by Myko | Jan 7, 2025 | Dovetail Tools
Recently I heard from a customer named David down in Florida. He wanted to know if I had any video of our dovetail marking tools being used from the perspective of the user, rather than seen from an observer’s viewpoint. After digging around I found a few spots in our...
by Myko | Nov 4, 2024 | Woodworking Tools and Jigs
Since Festool introduced the Domino in 2007 woodworkers have been catching on to the fact that mortise and tenon joinery does not have to be a tricky bit of sorcery combined with years of hard-earned muscle memory. There have long been advantages to using a router to...
by Myko | Jul 18, 2024 | Dovetail Projects
On a recent build of a small dining table, a parameter changed after the rough cutting had been done. The table, originally to measure 30 x 40 inches now needed to be 30 x 46-48. No Bueno! The stock I had chosen was a beautiful board of curly maple, 5/4 x 11 x 130...
by Myko | Aug 21, 2023 | Dovetail Tools
The Moxon riser vise has been a popular conversation topic of late and a recent article had me looking at my own, now in its third iteration. I don’t even have snapshots of the first 2 versions. They were made before content replaced cash as King. My first version was...
by Myko | May 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
Two of the questions that have been coming up more frequently lately have been “What are typical dovetail dimensions?” and “What is the standard dovetail size?”. The simplest answer is that the size and spacing of your dovetails is dictated (mostly) by the size of the...
