Powered-up Techniques for Accurate & Quicker Hand-cut Dovetails
- Learn secrets to better hand-cut dovetails using only hand tools
- Achieve a hand-cut look using power tools to speed your work
- Dovetail large panels using only a jigsaw
- Discover how to work with warped & bowed panels
Hand-cut dovetails are a benchmark of woodworking skill – and with the help of Glen D. Huey (and a little practice), your dovetails will instantly identify you as an accomplished artisan. You'll learn hand-cut dovetail basics as Glen shares the secrets he's learned from years of professional experience to quickly produce tight-fitting fine dovetails. Then, he shows you how to use power tools and shop-made jigs (plans included, of course!) to work even faster – all without sacrificing the hand-cut dovetail appearance.
BONUS: Includes plans for a dovetailed keepsake box!
Glen D. Huey is senior editor of Popular Woodworking Magazine. He's been a professional furniture maker for more than 16 years and has been working with Popular Woodworking for 15 of them. Glen's projects have been featured in magazines, books and newspapers.
Running time: 63 minutes
