Inlaid dovetails - video tutorial, NOT photo tutorial

[C Scott McDonald]

Thank you Al, Very informative.

[Al Navas]

..I Have viewed the first two videos and looking very forward to the third video. Thanks for the detail in the instructions. At some point I have to purchase a dovetail jig. I had ruled out the need for a leigh jig, but your video has made me rethink my decision. Have a great day.

Thanks, Michael. I know I repeated myself more than once , but glad the message got through fairly well. Not everyone needs the Leigh jig, as it depends on WHAT kinds of you wish to do in the future. BUT you WILL always have the capability if you go with the Leigh!

Excellent job Al … I’ve book marked your blog and will be referring to it often. Thanks for the effort..

Thanks for taking the time to let me know, Brian! Glad you enjoyed it.

Beautiful work Al. And I'm still trying to get the time to run north and see you in action. Keep up the good work. If ever over at Nebraska Furniture Mart, look me up too.

Will do, Mark. Give me a shout when in the area.

Watched the videos. Very impressed. Any idea when you will be done with the 3rd video.

I think videos are great with woodworking. Much easier to understand that words alone.

Have book marked you blog. It's great.

How to see video 3 soon...

Steven, I hope to be done with Part 3 within a week or so, if all goes well. I sure did not count on two disk drives failing me when I needed them. Just keep taking a peek at the blog, and you will see it there.

Are the bottoms of the boxes made out of solid wood? Can they expand and contract.

Hope more videos are on the way...

For these two boxes I made an exception. The bottoms are solid wood.

For the box with the pull lid, the bottom is solid, and glued only in the long-grain direction. To allow for expansion in the cross-grain direction I left the bottom unglued in those two ends.

For the box with the inlaid dovetails, I also used a solid sycamore bottom, milled to just under 1/4-inch. The bottom is installed in blind dados cut 1/2-inch from the bottom edges of the boards. The bottom is glued only in spots, with glue spots centered along the length of the boards.

Thank you Al, Very informative.

Thanks, Scott!




To all, my thanks!


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[Randy Denby]

Al, that was great! I was one of the guys asking how you did that in your original posting of the boxes. You delivered in spades! Thank you so much!
I am looking to buy a Leigh jig now...as I bet alot of folks are. Leigh should compensate you !
Were/are you a teacher in your day job? If not, you missed your calling.
Looking forward to the continuation and take care
Randy

[Al Navas]

Al, that was great! I was one of the guys asking how you did that in your original posting of the boxes. You delivered in spades! Thank you so much!
I am looking to buy a Leigh jig now...as I bet alot of folks are. Leigh should compensate you !
Were/are you a teacher in your day job? If not, you missed your calling.
Looking forward to the continuation and take care
Randy

Thanks, Randy. Glad you liked the videos!

I am not a teacher - just a retired Corrosion Engineer . But, hey, THAT is an idea...


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[Wayne Ilfrey]

Superb my friend. Well done.
I can't wait until part 3.
Im going to have to go buy a Leigh Jig now!!! (oh darn)

[Steven Bolton]

Al: Do you like to use two routers with the leigh or one?

Thanks

sb