I'm going to build a book shelf and will use this joint. thanks mitch again. well done

Excellent demo

That was wonderful. I've been interested in hand cut sliding dovetails. This looks like a method I'm going to try out very soon!

Nice vid, just learning to do dovetails, helps a lot to see this done close up!

lovely work. great evenings viewing. good luck and thanks. very clear and understandable.

Wow! I've never seen this before. Thanks for this amazing joint. Machiel van Veen Amsterdam The Netherlands.

Thanks for the lesson.

Thank Mitch. Never imaged a dovetailed housing joint could be cut by hand. Certainly a lot less noisy and neater than the router version.

Perfect technique.

Very nicely done. Very sub-worthy. I was about to click the Subscribe button, but then I stopped. I said to myself, "Why would I sub to Mitch now?" I already subbed you months ago ;) Keep it up!

Impressive, thanks

I actually watch your videos to relax. question: where can I find a marking knife like yours?

As always, the devil is in the details. Nice video Mitch.

I cut my housings deeper than you do - about 1/2 the thickness of the uprights. With modern PVA glues being stronger than the wood itself, I used housing joints on all my bookshelves and have never had any come apart. That said, I have made dovetail housing joints, but I used a router and router table.

thanks for sharing your method. I always saw the tapered dovetail on the shelf end first and use that to layout the dovetail groove so it's a little different. I have seen instruction on this same joint stating that the dovetailed edge should be facing upwards on the shelf end (Terry Gordon) and I wonder what your rationale is for facing it downwards. Is that traditionally the way? I usually dovetailed both edges but only because it's the way I was first taught. Thanks for the great videos.

Hello Mitch. Very clear explanation. I will definitely will give it a try. In my case I will be building a see thru book case,, in other words, no back. In that case I just cut the joint flush on both ends. Right?

Mitch do u any video on a door 🚪 frame the front door I need to replace n wood is no good

tell me Mitch do you know where I can buy Japanese tools. E.g. Pull saw. Maybe there is a good website.

Hello, I'm new to the work of carpentry. I wonder what the name of the tool you used the video time 12:20 @ 12:30? Thank you. Very instructive video & very helpful.

A good thorough explanation, thank-you. Just one (admittedly nit-picking) suggestion - at aboout 11:16 you say something about cutting at "the right angle". As you're not talking aboout a 90 degree angle there, it might be better to try and say "the correct angle"

what marking knife is that?

What that tools at 12:29 called?

Hi