18 drawers-18 days(done!-update w/pics)

[Shamrock]

Hello fellow NCWW's-
I know-it's actually day #28 (I missed my deadline by 10 days):gar-La; These dovetail things take longer than I thought. So here's the tally : 232 tails and 304 pins. What did I learn along the way:
--sharp chisles are SHARP! they cut your fingertips better then wood
--a bandsaw cuts tails about the same rate as a good handsawer
--try to split the layout line-for a beginner this is hard-I was too cautious and hence had to pare alot with the chisels-(see chisles are sharp)
--after about the 100th or so dovetail cut, you cut on the line-sometimes this works sometimes you end up with gappy dovetails-depends on how tired you are-an adult beverage may help or hinder your efforts
--don't have an adult beverage and handle SHARP chisles
--currently it takes me ~4.5hours to cut a drawer start to finish!
--Handcut dovetails have there place-but I'm ready for that Leigh dovetail jig now!!!!!:eusa_danc
Here's the pics: #1 all the drawers #'s 2&3 some fancy dovetails I tried
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Thanks for looking- Enjoy!! -Mike

:BangHead::BangHead::BangHead:clamps-clamps-why do I never have enough clamps!

 

[DavidF]

Phew! great work. Having just made 4 drawers in a row I now feel inadequate!!! Sure would like to see pictures of the first set and the last set, I guess they are "like chalk and cheese" as we would say...

 

[RandyJ]

Nice job on those drawers, Michael:icon_thum

I must say you have much more patience and determination than I do!!!:notworthy:

Can't wait to see the finished product.

 

[Shamrock]

Dave-

Here's #1 -gappy-gappy-gappy


and here's #18


I had lots of fun with the last couple varying the spacing and such- if I handcut in the future it's only going to be for these special spacing one's. It's like creating a puzzle and then when you fit them it's like opening a present (if they fit that is!)

:BangHead::BangHead::BangHead:clamps-clamps-why do I never have enough clamps

 

[Bas]

I admire your perseverance Michael. 28 drawers...wow! Good looking drawers. But, the variable spacing stuff, that's just flaunting it So, were your fingers itching for a nail gun around drawer 19 or so?

 

[toolman]

Great Looking Doveltails. :icon_thum I make pullouts but I do the rabbit, :embaresse It takes to long for the price I get to do dovetails. But I did the dovetails for my own pullouts. :gar-La;

ccasion1

 

[Gofor]

By Jove, I do believe you have gotten the hang of it!! Thats a bunch and they also look nice and tight. When are you gonna start giving lessons?. :eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap

Go

 

[TracyP]

Looks like as your project progressed you just got better and better at the dovetails. The last picture is quite tight fitting. They say practice makes perfect.

 

[DaveO]

Now that's the way to practice handcut DTs, and by the look of the last one you got quite good. Move over Frank Klausz:icon_thum

Dave

 

[JimD]

They look nice. I do not have enough patience for hand cut dovetails. I do half blind with a router jig. Maybe some day I will try hand cut or get a Leigh or PC through dovetail jig.

Jim