How do you cut sliding dovetails...

At least it wasn't a breakfront

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

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Re: bombay

William R. Duffield, on the Cohansey

>You're not talking about a cheap furniture company called Bombay, that makes tops from veneered MDF, are you?

In French, the left-tilt tilde, as in Bomb� is pronounced "bomb BAY", while the right-tilt tilde would be pronounced more like the name of the wimpy Disney ungulate.

Re:"That book?"

William R. Duffield, on the Cohansey

>In another post, we were discussing sources of plans for the "bombs away" chest. The sliding dovetail is elucidated in FWW on Making Period Furniture. This is the book you need.

In Newport, they celebrated the dovetail joinery of the drawer dividers, by making it a stylistic design element. OTOH, the scurrilous Puritans in Boston hid this honest joinery behind a facade of veneer.

Re: bombay

Jack from Maine

>Never noticed the manufacturer. The name caught my eye and the ad was good for a laugh.---Jack

Thanks for all the answers...

Christopher Fitch @ Memphis

>I don't want anyone to be angry my next sentence...

I was not planning on making any anytime soon.

:)

I was just more curious than anything else..

Re: Run and find out!

William R. Duffield, on the Cohansey

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Re: OT: Digital Camera

Frank Mutchler

>Adam, I think recommending a digital camera is akin to recommending a plane. Depends on your budget and how you intend to use it. I use a Sony CyberShot that has a resolution of 5 mega pixels and a 10x zoom. Very satisfied with it. I can shoot a portrait of one of the grandkids and print it in no time at all. Very portable, not too steep a learning curve, built in macro capability, and on and on. Whatever brand, once you get one and use it you'll wonder how you ever got along without it. Good luck ;>)!!

Re: OT: Digital Camera

Dmitri

>I have Sony DSC-V1 and it works really great, a bit expensive though. Bellow is toy I made last week, shot with that camera.

Dmitri

Re: Web site?  *LINK*

Alice Frampton, UK

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http://home.earthlink.net/~cherubini/main.html

Re: You need that book!

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>OK, Adam and Don, got that book, now reading Part 2, pretty cool stuff.

Thanks,

Pam

Re: How do you cut sliding dovetails...

George Makowski

>Christopher, I am late in adding to this long and erudite string, but I do want to get in my innings for doing the joint simply with common tools.

Roy Underhill demonstrated making a tapered sliding dovetail in one of his TV shows. I think it was titiled "A Reader'sBookcase." I don't know if the description appears in his books.

The male side is made by gauging off the length of the sliding part then cutting in with a back saw along the guaged line to a depth that gives you a good angle. Now the edge of the board is untouched and you chisel out the angle defined by the edge of the board and the bottom of your saw cut.

The female side is made by marking across the receiving board with a knife and gauging the depth of the gain to match the male part. Then use the real angle of the male part to mark the undercut. Next cut on the inside of the waste side of the angle markings with a back saw. Chisel out the waste and pare the joint.

It takes practice, but it really works. My first attempt was a little rough but solid.

Good cutting,

George in AL

Re:"That book?"

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>Thanks, William, got that book out, too, reading away, guess this is a case of no book before its time (i.e., when I'm able to comprehend).

Pam

PS Not all Puritans were scurrilous; and most Japanese don't much care for showing their joinery either.

Re:"That book?" *LINK*

Jeff Schmidt (KY)

>And Chinese joinery is probably some of the most complex, yet virtually all hidden.

Jeff


Chinese Joinery

Re:"That book?" *LINK*

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>Thanks, Jeff. BTW, there's a bit fuller version of that page at Foo Foo; however, Chinese joinery is going to have to wait a couple or three months, have more than enough to practice right now.

Pam


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