Hi all,
In the spirit of Jason's recent Critique my dovetails thread, I decided to throw my first hand cut dovetails out there. No jigs, no guides! Just a knife, a pencil, a square, a sliding bevel, a dovetail saw, a coping saw, and a couple of chisels. Over the last week, I have cut tails before I take my 24 step commute to my home "office" and tails during my lunch hour. (I like cutting the tails in the morning as it seems to put my head in a good space before the workday begins. I tried cutting a set of pins first dovetails one morning and that messed up my whole day )
While these are not pretty, they are a very snug fit. I am not posting the entire week's worth DT's, but I see a little bit of improvement with everyone. Most importantly, I am getting more comfortable sawing to line with my dovetail saw--the coping saw I am using to clean out waste is another story. Anyway, in the spirit of displaying successes, failures, and/or combination of both here are my morning tails and lunch pins from today.
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