A Couple of Dovetail Markers

[Derek Cohen]

I've been struggling with flu this weekend but too restless to take it easy for long. It's at times like this that I enjoy a one-day project and I had just enough concentration left for this one.

I have been using a Woodjoy dovetail marker for the past couple of years. It is a very well made and compact marker ... but a little too compact and fiddly to be my ideal marker.


http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Marking%20and%20Measuring/page9_1.jpg

What I wanted was something less complex and more substantial. My first attempt was to make this one out of Jarrah. The ratio is 8:1

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Marking%20and%20Measuring/Dovetailsaddlesquare6.jpg


This is a great dovetail saddle ... but it lacks bling! Surely that is the First Rule of Dovetail Markers - they must have bling. Soooo ...



A nice piece of Tasmanian Blackwood and a length of brass.... and we have this... Ratio 7:1 (I always wanted a 7:1).


http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Marking%20and%20Measuring/Dovetailsaddlesquare3.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Marking%20and%20Measuring/Dovetailsaddlesquare2.jpg

And for proportion, here are the three dovetail saddles together:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Derek50/Marking%20and%20Measuring/Dovetailsaddlesquare4.jpg

Thanks for looking.

Regards from Perth

Derek

[Jake Helmboldt]

Nice BLING BLING Derek.:)

[Hank Knight]

Nice, Derek! I look forward to your post about tools you have made. They 're always exquisite. These are no exception.

Question: What is the brass circle (insert?) on top of the square leg of your blackwood/brass marker?

Hank

[Derek Cohen]

Hi Hank

I plan to engrave a 7 inside the brass circle (to denote 7:1).

Thanks for the kind words.

Regards from Perth

Derek

[Jared Cuneo]

VERY nice, how did you pin the brass to the sides?

JC

[Jim Becker]

Very nice bling! And that brass really sets the last one off to the top of bling-dom!

[Jim Dunn]

Derek you must have been a basketball player here in the states? Or perhaps a "rapper" what with all that bling? :) Very nice.

[Derek Cohen]

Hi Jared

I first cut and roughly shaped the brass, and drilled it for the rod. You must do that first as drilling the brass creates a lot of heat, which will melt glue. After drilling, I epoxied the brass to the wood. Once dry I drilled thriugh the holes into the wood for the rod. The rod was a very tight friction fit, and also epoxied in.

Regards from Perth

Derek

[Mark Stutz]

As always, beautiful, Derek. You keep raising the bar. Don't think I could manage this een on my best day. Hope you're feeling better soon.

Mark

[Ray Sheley]

Derek,
You just keep pushing upward don't you. :D