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...
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...
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...
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...
Introduction A true mark of a skilled woodworker is making beautiful furniture using dovetail joints. Fine furniture is often constructed with small dovetail drawer boxes. The dovetail drawer is extremely durable but also aesthetically pleasing and strong in design....
Dovetailing Long Boards When I was developing the Collinear Marking method of marking out dovetails I knew that there was going to be an inherent advantage in many situations. One of these is dovetail joinery for longer and larger boards. My most recent project that...
My recent post about my dovetailed bed frame has drawn quite a bit of interest including requests for images of the finished project and a request for a bed in California King-size. The strangest part was how Google treated it. Tailspin Tools now ranks pretty high...
The first step in any dovetailed project is committing to cutting dovetails. There are SO many easier, faster, easier, and faster ways to join 2 boards or to make a box that it comes down to the commitment, the decision to do it the hard way…the best way. “Check out...
Ever since I made the statement that marking out dovetails is faster and more accurate using Tailspin dovetail marking gauges I have been getting the same question: “How much faster is it?” Well, if I had to guess at time saved, based on my own experience I would...
POST UPDATE November 2021: I have a followup post on the completed bed frame here. Due to the growing interest and several questions about this project, I created a video series on how to do dovetail joinery on long workpieces. You will find the first two videos in...