Derek Cohen
06-19-2018, 11:22 AM
This is just a taste of what I will be doing for a few more weekends.
A bench shot for those that like to see how others work ...
https://s19.postimg.cc/4og04vn2b/image.jpg
Below I have a few shots of the dovetailing (again). These are more to show specific strategies used, rather than dovetailing as a procedure.
The drawer fronts are moved a couple of mm past the front of the drawer blades, and marked all round ...
https://s19.postimg.cc/m1qajqann/image.jpg
https://s19.postimg.cc/m1qajqq37/image.jpg
In an early post I showed how a bevel was formed on the drawer front to create a square junction with the drawer side. The bevel is seen below the blue tape ...
https://s19.postimg.cc/brnvki7xf/4a.jpg
The ends of the drawer front angle, and it is not possible to use a jig to align it with a side. I never do this anyway, and simply use a wide chisel ...
https://s19.postimg.cc/5qq6ng0qr/5a.jpg
It's a bit of a balancing act, but the blue tape acts like a non slip, and the knife only has to make one cutting stroke to sever the layer of tape. This reduces the chance of movement and error ...
https://s19.postimg.cc/gdjzsv16b/6a.jpg
The kerfs are sawn, and then deepened with a kerfing chisel. Note that the ends of the board are supported by a clamp to prevent splitting ...
https://s19.postimg.cc/c4f9qpl2b/7a.jpg
Rather than chop out the waste, I used a trim router to remove move of it. This saved a lot of time ...
https://s19.postimg.cc/x1bhvdbdf/8a.jpg
https://s19.postimg.cc/plc89l33n/9a.jpg
When removing the remaining waste, I found that the thinner blades of the Blue Spruce "dovetail" chisels worked best to pare away thin slices to the line..
https://s19.postimg.cc/wbspj15oz/10a.jpg
The Blue Spruce fishtail chisel is my favourite for clearing the corners of sockets ...
https://s19.postimg.cc/63hktndvn/11a.jpg
The completed socket ..
https://s19.postimg.cc/plc89lq8z/12a.jpg
I counted on the parts going together off the saw, that is, no fine tuning for a fit. There is just not enough time for correcting the fit. This was the last drawer for the weekend. Much the same as the others. Just pushed together - no clean up ...
https://s19.postimg.cc/by1knr9eb/13aa.jpg
This was the first row, shown here to get a better view of the design ...
https://s19.postimg.cc/6g8yzur0j/14a.jpg
This is two rows - of drawers dovetailed on one corner only. And these twelve required an average of 1 hour each to complete ...
https://s19.postimg.cc/517eb4xn7/15a.jpg
The next weekend should see the remaining drawers complete this dovetailed end. I am hoping that I shall find a way to speed the time taken for dovetailing, but I am estimating that it will require a further 3 weekends to complete the drawers.
Regards from Perth
Derek
A bench shot for those that like to see how others work ...
https://s19.postimg.cc/4og04vn2b/image.jpg
Below I have a few shots of the dovetailing (again). These are more to show specific strategies used, rather than dovetailing as a procedure.
The drawer fronts are moved a couple of mm past the front of the drawer blades, and marked all round ...
https://s19.postimg.cc/m1qajqann/image.jpg
https://s19.postimg.cc/m1qajqq37/image.jpg
In an early post I showed how a bevel was formed on the drawer front to create a square junction with the drawer side. The bevel is seen below the blue tape ...
https://s19.postimg.cc/brnvki7xf/4a.jpg
The ends of the drawer front angle, and it is not possible to use a jig to align it with a side. I never do this anyway, and simply use a wide chisel ...
https://s19.postimg.cc/5qq6ng0qr/5a.jpg
It's a bit of a balancing act, but the blue tape acts like a non slip, and the knife only has to make one cutting stroke to sever the layer of tape. This reduces the chance of movement and error ...
https://s19.postimg.cc/gdjzsv16b/6a.jpg
The kerfs are sawn, and then deepened with a kerfing chisel. Note that the ends of the board are supported by a clamp to prevent splitting ...
https://s19.postimg.cc/c4f9qpl2b/7a.jpg
Rather than chop out the waste, I used a trim router to remove move of it. This saved a lot of time ...
https://s19.postimg.cc/x1bhvdbdf/8a.jpg
https://s19.postimg.cc/plc89l33n/9a.jpg
When removing the remaining waste, I found that the thinner blades of the Blue Spruce "dovetail" chisels worked best to pare away thin slices to the line..
https://s19.postimg.cc/wbspj15oz/10a.jpg
The Blue Spruce fishtail chisel is my favourite for clearing the corners of sockets ...
https://s19.postimg.cc/63hktndvn/11a.jpg
The completed socket ..
https://s19.postimg.cc/plc89lq8z/12a.jpg
I counted on the parts going together off the saw, that is, no fine tuning for a fit. There is just not enough time for correcting the fit. This was the last drawer for the weekend. Much the same as the others. Just pushed together - no clean up ...
https://s19.postimg.cc/by1knr9eb/13aa.jpg
This was the first row, shown here to get a better view of the design ...
https://s19.postimg.cc/6g8yzur0j/14a.jpg
This is two rows - of drawers dovetailed on one corner only. And these twelve required an average of 1 hour each to complete ...
https://s19.postimg.cc/517eb4xn7/15a.jpg
The next weekend should see the remaining drawers complete this dovetailed end. I am hoping that I shall find a way to speed the time taken for dovetailing, but I am estimating that it will require a further 3 weekends to complete the drawers.
Regards from Perth
Derek