My first dovetails

[Steve Ash]

A first for me, I have never used dovetails before but always wanted to. Neighbor and SMC member Keith July told me I could use his Keller jig and routers to make these for my son's kitchen cabinets (yes, I've been forever with this project it seems) Steve Jr. is just about ready to move in his own home and I figured I better get these drawer boxes done.

Now that I've made some dovetails, I'll be looking into some equiptment to make these from now on for everything I do.

As with every finished job, I always have a little celebration beverage to go along with it....this time in a newly aquired mug from fellow creeker John Miliunas.

Thanks for looking.

[Jim Hinze]

Very Nice steve... now ya gotta learn to cut them by hand :D

[Julio Navarro]

they look great Steve!

[Mark Pruitt]

Jim, he did cut them by hand. He grabbed the router in his hands and used it to cut the dovetails!:D

Steve, nice work! What species of wood is it?

[Steve Ash]

Jim, someday I'll learn to cut them by hand. Tried once and failed miserably.

Mark, the specie is Ash....of course :D

[Christopher Stahl]

Steve, they look pretty good to me. :) Keep it up!

[Mike Alagna]

They look great. You would never know that it was a first attempt. I guess its time to go buy your own.

[Frank Chaffee]

Steve,
So what’s it gonna be, Keller, Akeda, PC... or are you going to get Leigh?

Frank

[Bruce Volden]

Did the beverage in the Packers mug steady the hand and improve hand / eye coordination??:D :D


Bruce

[Larry Crim]

great job for especially for a first try. My first ones were a lot worse
Larry

[David Duke]

Looking good Steve.

[Jim Becker]

They look just dovely!! err...well, you know what I mean!

[Steve Ash]

Steve,
So what’s it gonna be, Keller, Akeda, PC... or are you going to get Leigh?

Frank

Don't know yet Frank, I'll do some researching and checking the archives here on SMC, there is a wood expo in September here in town so I'll probably watch some demos and hopefully get educated to make that decision. I'll be watching upcoming threads on the subject as well.

[Von Bickley]

Steve,
Great job on the drawer boxes...:)

[Corey Hallagan]

They look great Steve! Very nice indeed!

Corey

[Peter Pedisich]

Steve,

Dovetails look great, the car looks pretty cool too!

Pete

[Greg Koch]

Your dovetails suck, Steve! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/kgregc/sidelaugh.gif

(We know each other well enough I can say that....)

I have been working on them, with my 4212, but no where near as good as yours..... Very nice indead!http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/kgregc/thThumbsUp.gif

Maybe I should try ash? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/kgregc/sidelaugh.gif

[Mike Goetzke]

I like the ones w/o the Packers mug on top better (Go Bears).

Nice job on your first dovetails. You should have started w/ a HF first though because looking at your results your going to spend some big $ on a jig now!

Mike

[Stu Ablett in Tokyo Japan]

Great looking Dove Tails Steve!

I have the Keller Jig, or one of them, and it works great!

Nice pic, Dove Tails, Beer, and the Chevelle :D

Way to go!

[Brian Buckley]

Great job on the dovetails Steve. Now, we need to see more PICS of the fine looking Cheville.

Brian

[Steve Ash]

Now, we need to see more PICS of the fine looking Cheville.

Brian

Awww......okay!

Thanks for the compliments all.....and Greg those sidelaugh icons look real familiar.

[Stu Ablett in Tokyo Japan]

Steve, you are a tease, nice looking SMALL pic there dude.....:(

[Michael Cody]

Steve, you didn't make the B93 Bash did you -- oldest son camped there for 2 days, but I made the first day and saw Trace Adkins... great song too..

Anyway on the dovetails, if you just want to do through dovetails for the time being, consider a STOTS template. It's about 40-50$ and lets you make what is essentially a Keller Jig for dovetails in whatever size you need. Check out John Lucas @ Woodshopdemos.com (http://www.woodshopdemos.com/dtshoot-1.htm)for a review and demostration of several jigs including the STOTS.

[Jerry Strojny]

Nice mug Steve. Oh yeah, nice job on the tails too. I'm scared to try them, I now I'll end up wanting to spend more money! (Spent lots of money on a future gloat this week already.)

What thickness did you use for the drawer sides? 1/2" 5/8" 3/4" What is the norm?

[Steve Ash]

Nice mug Steve. Oh yeah, nice job on the tails too. I'm scared to try them, I now I'll end up wanting to spend more money! (Spent lots of money on a future gloat this week already.)

What thickness did you use for the drawer sides? 1/2" 5/8" 3/4" What is the norm?

Jerry, 5/8" was the thickness used.

Nope Michael I missed out on the B93 bash, but thought Trace lyrics kinda worked for me given my obsession with a red Chevelle :D

[Alan DuBoff]

Looks good Steve, now you're ready to try 'em by hand!

Feel free to wander over to the neander side if that peaks your curiosity.:cool: