Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
Re: dovetail spacing
eliot feldman
I don't mind the negative criticism at all, but I'm I bit surprised. Would you be good enough to show a link to some dovetail spacing that you find particularly pleasing? I can't believe that it all would be regular and symmetrical. I didn't think that my non-symmetrical spacing wold raise any eyebrows.
Re: dovetail spacing
roger lance
Eliot.....I really don't know that group you referenced.....my time in music is the 60s and 70s......that's what i know a little about.
I was giving you lyrics from John Sebastian of the Lovin' Spoonful.....you must have heard of them.....what's wrong with "She's one of those girls that come in the spring....One look in her eyes and you forget everything...."??
Psychologically, most of us seek symmetry.....uniformity.....balance. When we don't get it, we become unsettled.....that's just the way it is for most people......including in dovetail spacing.
This type of response comes with wearing big-boy pants, nicht wahr??
Re: dovetail spacing
Leo Cuellar
I haven't listened to that one in a while. It will be in my playlist tonight! Have you listened to the "Meat Puppets"?
Your dovetails are fine. I haven't made any yet, but other than Derek & Bill's I haven't seen many examples here for inspiration.
Re: dovetail spacing
onemanband
Geremy Coy is one of the examples who don't necessarily follow a balanced spacing in his dovetail work. There's another contemporary fellow (an Australian?) whose name escapes me, and like Coy, he varies his spacing without any of them looking odd or incompatible. Randomly spacing a tail or two may be of appeal to some members here, but probably not to dovetailers at large.
http://www.geremycoy.com/portfolio/recipe-box/
Re: After all this are you still with us Eliot?
onemanband
Most woodworkers who are willing to share their work are not thin-skinned as some may think!
Re: RE the spacing on Eliot's dovetail boxes
Derek Cohen (in Perth, Australia)
Boxes are boring when predictable. I like the asymmetrical dovetails as they are unexpected, and this adds interest.
Regards from Perth
Derek
Re: RE the spacing on Eliot's dovetail boxes
onemanband
About machine produced dovetails vs handcut ones. Only non-woodworkers and beginning (?) woodworkers who havent done any dovetails wont be able to tell the difference after a closeup exam. The scribed lines, the angles, the baselines, and even the planning marks can all be the telltale signs. At least that would be true in 99.9% of the cases.
Violent Femmes
Bruce McCrory
Here's VF live concert done up the road from me. Don't know what they are like now but KEXP.org is famous for eclectic music. And, to think, you can grill dinner on the drum.
Re: Violent Femmes
eliot feldman
And the first song they played was Blister in the Sun! I first heard it at the end of the movie Gross Point Blank; it's played during the final credits for the film. For some reason I like that version better than this one.
Re: After all this are you still with us Eliot?
eliot feldman
I also do tons of watercolors and have been in an online critique group for some years now. The whole idea is to critique each others work. If you're thin-skinned about it, what's the point? No one goes out of their way to be nasty, but it does no one any good to always be a goody-two-shoes.
Just draw 'em however you like 'em
Re: Violent Femmes
Bruce McCrory
Probably, hot dogs in the drum spoiled the music. VF are a hoot! Thanks for putting them on my radar.
Re: dovetail spacing
eliot feldman
I looked at the link you posted, and I would agree that his spacing is more attractive than what I did. I'll keep at it. But I still may not use even spacing all the time.
Re: Violent Femmes
eliot feldman
I am really Bach, Mozart type; so to think that I actually introduced someone to this kind of music is hilarious to me! There is something special to this particular song , though! Enjoy!
Re: dovetail spacing
Hank Knight
Eliot, I agree with AZ in Colorado Springs. It's your work. Unless you're doing it for somebody else, the only person you have to please is yourself, so cut 'em like you like 'em. I don't like Frank Lloyd Wright's furniture. I recognize that he was a creative genius, but I still don't like his furnture. So what? It really doesn't matter if I like it or not.