Does anyone have first hand experience cutting these? What's the setup? Any photos or instrustions available would help too. Thx.
Japanses Style Twisted Dovetails
Feb 02, 2004
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Can you post a picture? I can't visualise what you're talking about...
This googles up under "twisted dovetails":
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John Moorhead
Yes I've seen that link too. I'm wondering what the angles are though. He's also using a "modified" twisted dovetail.
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This link may have a bit more for you, but no angles. Nice example anyway...
Just do them - they're much easier than you'd think.
You need to be able to accurately saw a dovetail and have them assemble straight off, without chisel work. It's useful to mark them out on paper first (both halves), because the spacing is uneven and it's easy to make a joint that simply doesn't match.
I seems the tails and pins alternate on the side and the pins bevel out. The end piece just has beveled pins. This pic seems to show it the best.
The book "David Charlesworth's Furniture-Making Techniques" descibes how he cuts them on a bandsaw.
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That is a pretty entertaining website.
Dave
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