View Full Version : Smart Tails hand cut dovetail jigs
Charles Neil
05-27-2008, 12:54 PM
had alot of emails and request to show these so we filmed it... here is the link ....hope ya like
http://www.antiquesbuiltdaily.com/tips.htm
Bob Noles
05-27-2008, 7:12 PM
Thanks Charles, your work is always appreciated.
harry strasil
05-31-2008, 9:46 AM
neat jig, but my old antique dovetail saw will go the depth of the saw blade in one push.
mike holden
05-31-2008, 1:37 PM
"but my old antique dovetail saw will go the depth of the saw blade in one push"
Gee Harry, if you can't control it, what good is it? (G,D,&R)
Mike
harry strasil
05-31-2008, 9:58 PM
LOL, Good one Mike, it just seemed to me that he was using a dull saw as he used a lot of unneccesary strokes of the saw to accomplish a simple one or two stroke job.
David DeCristoforo
05-31-2008, 11:16 PM
"...he used a lot of unneccesary strokes of the saw to accomplish a simple one or two stroke job..."
I'm biting my tongue so hard it's bleeding.....
harry strasil
06-01-2008, 7:51 AM
LOL, not sure what you meant by that, but if a saw is that dull, sharpen it.
I always cut from the front side with the saw held level with the cut, that way any rough edges or a bit to deep a cut is on the back side, and a lot of times I don't even lay out the dovetails or angles, just what looks right and cut, you are gonna mark the pins from the tails anyway. I don't do those iddy biddy dovetails either so no need for special iddy biddy special chisels. I guess its my years as a blacksmith repairing weak things, I like hefty joints.
So I'm an oddball, the only one I have to satisfy is myself.
Derek Cohen
06-01-2008, 1:59 PM
Hi Harry
I don't think that the saw was necessarily blunt - if it was a Japanese saw (as Charles mentioned reversing the blade of a Western saw to imitate a Japanese saw) - typically Japanese saws are about 20-26 ppi, which could make one cut really slow.
But I agree, a 15 ppi Western saw, like my IT, would cut that in a about 3-4 strokes.
Hi Charles
That is a very nice jig, and I think that it should help a lot of would-be dovetailers get started. Well done.
Regards from Perth
Derek
Charles Neil
06-06-2008, 1:33 PM
actually...that saw was pretty dull....I used it to test using different grades of alumnium and brass...the soft grades were no issue but i got into some grade 8 or something and well its time to sharpen it up....usually its only 3 or 4 strokes on that one and 2 or 3 on an eastern saw i have
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