.

WHY?

Too much work.. much time wasted.