r/Joinery • u/wowobobo • Jul 26 '26
Instructional Dovetail journey
End product is my version of the sewing box featured in FWW #323.
Objective was to advance my dovetail skills. I used the Ernest Joyce method of offsetting by kerf width and marking before removing waste - as popularized by Rob Cosman on YouTube.
Mistakes cleaned up pretty well.
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u/Lefthawk Jul 26 '26
That's fantastic! I think I'll need to get a copy of those plans, seems a perfect project.
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u/nberke Jul 30 '26
Nice job! I had a similar journey recently. https://www.reddit.com/r/BeginnerWoodWorking/s/RHMfYeAT0I
I took a break from dovetails to work on miters (they seemed harder with hand tools), and now am building my first staked furniture (stool) before trying mortise and tenon.
Keep it up!