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Run time: 2a minutes, 49 seconds
This is Part 1 of 3 – the first session on dovetailing. I will have a separate video series for the session on Advanced Dovetailing, also with Frank Klausz. The introduction was by Popular Woodworking magazine’s Publisher Steve Shanesy.
Summary:
It was great to watch Frank Klausz and Roy Underhill onstage. For me it was a first, very educational, and a most entertaining experience. Unless needed, I will not edit the video much, to give you the best experience and the feeling of being there during the sessions. But I have divided this one into three Parts, to make it easier to watch at one sitting, and to download in high resolution (this means you can almost watch it full-screen).
In addition to the video above, I made the following short notes on items I thought important:
- Session Survey (by show of hands – my estimates on the hand count): Approximately 7 people cut pins first; about 40 people cut tails first. The rest of the audience of about 200? I don’t know.
- Frank Klausz used to cut tails and pins about the same size. Recently he has been cutting pins a little smaller than he used to.
- When cutting out the waste, undercut by about 2° to 3°.
- Always use the widest chisel possible to cut out the waste. This is most important to get a straight baseline.
- “Make sawdust for the tails from the pieces we don’t need”. In the video he demonstrates this to mean “cut on the waste side of the pencil marks.”
- Klausz uses a pencil to mark, because he can’t cut a knife mark in two; and he can see a pencil line better!
- On the tails board: Cut the half-pins with the side teeth on the saw (i.e., those closest to the marking gauge line) really tight to the base line.
- Use white Elmer’s glue for all joints – this gives us best chance to be able to properly glue the joint without the glue starting to set.
- Reserve hot hide glue for furniture refinishing.
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