Dovetail Plane... attn Derek Cohen

[Rick Markham]

I was doing some research/browsing/drooling over different planes and came across Derek Cohen's post about building a dovetail plane but the link was no longer active. If your willing to share Derek, I would enjoy reading the article you wrote about building your dovetail plane. Thanks I appreciate it!

[David Gendron]

Rick, you can read it here; http://www.inthewoodshop.com/ShopMadeTools/Evolving%20a%20Dovetail%20Plane.html

hoppe that help!

[Derek Cohen]

Thanks David. That is the one.

And here is a tutorial on forming sliding dovetails (parallel, not tapered, but the process is the same)...

http://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/SlidingDovetailsbyhand1.html

Regards from Perth

Derek

[Rick Markham]

Thanks Fellas, that what I was looking for, and a good read at that! ;)

[Steve Dallas]

I was doing some research/browsing/drooling over different planes and came across Derek Cohen's post about building a dovetail plane but the link was no longer active. If your willing to share Derek, I would enjoy reading the article you wrote about building your dovetail plane. Thanks I appreciate it!

There's an article in Fine Woodworking (check their archives) by William Thomas on building and using a dovetail plane plus how to cut a tapered, sliding dovetail.

Here's the website where his utterly stunning work may be seen:

http://www.williamthomas-furniture.com/

He wields tools reasonably well I'd say. Never hurts to have more than one source of information.

[Tri Hoang]

It may be a little unorthodox but I am thinking about using this design but with a miter channel running down the middle of the board and use the miter fence instead of building a new fence.

[Lowell Smith]

There's an article in Fine Woodworking (check their archives) by William Thomas on building and using a dovetail plane plus how to cut a tapered, sliding dovetail.



I found an article on sliding dovetails at this link
http://www.furnituremasters.org/contmoreby.cfm?ID=26

[Rick Markham]

Thanks again! I am trying to be a sponge and soak up as much information as I possibly can about anything plane or hand tool related. So anything and everything is appreciated greatly!

[Steve Dallas]

I found an article on sliding dovetails at this link
http://www.furnituremasters.org/contmoreby.cfm?ID=26

That is the one.