Interesting article from Holtzwerken

[Osvaldo Cristo]

I construct that jig to make thru dovetails and it worked very well to me. It is in German but I guess you can follow it even with no German. I hope you you enjoy!

https://youtu.be/JA7orpFiR10

From magazine: http://www.holzwerken.net/HolzWerkenTV/Maschinen/Perfekte-Zinken-mit-der-Bandsaege

[Andrew Pitonyak]

The usage of the two different spacer blocks is pretty smart.

Of course, I don't own a band saw so I won't be trying this any time soon. :-)

[Ray Newman]

Interesting and well thought out band saw jig.

[Frederick Skelly]

Thank you Osvaldo. That was an interesting video. Yes, I could follow it pretty well though I have no German.

I cut dovetails by hand. But this jig looks like a good approach for someone who prefers to use machines - or someone who has to make many drawers.

Best regards,
Fred

[Peter Kelly]

Guido Henn has several great videos on YT. Some produced for Festool as well as the HolzWerken ones.


https://youtu.be/1bUoHHdLex0

[Bruce Wrenn]

I construct that jig to make thru dovetails and it worked very well to me. It is in German but I guess you can follow it even with no German. I hope you you enjoy!

https://youtu.be/JA7orpFiR10

From magazine: http://www.holzwerken.net/HolzWerkenTV/Maschinen/Perfekte-Zinken-mit-der-BandsaegeMark Dugenskie first published this method about 30 years ago, along with how to cut them on the table saw. Both methods used spacer blocks. They can be variable sized, but they must be symetrical around center line.

[Andrew Hughes]

I’ve cut Dovetails on my bandsaw really big ones. My table tilts left and right so there’s no need for a ramp or spacers blocks. The angle block that cuts the tails just need to match the tilt of the table.
Does the felder bandsaw not have a tilting table?

[Osvaldo Cristo]

I’ve cut Dovetails on my bandsaw really big ones. My table tilts left and right so there’s no need for a ramp or spacers blocks. The angle block that cuts the tails just need to match the tilt of the table.
Does the felder bandsaw not have a tilting table?

The issue is to tilt to both left and right. All bandsaw I know have the table tilting to right only.

[Steve Rozmiarek]

That is clever!

[David Utterback]

I saw Google translate pop up for English in the magazine version. Seems to work well. My German classes over 40 years ago are insufficient.

[Eduard Nemirovsky]

It is not very easy to tilt table precisely same angle to match previous cut. At least on my bandsaw. Ramp always stay the same angle.
ED.

I’ve cut Dovetails on my bandsaw really big ones. My table tilts left and right so there’s no need for a ramp or spacers blocks. The angle block that cuts the tails just need to match the tilt of the table.
Does the felder bandsaw not have a tilting table?

[Andrew Hughes]

Building a ramp seems like the hard way to me . I just a digital tilt angle box. Every bandsaw I’ve owned tilts at least a little bit all one needs is 7 or 10 degrees.

[Dan Friedrichs]

That's neat.

Dumb question: in the video, why does the bandsaw blade seem to get pushed backwards when first contacting the workpiece? It's like it doesn't have a rear guide. Is that common? That seems very inconvenient...

[Jim Braun]

That's neat.

Dumb question: in the video, why does the bandsaw blade seem to get pushed backwards when first contacting the workpiece? It's like it doesn't have a rear guide. Is that common? That seems very inconvenient...

He was asked that in the comments to the video and said that he had just changed the blade things like this can happen during hectic video shoots.

[Dan Friedrichs]

He was asked that in the comments to the video and said that he had just changed the blade things like this can happen during hectic video shoots.

Ah, thanks! My mind was trying to understand if "variable blade position" was some sort of German efficiency innovation I didn't know about :)

[Derek Cohen]

It seems awfully complicated compared with sawing with a simple dovetail saw. If you can make the fixture, you can saw by hand.

Regards from Perth

Derek

[Rod Sheridan]

I teach a similar method in bandsaw seminars except the wood table is simply attached to the bandsaw with magnets and a cleat.

I use a wood T square and a wedge to guide the pieces, that allows you to make random width pins and tails.

I don’t use a scroll saw, just band saw and chisel....Rod

[Osvaldo Cristo]

Same here: I do not have a scroll saw so I also use the bandsaw and chisels.

The jig looks me very practical when making multiples drawers, probably it isn't worth the setup time for a single one, perhaps a couple of them.

Personally it was very important and today I have used dovetails as regular feature mainly because the convenience of a such jig.

[Mark Bolton]

The issue is to tilt to both left and right. All bandsaw I know have the table tilting to right only.

Not to mention a fixed jig insures dead accurate angle of tilt from one side to the next eliminating potential error. Far smarter than tilting a table an indexing off a mark, scale, or digital.

Still seems a painfully slow dovetail process but surely slick for small and odd runs