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Woodworker's Guide to Dovetails
How to Make the Essential Joint by Hand or Machine- Regular price
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Description
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Learn to master the coveted dovetail joint using hand tools and the most popular router-driven jigs on the market today.
Details
Details
| Pages | 168 |
|---|---|
| Publish Date | 2009-07-01 |
| Series | |
| Size | 8.5" x 11.0" x 0.39" |
| Author | Ernie Conover |
| Product Form | Paperback / softback |
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the hallmark of fine furniture, are finally demystified! Conover's Woodworker's Guide to Dovetails is a masterpiece! It's about time that someone explained every dovetail in "THE Book"! Superb!
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step photography which performs the job of a masterclass, and anyone who has been a bit sniffy about jigs might just allow one in the workshop after the machine use sequences have been seen.
For anyone who is shy about cutting their first dovetails, whether by hand or machine, this could push them over the threshold into the realms of fine woodworking.
Ernie Conover maintains that the professional maker has much to gain from utilising handcut and machined dovetails: the client who can afford the work will appreciate 8: 1 empires while many other customers will be grateful for the economy that mechanisation brings to the invoice. As he points out, four joints can be routed in the time it takes t0 handcut one.
This book then does not attempt to say one way is better than the other but it does show you how to understand the joint via its history, anatomy, cutting techniques and tools necessary for the perfect tight joint. Ernie shows you how to handcut
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step photos to help you master the techniques you choose.
Everything is presented in clear step
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packed with eye candy for woodworkers. If you are considering buying a dovetail machine then this book is a must.
Fox Chapel Publishing has a selection of excellent woodworking books in their catalogue. The Woodworker's Guide to Dovetails is a perfect introduction to the art of cutting a dovetail. The book can be divided into two sections with the first detailing the history of the joint and the tools used to craft it. The bulk of section one is then dedicated to the art of cutting dovetail joints by hand, starting first with a simple through dovetail and then finishing with a step
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cut and machined dovetails. Scott Phillips, the Host of American Woodshop, has called this book a "masterpiece!"
Fox Chapel Publishing has released two new books: "Woodworker's Guide to Bending Wood" by Jonathan Benson (ISBN: 978
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cut dovetail then you'll also get plenty of help. The only gap in this book is hybrid methods of cutting dovetails where both power and hand tools are employed. For example you can use a specially ground blade on the tablesaw to cut the pins, while a router can remove the bulk of the waste leaving a chisel to pare to the line.
I'm sure more tools have been thrown and more tears shed over cutting dovetails than any other aspect of woodworking. Sure, there are quite a few steps involved, and any mistakes are in full view, but the scariest thing is that all your non
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In the debate amongst woodworkers over hand
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step photos to help you master the techniques you choose.
Love 'em or hate 'em, the dovetail is essential to the woodworker for producing fine, desirable joints, so it is a good idea to learn how to do them the right way and by the method which works best for you, whether this be by hand or by machine.
The debate has long raged between makers as to which is the ideal way, so someone fairly new to woodworking would be forgiven for getting somewhat confused as to which direction to turn. It's a relief, therefore, that Ernie Conover has decided to show you how it's done using both methods. The Woodworker's Guide to Dovetails lets you make the choice. Learn how to cut full, half
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step photos to help you master the techniques you choose.
Love 'em or hate 'em, the dovetail is essential to the woodworker for producing fine, desirable joints, so it is a good idea to learn how to do them the right way and by the method which works best for you, whether this be by hand or by machine.
The debate has long raged between makers as to which is the ideal way, so someone fairly new to woodworking would be forgiven for getting somewhat confused as to which direction to turn. It's a relief, therefore, that Ernie Conover has decided to show you how it's done using both methods. The Woodworker's Guide to Dovetails lets you make the choice. Learn how to cut full, half
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driven jigs available on the market today, including the Leigh, Kellar, Omni, WoodRat, Incra, Akita, Sears and Powermatic.
WOODWORKER'S GUIDE TO DOVETAILS, by Ernie Conover, takes the mystery out of how to make the savvy woodworker's corner joint of choice
