By Joshua Farnsworth In this video & article I’ll have a shoot-out between hand cut dovetails and machine cut dovetails, and talk about the pros and cons of each method. Want to Skip to a Section in this article? Table of Contents: Introduction 1. Setup Time Comparison 2. Cutting Time Comparison 3. Joint Appearance Comparison 4. Cost Comparison + Links to Tools Used 5. Safety Comparison 6. Noise,
By Joshua Farnsworth In this article, and the above video, I’ll share with you 9 tips on how to cut a clean and straight line with a dovetail saw so you can make tight fitting joinery like this: In my Introduction to Hand Tool Woodworking class, one of the first exercises we do is to draw straight lines on a scrap board and practice cutting straight lines. This is an essential skill to develop
By Joshua Farnsworth As a historical furniture maker, I absolutely love woodworking with wide boards like many of the furniture maker of the past. I also dislike gluing up panels more often than I have to. So that’s why I’ve wanted this 16-inch Felder jointer-planer machine ever since I saw the one my friend bought. See my video above to learn how to use it. The Felder came in a perfect time, right at
For years now we've been giving away the free Moravian Workbench plans that go along with our very popular video "Building the Portable Moravian Workbench with Will Myers". I created this video with Will Myers in a way that most woodworkers could build it. We made it very detailed: over 7 hours! (Find it here). A lot of people have successfully built this historical workbench with only these two resources. But we've also had
By Joshua Farnsworth In the above video I've shared 10 amazing woodworking shops that belong to woodworkers that I've interviewed. One of the things that I attribute the success of the Wood and Shop community to is that it isn’t just about me. It’s been about many skilled woodworkers who I’ve had the honor to film and visit their workshops and learn from and become friends with. So in the video, and the article
By Joshua Farnsworth In this video and article I’ll teach you how I install these vintage-style hasps, so I can put a padlock on a wooden chest or box. This is part 3/3 of a series on hardware for a chest or box. In the first video and article I showed how to use toilet bowl cleaner to turn inexpensive, zinc-coated hinges, hasps, and screws from a hardware store, into lovely historical hardware. You
By Joshua Farnsworth In this article, and the above video, I show my simple 4 step method for adding historical style hinges onto a dovetail chest. In my last video & article I showed how to use toilet bowl cleaner to turn these inexpensive, zinc-coated hinges and screws from a hardware store, into lovely historical hardware (see the video & article here). But you can use any hinges or screws for your project. I
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