A Couple of Dovetail Markers

I've been struggling with flu this weekend but too restless to take it easy for long. It's at times like this that I enjoy a one-day project and I had just enough concentration left for this one.

I have been using a Woodjoy dovetail marker for the past couple of years. It is a very well made and compact marker ... but a little too compact and fiddly to be my ideal marker.


http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...ng/page9_1.jpg

What I wanted was something less complex and more substantial. My first attempt was to make this one out of Jarrah. The ratio is 8:1

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...dlesquare6.jpg


This is a great dovetail saddle ... but it lacks bling! Surely that is the First Rule of Dovetail Markers - they must have bling. Soooo ...



A nice piece of Tasmanian Blackwood and a length of brass.... and we have this... Ratio 7:1 (I always wanted a 7:1).


http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...dlesquare3.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...dlesquare2.jpg

And for proportion, here are the three dovetail saddles together:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...dlesquare4.jpg

Thanks for looking.

Regards from Perth

Derek

Nice BLING BLING Derek.:)

Nice, Derek! I look forward to your post about tools you have made. They 're always exquisite. These are no exception.

Question: What is the brass circle (insert?) on top of the square leg of your blackwood/brass marker?

Hank

Hi Hank

I plan to engrave a 7 inside the brass circle (to denote 7:1).

Thanks for the kind words.

Regards from Perth

Derek

VERY nice, how did you pin the brass to the sides?

JC

Very nice bling! And that brass really sets the last one off to the top of bling-dom!

Derek you must have been a basketball player here in the states? Or perhaps a "rapper" what with all that bling? :) Very nice.

Hi Jared

I first cut and roughly shaped the brass, and drilled it for the rod. You must do that first as drilling the brass creates a lot of heat, which will melt glue. After drilling, I epoxied the brass to the wood. Once dry I drilled thriugh the holes into the wood for the rod. The rod was a very tight friction fit, and also epoxied in.

Regards from Perth

Derek

As always, beautiful, Derek. You keep raising the bar. Don't think I could manage this een on my best day. Hope you're feeling better soon.

Mark

Derek,
You just keep pushing upward don't you. :D