Expect a mob of men with long bushy beards wearing leather aprons at your door at any moment.

Cheating at handcut dovetails. Using the pantorouter.... of course! But still a lot of work that way. more details here: woodgears.ca/dovetail/handcut.html

Watching your videos helps me relax on a stressful day, thank you.

Very cool! This might be intriguing: leave the pins with rounded interior curves, rather than finishing them off to an acute angle with a chisel. Then use the pantarouter to cut the tails with rounded edges, too. It might produce a nice effect! And you could call it the "Wandel joint".

I especially love that you don’t care that it was not perfect. And didn’t spend half the video trying to make it perfect, I thank you for that

I like the scraping tip between coats! The came out nice!

I went to school in Australia and the examination test pieces with three different dovetail joints were difficult. To get joints like yours would take a lot of practice. It looks a lot easier to use power tools. Still, it takes a lot of skill to do what you did. Thanks.

I can just watch you work the whole day. Really like your tools and admire your knowledge and skill in using them. Enjoy watching you work. Thank you for posting.

It was nice to see that even the master can forget a simple step sometimes. It makes me feel better about my constant "hoping I won't have to tear it all the way apart" episodes.

I'm certainly jealous about your home made tools and jigs.... and ideas and skills. This was a well done project.

How timely, I'm about to head out to the shop to make 2 dovetailed drawers. Should make for a nice tedious afternoon :)

4:08 Are you crazy man?!?! Hi from Argentina!

Just because you found a way to mechanize the process in no way makes it fake. It just makes you awesome. :)

Anything worth doing is worth the time it takes to get good at it. Spend your shop time making jigs, you get good at making jigs. Spend that time cutting joints, and you'd be amazed how quickly you can put a drawer like this together and be proud that you made it by hand. That's a skill you keep forever.

I can't wait until I have the time to build my pantorouter! Thank you for all you do Matthias.

Beautifully done! Nicely finished too. The hand chiseling and freehand bandsaw cuts were just imprecise enough to make the joints plausibly hand-cut.

I made 35 raised panel doors a while ago and after a while you kind of get tired of cleaning up the glue squeeze out. I have seen Matthias use sawdust so often that I figured I would give it a try. Mistake. It may work ok on flat joinery where sandpaper can easily get, but on the profiled inside corners you get to use a chisel to get little flecks of it back off. I went back to using a coffee cup of water and an old toothbrush, then just wipe it with a rag. This get all of the glue off and leaves it ready for stain. Takes a little time depending on how much glue there is, but it's still faster than using a chisel later.

Matthias, I love to watch your videos because you make it look so easy.. You have given me a wealth of info on how to do things myself! I look forward to each week's "lesson" . you are a very talented person and I appreciate the sharing of your knowledge.. Keep upthe great videos!!!! I would love to live near you so I could visit in person.. Thanks!!

I lovee the look of that dovetail joints!Nice contrast.Great video as always they are!

Matthew you are my hero. Woodworking for the engineer types.

Another great vid Matthias. You have inspired me so much and in some ways changed my life ! I have just finished the Tennon jig and am doing my first test cuts. Keep up the great work. Tom in Oz

I love the little parking spot for the router spanner. It's a tiny detail, but it saves searching for it like a crazy person.

It's not cheating man; you're just going about it a different way.Thanks for the video, watch those fingers!

Next you'll be showing us how to use the pantorouter to forge Da Vinci's

Dude i like your ingenuity, keep the videos coming.

4:08 how to stain wood with blood

It looks great. Good contrast between the two woods.

Hey Matthias, I'm learning joinery right now and had to do most handmade joints in school. I like the design of dovetail joints, they really are a lot of work to do by hand entirely but are worth the effort. Making them with your pantorouter is ingenious but i think it's only practical if you make them in greater numbers. Even an inexperienced joinery apprentice like myself can make well-fitting dovetail joints in about an hour so you mostly save labor and not much time on a single box.

Very nice. Came out very well for your first attempt; much better than my first attempt will come out.

I love the tedious chisel work! :) great job!

You should probably sell plans for work benches like yours or the whole system. It's brilliant! Tanks for sharing.

Jeff Miller posted an article in Fine Woodworking on how he makes dovetail joints on the tablesaw (not half blind). I saw him go through the process and it is very fast and accurate. He said he so rarely hand cuts the dovetails because the saw is so much faster and no one knows the difference.

Results are quite pretty. Nice!

Can't believe a channel like this has 1 million subs, amazing

Another great use of the pantorouter!

oh, I love this video, route out the pin board first is a great idea. I'll definitely use that on my next project

As usual... great work and great ideas. Thank you for sharing!!

I got a reminder of do not put your finger close to the blade with the reciprocating saw a few months ago. 7 stitches . Even though I work as a contractor I can still be a dummy. The rule is don't put your hand { or any body parts} in front or back of the cutting area. Break the rule and get a lesson the hard way. My finger healed now with most of the feeling back. All the best for being safe. I enjoy Matthias Wandel Vids

Whacked my index finger demonstrating how to nail pencil boxes to my year 7 class yesterday. Great video, thanks.

You have the best channel on youtube.

Keep up the good work. I've enjoyed all your videos.

The craftsmanship is very good

Matthias Wandel you are a good man, who deserves respect because you share your knowledge giving help for many! As for the hand tool work however I prefer making dovetails by hand! Why? Because I enjoy every moment of it! I consider the whole process as a chalange for me! Chalange for the eye for the hand, for the nerves! Hand made work can make me relax! And man vs. machine is a good game:) The speed of the machine, its noise its shaking is not my taste! As Archimedes said: Don't disturbe my circles! :) It would be my message for power tools if they had ears:)

Love the panto router. If I had to make a dozen drawers where I could use the same setup over and over it would be great. The next step is to make double blind dovetail miters using the panto router.

props for the wedge spacers to adjust the heigh of the router !!

