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So today I tried to cut some dovetails by hand. I know I have a marking gauge somewhere. Couldn't find it. Got sidetracked into cleaning off a bunch of shelves while looking for it. Still couldn't find it.
So I winged it and marked out some dovetails. Couldn't find my 'gents' saw. Know I have one. I think it's down at the old house. Decided to use my japanese dozuki. Well, managed to get some dove tails cut, but cut on the wrong side of the lines and the saw didn't cut down the back side the same was as it cut down the top. So pretty sloppy and useless.
Let's just say that I took advantage of Lee Valley's free shipping offer today and have some suitable tools on the way to help me on on the hand cut.
Brown did stop by with on of the Harbor Freight Blue Monster dovetail jigs for 35$ on friday, so I'll give that a shot sometime tomorrow or Monday I reckon...
The procrastination around here just never stops...
So I winged it and marked out some dovetails. Couldn't find my 'gents' saw. Know I have one. I think it's down at the old house. Decided to use my japanese dozuki. Well, managed to get some dove tails cut, but cut on the wrong side of the lines and the saw didn't cut down the back side the same was as it cut down the top. So pretty sloppy and useless.
Let's just say that I took advantage of Lee Valley's free shipping offer today and have some suitable tools on the way to help me on on the hand cut.
Brown did stop by with on of the Harbor Freight Blue Monster dovetail jigs for 35$ on friday, so I'll give that a shot sometime tomorrow or Monday I reckon...
The procrastination around here just never stops...