Easy Hand Cut Dovetails With A Magnetic Guide

This is an excerpt of a different video tailored specifically to the technique stated in the title. I even put "excerpt" in the title and on the first screen in the video to let people know that it is part of something else. If you seen this portion in another video and are asking why??? than it means this video isn't for you so just kindly move on to another video :)

[HavenCraftHomes]

This was an excellent instructional video - very clear, concise. All the necessary information without any fluff. I am making an urn for a wonderful stepfather/woodworker who I lost last week. I want to honour him with beautifully crafted workmanship, and by using wood from his shop that he set aside for a special project. And you have kindly helped make that happen with your excellent teaching manner. So thank you for sharing your skills and inspiring and empowering me! May you have a peaceful day.

[Joew]

Thanks Jay. Your suggestion of 'twice the pin width between the point of the dividers and the side of the board after walking it off' is the clearest and simplest way of setting the dividers I have seen in any dovetail making video. And I've seen a bunch of them. The jig for aligning the boards while transferring the pin lines is smart as well. Very good video: efficient and perfectly clear explanations throughout.

[jdhurrell]

Got really excited when I saw you using David Barron's dovetail guide and then even more excited when I saw you using what looks like his idea for the dovetail alignment board.

[Jayko]

Best part about your videos is that somehow, you seem to have always come up with an equally simple but far more effective way to do something than I've seen in the other videos. In this case, I'm talking about this jig to hold the pin board whilst you mark it. Far easier than most of the other methods I've seen.

[meanders]

I learned also using a guide though it didn't have a magnet. It's a good confidence builder. I believe that is the clearest explanation/demonstration of laying out and cutting dovetails I have ever seen. You are a natural teacher.

[frankcornfield]

Jay is one of the best woodworkers I have found on YT. The videos on this box series are excellent and really inspire users.

[wallyreeve]

Very concise and no music. A very instructive video. I'm going to have another crack at dovetails after seeing this. Wally in Australia😊

[thatguythatdoesstuff]

David Barron deserves the mention. The guides, the alignment board and the techniques are all his.

[rob]

I think this is the first dovetail video I've come across that actually explains how to lay them out instead of just telling you to lay out your dovetails.

[trick]

I haven’t done a dovetail in 5 years and needed a refresher before diving in. You do a great job of explaining and no exception here. I’ve not seen the magnetic cutting guide before, that was a nice added touch. Thank you very much for your work!

[daddyfixesit-thls]

I think this is good instruction...what I like is that you aren't just repeating the same old school method, but are showing ways that you have adapted to suit your own hand/eye coordination.  There is rarely only one way to do something well.   Nice job

[kevinkolinen]

Best vids on YouTube, as far as woodworking. You my man, are good at what you do. Absolutely love all of your videos! Keep it up!

[johnnyc]

Jay, nice video. I just ordered one of David's jigs. My wife understands that as I get older, my eyesight does too! Out of all the methods I have been taught on how to make dovetails, this method makes quick & accurate work, perfectly every time. Thanks for showing all the details of this method. I learned a lot & cannot wait to make dovetails on the drawers of my new bench cabinet. All the best.

[js-gytz]

Jay  I've been getting back into woodworking in the last few years but you answered one question no one has said anything about dovetails. when you said about cutting inside the waist line everything became clear to me and now I know  to how to do them. it a little point but big for me Thanks,  now it makes sense Thanks again Jim

[DEshavb]

Jay,
Solid video. I have watched many on YouTube, but was still missing something. Your personal and practical approach, along with your speeding up video sections, really brought several things together for me. Back to my workshop. Thank you.

[HTMLguruLady]

I am not a word worker, in fact I suck at it 😔 I love hand made vs machine made wood products and will buy hand made vs machine made from wood workers everytime! There seems to be a real love and passion for wood working from those who make hand made wood products that seems to be missing from those who use machines.
I'm not knocking those who use machines, but when talking with wood workers there is just something missing from those who use machines vs those who hand cut.
Fabulous video!

[WoodByWright]

Thank you for the hand tool work. Hand cut is always the way to go!

[AlexS-oyiz]

Thanks for this video Jay. Good to see someone else trying the guide out. 18months on from posting the video, have you used it much?

Just last month, I had the pleasure of seeing the maker of those guides at a trade show here in the UK. Until you see him (David Barron) for real, you can easily be fooled into thinking that his videos are edited, but I watched him do 4 or 5 pin and tails sets and each time, they were absolutely bang on, straight off the bat, no fettling required.

[bramleybramley]

Hello Jay - I can relate to the lack of consistent joints, and my David Barron dovetail guide is arriving today. It will be used to cut the joinery for a wall hung wardrobe/chest of drawers for my son. Hopefully my joinery will look as good as yours. All the best from the UK

[favargas]

Loooved your vídeo Jay. I am an amateur, just starting common person but in love with dove tails. Your vídeo Made me love them more. Suuuuper well explained. TY FOR SHARING!💐🍀🌞😎🙏