It would be cool to "handcut" your template so there are natural inaccuracies in all future joints.

I was watching this with my mounth open.. I'm stunned, this will make life so much easier!

that "voila" was made my day! ^^ I'm gonna try that technique, I never thought that of doing it that way ;)

This is really satisfying to watch.

I liked the look of the rounded pins that the panto made. I'd like to see a joint made with the tails rounded too.

If you enjoy your panto router as much as you seem to, you probably ought to make all of your joints with the panto router. With that set up, it doesn't matter if you cut out the rounded edges or not, you can make rounded pins to match the rounded spaces...

Awesome video Matthias!

Answer me this, WHYYYYY do you have to be so friggin adorable?

I like your honesty! :)

No idea why I watched this but you're really talented to be able to do that....

I'm with you there Matthias. I did all the benchwork when I was an apprentice. Learning to use handtools first is a must, after which only pick them up when all else fails.

Your pantorouter is very nice

Very fine job, I will try this! It is the best of the very best! Nicely made Video!

I enjoy all these videos. Thank you! 😊

Matthias, if you want to tighten up those joints; mark your baselines on both pieces with the same gauge setting. Having a preset reference for both sides of the joint will ensure that, so you long as you cut the baseline and socket depth accurately to your mark, the fit will be right one.

Best and cheapest method to fill gaps is to collect the matching sawdust and make a wood dust/glue slurry mix and then work it in to the gaps with a taping knife. I start off with wood glue and add water until glue has a thick clam chowder consistency. Then I add fine sawdust into glue and stir until it is thick as mash potato or thicker. Certain woods such as oak has higher tannin levels so if you spread filler with a metal knife, you must work quickly or else filler will blacken from contact with metal.

Now I know why you have 1.5 million followers! That router jig is insane!

Dovetails are a lot of work, I finished a dovetail toolchest about 3 months ago and there isn't one fastener on the whole built. It looks awesome though and I think with hand cut dovetail you get the extra reward and pride of being able to say that you cut them by hand. If your interested in seeing it there is a video on my channel.. I love your thought process I must admit, Using the pantorouter to make halfblinds.. I would never have thought of that!

Cause making a complex wood machine is merely childs play for the god of woodworking! Bow down you mortals!

For your fans only, do the pocket holes with your pantorouter :) This was great!

Thanks. I get a kick out of your stuff. I live in an entirely different part of the world where time and skill are of little value. (I know, it's hard for a westerner to imagine.) But I kind of dream of a life like yours that affords the time, space, and privacy necessary to do all the cool stuff you do! Keep it up!

Haha! Here I was thinking he was going without any powertools by hand after showing the router bit--and then it's pantorouter and bandsaw. Fair play!

Very good idea, congratulations !

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that is a lovely box sir

That's impressive!

i have worked on finishes for years i have never thought of scraping. i personally would still finish with sand paper but scraping cuts alot of bs out. interesting step.

You are "the Boss"! Greetings from Brazil!

you wor it's a very good work, congratulations. I'll learn much with you. Keep on.

I actually like the look of the rounded dovetails that result from the pantorouter pre-chiseling-- they might even be stronger, since the rounded corners will avoid stress concentrations.

you're very skilled wish I had your talent!

I really wanna see you do a double blind dovetail joint.

Very cool man. Obviously you save a ton of time but you also jeopardize the quality of the finished work.

U r great Matthias..thanks for sharing

Caro Matthias, ti faccio tanti complimenti perchè sei veramente molto bravo. Un saluto da Palermo

Finally, a novice woodworker like me has a way of 'cheating' at hand-cut dovetails. All I have to do is build a pantorouter :D

It turned out very good, I think I'd be at least using the bandsaw "cheat" if I was doing this.

you are crazy man ....i can belive you... i never see like you ..from greece

i would leave those corners round, they look good and it's probably a bit stronger.

when you have no panterouter thingy, us diyers have to stick to dowels and biscuits. but hey its great watching you experimenting

I liked the way the dovetail looked when it was still rounded. I'd never seen a joint like that. Is it a thing? I might try making something with a 'rounded dovetail joint'. I don't have a pantorouter; so I'll have to make up some jigs.

I don't necessarily like your style but I'll admit that is this is a pretty genius solution

Might look cool to leave the cornes of the dovetails round and shape the pins to match?

Nice joints! I use an old credit card as a scraper for finishing. I joint the edge of the card to keep it 'sharp' with a hand-plane on its side. The card seems to work better when being 'pushed' bottom forward, as opposed to traditional 'dragging' scraping with a cabinet scraper.

would love to see the plans on your router jig

That looks grand. I don't do flat work so I'll probably be dragged out and burned at the stake for this question. Would it be some type of Mortal Sin if you were to leave the radius in the corners of the dovetail joint? I think that would look pretty good. Best Wishes, Brendan.

So many bits and machines and all of that can be done with a saw and a chisel.

You're probably the most pragmatic guy on youtube.

Very cool Work! I still want you to make me one of those Pantorouters,LOL!

I can't express how satisfied I am to see you trolling the "purists" a.k.a. idiots. You're brilliant.

When you changed out the 1" follower to the 1/2" diameter, the cutter left a nice small round fillet in the corner. I was thinking if you did not clean tjat out, and cut the tails to fit, that wood look nice, instead of the traditional square edge dovetail. We wood all love to see a video if you'd be willing to try just one joint to see what it looks like :)

Thanks Matthias

Nice cheat! Hand cutting dovetails not my thing either. Thanks for sharing.

Lovely! The hand tool guys will hate you :)

looks good to me. thanks for slowing down the pinky pinching lol