How To Hand Cut Dovetails Wood By Wright Style

How to hand-cut dovetails the Wood By Wright way!

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[timothymallon]

I gotta say, between you and Rex, your videos really do make woodworking feel easy for the common person. You take the mystique out of it and get your viewers excited about woodworking. Thanks James for all you do

[StinkyParadox]

"Every project requires a blood sacrifice." At least a couple of dings... The wood gods got me good last week.

[luthmanphotography]

One of the best things I've found to learn different techniques on are birdhouses. It doesntt really matter if you mess up a bit, as long as the house holds together the birds will take it (trust me). They aren't very picky customers and it's fun watching someone actually live in something you've built, even though it has got gaps all over and what not. It's great practice when you want to learn new things but don't just want to join two boards together but actually build something.

[genem]

Start with wooden storage boxes for your shop. That way you get through the learning process on something that doesn't have to be pristine.

[michaelasbury]

This guy made me enjoy wood working again as I was just ready to give it up. Simplify is the word I would use to describe his method

[NelsvanToor]

I like how you cut down the hand woodworking to the no frills basics that make it easily digestible for even the daftest of minds without making it sound childish.

[ShelleyEisele]

I’ve learned about 5 super helpful tips and tricks—I don’t need to buy yet another saw—yet, I’m gripping the saw too hard—that explains why my cuts always wander off the straight and narrow, marking lines—light, medium, heavy, and using a file to help me clean things up, and have fun.

[michaelgardner]

James, this is the best video for first timers, who are a little scared of tackling the almighty dovetail. It shows how easy it actually is, and in a relatively short period of time. I love most of the other makers in the YouTube community, but they tend to overwhelm people with the dividers, ratios, marking guages, coping or fret saw, etc. This is what newcomers need. You gave me some inspiration to make a tray or box or something, I have been doing box joints and splined miters lately, but tomorrow is going to be dovetail day. Zebra wood carcass and spalted maple top. Done. Inspired. Just like that. Thank you

[markbaker]

Once, a customer asked for their pieces drawers to all be done with Bermuda Pins and Round Tails. To make these, I simply made the rounded drawer side pieces using a band saw and foresner bits the sides to match the side pieces and drilled the center of each assembled set to insert the locking pins of each assembly according to how many pins were needed. Contrasting wood for pins could also be used.
Many customers had no care as to what custom work cost, they just wanted things Just So and never wanted to hear about the cost. The actual antique Bermuda Pins AND TAILS were hand cut and beautiful workmanship of some ancient woodworker.

[markbaker]

Many Japanese Tanso Drawers were built and assembled using no glue but were Pinned together using the long thorns of the trees that bore them and tapped into holes made with either a hole bored by friction or a red hot well aimed piece of iron. Since many of the ancient pieces were expected to survive flooding with the food kept safe, the joints were made to swell up and seal out the flood waters. That’s real great ancient woodwork!

[jesh]

13:15 the wood demands a blood sacrifice 😂

[SpartanORGN]

I always love when something is simplified down as much as possible. Take out all the extra things that make it seem too hard to even get started. Yes dovetails take a bit of practice, but they also don't need to be perfect. Nice video

[jayknot]

Absolutely loved this. Skipping all of the layout lines seems amazing

[felineth]

Your teaching was great, very clear, straight to the point and some very good advice, I also liked your spirit!

[lincolndickerson]

Thank you for the sanity… returning to woodworking after many years away. Looking forward to a little warmer weather to get into my unheated shop. Practicing joinery with scraps is where I decided to start after seeing the cost of wood lol.

[sethgarcia]

Just wanted to say thank u man. The little reminder at the end that we have to get out there n practice n mess up to learn helped. I get frustrated but I will not give up!! lol. Thanks for all the videos man

[williamkilpatrick]

You make it look so easy which is a sign of a good tradesman. Hope I get it nearly as good. Thanks for the video.

[standswithfish]

James, I found a great video from 5 years ago from a channel called Wood by Wright! 😊 going to attempt my first hand cut dovetails this week😲

[jons]

"Comment down below!"
Great video, I appreciate the way you simplified it.
So many videos they make it look like rocket science AND brain surgery.
Apparently it is *not*!

[brucecomerford]

Thanks James, that was extremely useful. Trying my first dovetails tomorrow!