On Wednesday, November 16, 2011 from 4:30pm to 6:30pm at the Woodcraft store in Grand Rapids I'll be conducting a "seminar" on hand cut dovetails. During the two hour seminar I will prepare wood, layout, cut and fit dovetails using traditional methods.
I intend to photograph the event as much as possible. Since I will be both photographing and photographed there will be some limitations. I will post any interesting photos here.
If you are interested in traditional woodworking this is an excellent opportunity to both observe and to ask questions. I will explain and demonstrate the following tools: rip saw, cross-cut saw, shooting board, long-grain shooting board, joiner plane, skew block plane, smoothing plane, fret saw, various chisels, marking gauge, bevel gauge.
Last year I taught this as a class with good success. Switching the format to seminar is a touch uncomfortable for me. I believe that attendees want to take something home that they built by hand, their own hands. Ah, well, this time they can take something home built by my hands. I intend to have both through and half-blind dovetailed Potpourri Boxes and Shaker Candle Boxes on sale at the seminar.
Woodcraft charges a $10 admission fee and I am compensated for the seminar.
W. C. "Bill" Sias, Joiner and Cabinetmaker.
What is the difference between half-blind and through dovetails? Can you also explain how they would be cut if not by hand?
ReplyDeletePart of the problem of writing about things you know well is not knowing how much back information is needed. Your comment is a welcome reminder of that. Because this would be difficult to answer without picture I will write a post about it. Hopefully as early as this evening.
ReplyDelete