As I've acquired more and better hand tools, I struggled with where to safely store them. My wife got me the Anarchist Tool Chest book a couple of years ago. The dovetails scared me off though. I've tried them a few times, but was never satisfied with them. Part of the problem was that I just couldn't get my chisels sharp enough. When I would watch videos, the chiseled surfaces looked very slick and paring seemed effortless. Mine would bust up the endgrain and paring was nearly impossible. I finally broke down and got the Shapton set of stones, the Veritas jig, and a Worksharp 3000. The Worksharp allows me to quickly and safely grind to 25 degrees and then I use the Veritas jig to hone and polish it. With this setup, I could finally do what I saw in the videos. I made some boxes for Christmas gifts and hand dovetailed my first drawers in a project earlier this year.
I bought 100bf of poplar a few weeks ago. It's great stock, most of the boards are actually close to 5/4 and 12-13 inches wide. My jointer is 8", so I had to flatten one side by hand enough to go through my Dewalt planer. I got the stock all prepped and glued last weekend and started cutting the dovetails yesterday. This is the first corner I finished up. I'm pretty happy with them. I still struggle a little with going over my baseline. I'm not sure if I'm marking it wrong or just chiseling a little too deep. That's really the only problem I still have with them. Each set I cut gets a little better.
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