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\"Passion<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nChapter 3<\/strong>
\nMarking the Tails
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\nChapter 5<\/strong>
\nChopping the Tails
\nwith Chisels
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\nChapter 7<\/strong>
\nCutting the Pins
\nwith a Saw
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\nChapter 9<\/strong>
\nFinal Fitting
\nand Glue-up
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\nChapter 11<\/strong>
\nHalf-blind Dovetails
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\nChapter 13<\/strong>
\nA Jig
\nfor Handcut Dovetails
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\nThoughts on
\nWoodworking<\/strong>
\nPart 2
\nPerfection is Elusive
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Instructional Woodworking
DVDs<\/h1>\n

Handcut Dovetails<\/strong>
Author:<\/strong><\/em> Hendrik Varju<\/p>\n

\"Handcut<\/figure>\n

Hendrik Varju \/ Passion for Wood \/ August 2015
ISBN: 978-0-9881280-6-4
6 hours, 58 minutes on 4 DVDs<\/p>\n

Price: <\/strong>Cdn. $94.95 + applicable taxes
+ shipping and handling<\/p>\n

Ontario residents pay 13% hst. Canadian residents outside of Ontario pay hst at their own province’s rate, or 5% gst if in a non-participating province. Residents outside of Canada pay no tax.<\/p>\n

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\nTo download a PDF of this production’s
\nTable of Contents click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This document will make it easier for you to navigate the video.
\nThe Table of Contents is already included inside the DVD case, but you can download a copy here if you’ve misplaced it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In 2015, Hendrik released two new instructional DVD titles bringing the total to 16 productions.\u00a0 \u201cEnd Grain Table Tops & Cutting Boards” is the second DVD newly released in 2015, but let us first hear about the long awaited production:\u00a0 \u201cHandcut Dovetails\u201d.<\/p>\n

Previous videos have covered a wide range of machinery skills, as well as how to tune and sharpen hand planes and chisels.\u00a0 However, in this new production Hendrik shows you how he cuts the time-honoured dovetail joint fully by hand using only a dozuki saw, chisels and hand planes.\u00a0 \u201cHandcut Dovetails\u201d covers his step-by-step techniques over a 7 hour span spread over 4 disks.\u00a0 As is Hendrik\u2019s usual style, this DVD set is a detailed step-by-step course \u2013 not the \u201cusual\u201d DVD fare that may have disappointed you in the past.<\/p>\n

The DVD starts by reviewing some of the equipment you will need to cut dovetails by hand, such as marking gauges, dovetail markers, chisels, hand planes and so on.\u00a0 He explains his favourite tools for the process and why, including his preference for a rip-toothed Japanese dozuki saw.\u00a0 If you prefer to use a western style dovetail saw, the lesson is still fully applicable to you.\u00a0 However, Hendrik always explains the reason for his preferences when it comes to tools, balancing quality and price at the same time.<\/p>\n

Chapter 2 covers Hendrik’s approach to spacing dovetails.\u00a0 Armed with his easel, he explains how to get from the rough dimensions of your project to choosing the number of pins and tails and what sizes to go with.<\/p>\n

Chapter 3 covers marking of the tails, which involves very precise pencil lines for the shoulder and tails.\u00a0 He also discusses the dilemma of deciding whether to mark the shoulder lines with a deep marking guage scribe, making it difficult to remove later, or to score it lightly and risk not being able to see it.\u00a0 Hendrik’s compromise involves a very faint marking gauge line only in the centre, followed by a thin pencil line drawn with a square.\u00a0 It’s an unusual approach, but does the job with numerous advantages.<\/p>\n

Chapters 4 through 8 cover, in great detail, how to cut the tails with the dozuki saw and how to chop out the waste with chisels.\u00a0 Then Hendrik shows you how to carefully mark the tails onto the pin board using an awl and pencil lines.\u00a0 From there, he deftly cuts the pins with the dozuki saw and chops them out with chisels.<\/p>\n

Chapter 9 involves the final fitting and glue-up.\u00a0 Hendrik explains his approach to fitting dovetails while showing you how to decide where to pare more wood or not.\u00a0 He shows you how to control your chisels in subtle ways and stay safe at the same time, since razor sharp chisels can be almost as dangerous as machinery in the wrong hands.\u00a0 Then Hendrik shows you how to make some simple clamping cauls, apply the glue and drive the joint home with authority.<\/p>\n

