Outstanding as always sir. The epitaph on your head stone will read "Here lies Paul Sellers, dead square." lol.

I just wanted to say a big THANK YOU to Paul's Camera Man...Phill I think Paul said. You do a great justice to this channel. I just watched another dovetail video and the guys hands were all I could see. Love all the different angles and zoom ins.

Paul you NEVER cease to amaze me. The "Old School" ways of doing things blows my mind. It makes me think of Craftsmen, Hundreds of years ago. I wish there was KZfaq 40 years ago.

Brand new to woodworking, and stumbled upon this guy. Found out that he is an absolute legend in the woodworking world. I am slowly going through every video he has on here (11 years worth!!!). Love how simple he makes things and how many tips and tricks he provides. Learning so much!!! Thanks.

You’re a great teacher Paul, quick, deliberate, clear, thorough; if only your style was a standard across academia.

I love this. You, sir, are the reason I got into hand-tool woodworking. I'm not anti power-tool, but it feels like it lacks the soul and artistry of working by hand. It's funny, now, when I tell people that I'm learning woodworking and I get asked questions like, "Oh, what kind of table saw do you have?" I just love the look I get when I pull out my phone and show them a photo of a small till full of hand-saws. Never gets old. You're a treasure, Paul. Keep being incredible.

The only teacher I need.I cannot understand why this man would get ANY dislikes on his instruction.

I still remember watching you hand cut demonstration dovetails at a wood show in Mesquite TX a couple of decades ago. All while answering questions from those crowded around. Pretty amazing skill and caused me to lean much further toward the handtool side of woodworking. Excellent work on the template system.

This is by far the best woodworking chanel on youtube, how comes only 164.623 people know about it. This is quiet sad I think!

Paul you are the man. I'm a fairly new wood worker, mostly I make cigar box guitars, and a lot of your processes and techniques have been just so valuable seeing as I'm learning everything on my own. thank you very much for these videos. saved me a lot of time and even more material. great stuff and thanks again

For awhile I was wondering where is he going with this. Wow what a great jig, It really blew my mind when it became clear what he was making. Very talented Man. Great Teacher.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and demonstrating your skills. What an amazing experience for you at this stage in your life. I am inspired. I'd like you to know that one of the most valuable aspects of your videos, especially these longer ones where we get to watch you work through the process, is your rambling commentary as you work. I get massive learnings from some of the off-hand comments you make. It's like they link the cause of multiple problems I am having in some simple comment you make about technique, process, tool, the universe! I am another very appreciative fan, and so grateful that you are sharing what you have learned and can do. You are changing lives Sir Paul. Thank you.

Thank you again for your priceless tuition. It seems a labour of love that will be missed by many viewers.

Paul you're my idol, you are a good teacher and communicating well to be understood by a novice like me. Thanks

This is such an incredible idea. I love the jig set up definitely going to try this in the future. Thank you for sharing this new jig.

“I want you think this through, and stay with me” thanks Paul, my Covid 19 workshop buddy.

You mention the health/fitness aspects of hand tools in many of your videos . Another aspect just dawned on me - you've been wood working for 50 years, are 67 years old and can HEAR the subtle sound differences when sawing. I doubt your hearing would be that good if you worked 50 years with power tools! Love your videos and the knowledge you share. Thanks so much.

Thank you for always taking the time and effort to show us what you're seeing. Like you said "instead of the back of your hand".

Most excellent Paul. Good to see old school is still the best school ;)

That's so smart, so simple yet no one has done it before, thanks for the tip definitely will be using this one

Fantastic as always, Paul. I will be making this jig and soon. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with everyone and making the woodworking community better.

I never get tired of seeing the master at work. Thanks again Paul!!

I have watched you here for over a year now. And learned so much. I can't wait to try this!! Thanks Paul!

I just love how Paul talks to himself. :-)

I'm always awestruck watching you work, Mr Sellers. You're very much a renaissance artist transported to our time. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!

simply amazing. You are a great master Mr. Sellers

I'm so fascinated by your work. True craftsmanship seems to be a dyeing art here in the states. I'm 25, when talking with my peers the idea of woodworking with hand tools is almost extinct.

True master. I am so grateful for your videos and knowledge. Thank you Paul Sellers.

Really a marvellous idea to build and use such a jig. So simple and elegant. It is so easy that you have only to pay attention once to accurately lay out and cut the tails. Even just half of the tails that is. Cutting the real tails, square and accurate is so easy and so fast once you have the jig. I am convinced that even for a single one-of-a-kind construction it pays off. Each cabinet or each box has 4 tailed sides, isn t it? Let alone if you build multiple drawers. I used it for the first time today, and will continue to use it in the future for every project. Thanks Paul.

