User:Booyaa/Pl(a)ywood: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 20:18, 23 April 2014

anatomy - p120 of collins
sharpening - p134 of collins or paul sellers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvTcReENk9g
check grain - nicks or catching is probably an indicator of wrong planing wrong way
with nose facing you, turn anti-clockwise for more blade.

make sure your pencil is sharp
cut inside of the pencil mark otherwise there will be a gap between the joints
mark the faces that you are measuring against
if you are cutting the wood to make the join always use a t-square to get a true line
when you have cut the first joint and use it as a template, mark out the bits you need to cut out otherwise you'll find you cut out the wrong bits.
try not to be paul and use a chisel the first time around to cut out the joints. you'll not get the line straight otherwise

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 * check grain - nicks or catching is probably an indicator of wrong planing wrong way
 * with nose facing you, turn anti-clockwise for more blade.
+== failed dovetail ==
+* make sure your pencil is sharp
+* cut inside of the pencil mark otherwise there will be a gap between the joints
+* mark the faces that you are measuring against
+* if you are cutting the wood to make the join always use a t-square to get a true line
+* when you have cut the first joint and use it as a template, mark out the bits you need to cut out otherwise you'll find you cut out the wrong bits.
+* try not to be paul and use a chisel the first time around to cut out the joints. you'll not get the line straight otherwise
 == inspiration ==