Chapter 10 involves trimming of the glued up joint with hand planes, starting with a low angle block plane to deal with the end grain areas and switching to a standard angle block plane at the end to avoid tear-out on the long grain.\u00a0 He talks about how to avoid blow-out using backer boards should you need to hand plane towards the finished joint and he also demonstrates how the tiniest gaps in your joinery can be filled until your skills improve.<\/p>\n

In chapter 11, Hendrik tackles the topic of half-blind dovetails, taking you through the differing aspects of the pin board.\u00a0 He shows you how to alter your cutting technique with the dozuki saw and how to remove the waste from between the pins with high precision.\u00a0 He has a very defined method of starting with the shoulder cut, then following up with a horizontal cut, then a vertical side cut, followed up again with horizontal and shoulder cuts to sever the waste.\u00a0 And he shows you strategies for levelling the bottom of the pin sockets beautifully for the best odds of ending up with gap free joinery.<\/p>\n

For those of you who are looking for shortcuts when cutting larger numbers of dovetail joints, or tackling huge dovetails on thicker timbers, Hendrik includes a lengthy section of \u201cbonus footage\u201d called “Bandsaw Alternatives and an Ingenious Jig”.\u00a0 Chapter 12 is called “Cutting Tails and Pins with a Bandsaw”, in which he shows you how to use a bandsaw to rough out the tails and pins, easily completing about 90% of the work.\u00a0 The last 10% is, of course, still done with chisels in order to achieve the best gap-free fit possible.<\/p>\n

The second bonus footage chapter is called “A Jig for Handcut Dovetails”.\u00a0 Hendrik shows you a jig he invented many years ago to help you cut dovetails by hand with greater ease and precision.\u00a0 His jig holds the tail and pin boards for you and also registers a thick hardwood guide block right on the shoulder line to guide your chisels.\u00a0 One of the most difficult aspects of cutting dovetails by hand involves cutting the shoulder lines exactly on the same plane on both sides of the part.\u00a0 This jig was designed to make this easy.\u00a0 You’ve undoubtedly heard of “dovetail jigs” for routers, but not a jig like Hendrik’s that helps you cut dovetails by hand with a higher level of precision on the shoulder line.<\/p>\n

The bonus footage of this DVD set runs for over 70 minutes, which is longer than an entire typical woodworking DVD!\u00a0 Remember that Hendrik’s productions are not just “entertainment” like a woodworking television show.\u00a0 These are lengthy step-by-step woodworking courses in a DVD format.\u00a0 Like it says on the front cover of these productions, this is “Private Woodworking Instruction in a Box”TM.\u00a0 In short, \u201cHandcut Dovetails” is a complete step-by-step DVD course, bringing you a depth of information and subtle details rarely seen outside of private hands-on woodworking instruction.<\/p>\n

As of 2015, Hendrik has been cutting dovetails by hand for nearly 25 years.\u00a0 His first attempts at the joint were difficult and not very satisfying, but this production brings you the techniques he has been using and perfecting ever since.\u00a0 All of Hendrik’s productions include a wonderful mix of theory, with sketches and full explanations, married with real-time demonstrations you can duplicate in your own workshop.\u00a0 This is the beauty of these multiple disk courses, which give you an absolutely enormous level of detail, but in a \u201clive demonstration\u201d format just not possible in a woodworking book or magazine article.<\/p>\n

The most important aspect of this production, as with all the others, is Hendrik\u2019s full demonstrations done in real time.\u00a0 He doesn\u2019t assume prior knowledge, so even a beginner will be able to follow along the journey.\u00a0 Yet he has a knack for covering the basics while simultaneously delving into super fine points an amateur is unlikely to even consider for many years.\u00a0 The incredibly valuable lesson in all this is that Hendrik never just touches on the basics, but goes deeper, giving you a level of understanding of how to dial in accuracy on that last one one-thousandth of an inch.\u00a0 In fine furniture work, accuracy and detail is everything.<\/p>\n

In this must-have video, you will learn:<\/p>\n