Paul awesome video. You have solved my unanswered questions about how some woodworkers got the distance between the distance the dovetails mark at 7/8" and pins mark at 5/8". You have explain this demonstrations step by step about dovetails in great detail. I am new to woodworking and I have always been very interested in woodworking. I have a project I was working on but had to put a temporary stop due to not understanding dovetails on a lot of KZfaq videos. Now I'll be able to finish where I left off . I am very impressed with your step by step self explanatory on how to do dovetails. Thank you so much

Super useful once again, I'm a young self-taught woodworker and these videos are helping me a lot ! Thanks for sharing the knowledge Paul !

I want to wish you all a merry crispness on all your wood work!

You are one of my heroes, but I've never seen this idea; it reminds me of the method you use to start new teeth on a dovetail saw!

"Accuracy, sharpness and technique are so important, and these are the things we strive for in everything we do."

wonderful piece of craftsmanship, almost mesmerising!

Clever. The jig is a kind of patterned miter box. I love the method for ensuring square cuts with the doubler.

Great instructional vid. Messy work bench is a sign of genius!

That was amazing, Paul.

hermoso trabajo. siempre miro sus videos. gracias y saludos!

Great video Paul.The first house I built was all hand tools.Very clever and useful idea.

Thank you master teacher! Great video and instruction as usual.

PURE GOLD LESSON.THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Again Paul you make the difficult look simple, I am moving house and have been forced to move from a shed to a corner of a garage so no more power tools for me for a while. Very timely video and looking forward to giving this a try. Thank you Paul your a legend of your field.

Thank you Mr. Sellers for taking time out and explain dovetail technique, I am not a carpenter, but I play one on weekends, I discover this passion just about 9 or 10 months ago, and I'm really trying to learn as much as possible. I have an awkward petition if possible. Could you teach a quick lesson on the different types of cutting gauge, I've tried to purchase one about a week ago and lost my mind a bit when I saw a few different gauges, one if I remember correctly had two cutting or sharp blades set at a different distance from each other. Thank you Pedro M Semper Fi

Excellent, you're a woodworking genius.

Mr. Sellers I love your videos and thank you for starting me in woodworking. You make everything seem so achievable. I'd like to see a video of you showing how to make a sliding dovetail.

Lovely work Paul.

I like your chopping technique. I've tried the other methods such as cutting out the waste, then halving the left-over with the chisel until you reach the line. But this just seemed so much easier when I tried it.

22:29 Oh my goodness! This is pure genius. I love your videos. You have a new sub which is why I'm commenting on such an old video. I do some binge-watching now and again to get caught up. Thank you for sharing.

Just brilliant Paul! This is really an outstanding jig. I've already made mine this morning and found it outstanding to use as a post-cut gauge to check my freehand cuts for accuracy... something that was a bit difficult to do until I actually assembled my dovetails. Works great to correct my mistakes as well. I was at one of your seminars several years back (Boston I think?) and found the accuracy of your freehand cuts something I wanted to achieve. This new jig gives me the ability to check my accuracy and clean up as I go. Thanks Paul for all you do!

Thanks a lot Paul. The video was very interesting.

Brilliant, Paul.

I need to start using a "sellers jig" for my dove-tails. 🌲🇬🇧🔨👌

Lovely video Paul, thankyou for sharing, it was a bit like having the secrets of a magic trick explained.

Awesome technique. Thank you!

Amazing and very useful, thanks!

IMPECCABLE CRAFTSMAN SHIP ..Thank You for the class

Hi there from Portugal, Nice dovetails :D Obrigado(Thanks)

Simply Brilliant.

That's really smart! I'm going to us it. Something I need to make the work consistent.

This works great, I love it.

Top idea, I will be using it soon. Though I will add a bit of my own to make it a little faster. Making the template a couple of inches wider so I can put a batten on each side to make a tight and square grip, so the template can be slipped on quickly with no adjustment left to right and the stop batten can be screwed to the new side battens for even quicker lining-up (up and down).

vous êtes l'are du travaille bien fait en personne merci

To mark the second dovetail board it is more practical to mark the cuts of the first one on the second one using the rib saw because it fits exactly in the cut groove and leaves already marked the cut guide.

une très belle présentation d'un artiste merci

Tank you Paul to show us the slow, precise and satisfying side of woodworking. All the handcuted dovetail tutorials I watched seems to emphasized how quick they can cut a dovetail but the you really show us how to do a pristine work. Respect

You have inspired me to begin woodworking, Im about your age or older. ty

Woodworking Hero.

Deliberate excellence.

One word ''Wow''

At the Marine School workshop, we have a board about 2' × 2' marked up with fan lines, emminating from a single point. Now, no matter what width your working material is (within one and a half feet wide obviously), we can mark up three tails and four pins. Excellent template jig. No doubt, you could do the same template fan \\ \ || / // to form more tails and pins if you like.

