Follow up, cradle's hand cut compound DT joints

Sep 30, 2003 1 Replies

Folks -



A while ago, I posted about cutting compound dovetails, and that the article in FWW was a bit hard for me to figger out. Well, I decided to "damn the torpedoes"..... I grabbed a couple of wide pieces of pine, cut them at 10 degrees and just followed along with the pictures in the article.



Whoooeeeee..... It wasn't nearly as hard as I thought. The joint was a bit rough, and I didn't pare things as well as I should have, but it went together just fine. A few more practice joints and I'll have it! I was absolutely full of myself the rest of the evening!



I'll post pictures when I finish the roll. This is FUN!



Ever,



John Moorhead


Way to go John, I still haven't mustered up the guts to do it. . .yet! Your post is a good incentive! Now, where did I put that funny looking saw. . .

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