You're a heck of a good teacher. I am obsessed with the process of making dovetails. My profession (retired now) required precision. Tight fitting dovetails require precision at each step. Otherwise frustration sets in trying to make the dovetails fit in the end. I appreciate the details of this video. My most recent discovery is that preparing the pieces of wood as exact as possible makes the next step in the process less tedious. Thanks.

This was so well explained. You’re a great teacher.

Every woodworker should be a subscriber of this site.

Watching this video for the second time as I attempt my first hand cut dovetails. I've only recently found your channel but I've enjoyed all of your videos so far. Many thanks for the effort you put in to educate us lesser woodworkers. Keep up the good work!

"If your off the line, STOP SAWING!" Great quote!

Hi there, i sure love your videos, great learning experience for a noob like me, i just pause the video because you said something that nobody says, that you can do both the pins or the tails first, guys like Frank goes pins first head on and lighting fast and great tecnique, and Rob Cosman e Paul Sellers are going tails with great results too, but not once somebody said that depends on the wood size and easy way to work it, i'm going to see rest of the video and hope to learn more good tips. thanks. Sorry for the bad English but i'm from Portugal.

Thumbs up before watching, now let's enjoy :)

I'm really interested in your comments about being able to see what you are doing and how you worked around a lamp to help. I'm finding being able to see what I'm doing in the tight space between pins problematic and have taken to using magnifying glasses. An age problem perhaps. It's good to see I'm not alone in needing assistance.

I wish I've seen this video before my first attempt of cutting dovetails. Thanks

Very informative video. Love your teaching skills.

Your channel is a school. Thanks so much

I think one thing some people can’t comprehend is a 1 in dovetail will not fit in a 1 inch cut out. There as you know is interference... makes a difference what side of the line or on the line you are cutting. good video. Thanks

learned allot from your channel. Thanks!

Great video! Thank you for this info!

Liked with praise

You had me glue to the screen . Loved the tutorial. I've tried a few in the past but never came out good enough to show in a video.Thank you for that wonderful lesson

This is a GREAT video. Thanks for making it.

WTE... I really like your stuff and plan to keep watching, but your dovetail gauge and triple strike are clearly Paul Sellers' design and teaching. Please simply acknowledge him! Keep up the good work.

Works of art!

thank you

Thanks for sharing that

Beautiful joint, brother. Nicely done and very well explained, except setting up the smaller pins got missed.

Thanks,

Still waiting for that dovetail cleanup video...cause I could really use it. 😊

pins first: "german way of dovetailing" 😂

"Adding an extra step just means adding an extra chance to screw up." That could almost be a t-shirt. ;)

😃👍

I've watched a handful of dovetail videos and it's always ppl joining 2 boards... what about the other 2 and then putting everything together. Nobody finishes the box. Good video though. I started watching you for the turning advice but i like the hand tool stuff a lot too.

Great video. When you're cutting the pins, do you obliterate the line, cut the waste side, or cut to the not-waste side? I'm working on a cabinet and my dovetails are coming out way too tight. It takes a lot of time to fix them and since it is hard to tell where it is too tight and thus some guesswork is needed, the overall fit gets degraded.

How did you layout the in-between tiny dovetails? using the dividers? thank you.

ohh so that's why my saw wanders to the right as I saw

Modern tools are better than antique ones? Blasphemy! I'd never thought I'd hear that from you :)

wishlist link doesn't seem to work for me. Interested in info on the depth marker you are using. I appreciate the videos and in-depth. Thanks!

your amazon list link is broken. was wondering which brand the marking guage was?

Your non-affiliate Amazon link leads to nothing on Amazon. I was interested in the marking gauge you are using.

Lunch hour coffee time and I'm the first? cheers...rr Normandy, Fra

Chipped out below the baseline on one side. It can happen to anybody.

Can you do a giveaway? I really love that tenon saw 😊

Your videos are really useful and so well presented. You are a great teacher. I hope you don’t mind, and it is probably just me being overly detailed... your voice is great but your audio is way off, making a little hard to listen to at times with shrill resonance and not compensating for whatever mic you are using. Just do a little eq and compression and drop the camera back a few feet or use a little wider angle lens. It will diminish the obviousness of the soft and missed focus shots too. Not a huge thing. Would take your game way up though...

How did you make your marking gauge?

No, coffee after my American Hamburger and fries(French wifes' in Paris half the week so I eat what I want.) rr

RESPECT....

where caan i buy your dovetail marking jig

where do you get a router like that?

Most experts advice you to do tails first. I am no expert and I find pins-first easier to lay out and cut.

I'm more of a barbarian but I think maybe I should change my ways haha

helpful, but super boring. 😅😅😅

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