Thanks Paul!

Paul, a great technique using the jig. Why the heck weren't you my carpentry teacher at school? Did dovetails and they were hell difficult to do accurately even in pine for a school kid.

The Bob Ross of woodworking

I love watching you teach. The little wooden angle jig you use to make your marks is interesting. You called it a dovetail template. Please tell us about it or how it is made.

Great video Paul, I learnt a lot. I was wondering if you had a tutorial on how to sharpen a dovetail saw?

I bet it would be fun to work with Paul in his shop :)

Bravo !

Brilliant

clever method paul!

Mind blown!

Amazing...

GENIUS

i want to make a tee shirt off Paul pencil drawn with a speech bubble saying "can you see that"

Western Australian JARAH is indeed a hard timber to work with (both difficult and hardness), especially if full of curly grain and/or old 'n dry. Rule is, sharpen tools 3 times - before, during and after.

Master of dovetails AND monopoly houses. That takes some doing.

Paul you are a inspiration. I am a recently retired builder that never used these hands on techniques. It was all slam bang get the job done, as quickly as possible. I have invested in some woodwork hand tools, with a view to do some of your projects. I would like to know what wood glue you use to joint two lengths of wood together? Thank you for the great uploads, a joy to watch.

Paul, I enjoy the way you instruct. Your videos would be a great teaching tool for college students planning to enter into a teaching profession. I also believe this level of woodworking instruction should be made available to our youth as elective course work especially for students that do not wish to or have the skill sets to participate in a sport. This would not be any more expensive than a baseball, football, basketball or soccer and provide life long skills sets to be proud of. We spend so much money on sports but we only reach a fraction of our young students. Only the best make the sport teams! However creative skills such as woodworking are not a competitive events but enjoyable skill learning events . We used to have this in our middle schools for only two periods per week...not so much anymore.

So much to learn, so little time.

I liked the guide template you created. It takes the difficulty out of making all those cuts, with your saw simply following the kerf in the template. I've tried making dovetails twice this past week on scrap pieces of pine. My first attempt was so bad. It looked like I used a chainsaw! My second attempt was much better though still not good. I still had more than enough small gaps but I'm getting closer. Some of my problems are likely my technique in using both the saw and the chisel. And my old chisel which I have been restoring still need a bit more work. I used a Japanese dovetail saw and I think this may be part of the problem. The blade is so thin I believe it wanders. I can't watch both sides of the board at the same time. I thought that once I got my cut started and true along my reference line that the saw would simply follow on the back side. It doesn't. Not with the Japanese saw. So, I have to get a Western dovetail saw and we will see how it works.

Wow... this is the simplest and most accurate method I've seen. Very well thought out!! What are the angles on that jig you use to outline the tails? What's the easiest way to replicate that without having the tool?

It looks like you could stack the drawer parts up and do 2 or more at the same time. Especially if they were thinner kitchen drawers. I assume the limit to stacking them is the saws ability to clear the saw dust. It seems as though you could do 1 drawer at one go. (2 half drawers).

all based on a simple template, nice. But as with any template work (router too) any error in the template will transfer to the workpiece. Preparation is key eh?

Hi Paul, thanks for uploading this. Is it possible to make a template for the pins? Maybe use the first set of tails to mark a template for pins. Again, thanks for sharing this. your template technique takes a lot of mystery out of it.

I was under the impression that British woodworkers all used coping saws, or fret saws, to remove the bulk of the waste. I'm curious to hear why you don't. I learned dovetailing from Tage Frid's book on joinery. He didn't use a coping saw either and I was surprised the first time I saw someone bring out a coping saw for dovetails. I've even seen some people ONLY use a coping saw for removing the waste, they didn't even go back and pare them clean with a chisel. I guess that's good enough for rough work, but it's hard to imagine someone bothering to hand cut dovetails for rough work.

Excellent idea and jig Paul. Takes time to build but well worth it when doing a lot of pieces. Phil seemed to be distracted because we didn't get as many close up shots as we usually do. Was there a female in the shop during recording? Haha

The Rob Ross of woodworking.

Thanks for this tip. I have a couple of questions. First, if you wanted to make a jig that you would keep for many years, would you still use pine, or would you make it out of something less susceptible to warping, such as MDF or a hardwood? Second, when you started, you said you were going to have 8 pins. How did you determine that number, and how did you decide that the end of the pin would be 1/2" (approx 13mm)?

One can only pity the fools who give Paul a thumbs down.

I've never cut a dovetail in my life but I'm trying to learn. It seems to me that the first two chops that you take against the knife line you have the chisel angled a degree or two toward the knife line. Then with the deeper chops on the line you are at a perfect right angle to the board. I'm I seeing that right?