Thalweg

I’ve got to concur with Jon Bell. Cutting dovetails by hand isn’t that difficult. A few years back I wanted to use dovetails on a box I was making, so I bought a cheapie piece-o-junk dovetail jig and tried to learn how to use it. After a while, I got frustrated with the jig and threw it in a box (where it still lives today) and found a book that showed how to cut them by hand. It took a couple of hours of practice, but I found that after you’ve done a few, they’re pretty intuitive. So now, when I want a dovetail, I don’t hesitate to cut it by hand. However, I’m not a professional woodworker. If it takes me a couple of nights to build a single drawer, it’s no big deal. I don’t see how a pro could justify not using a jig. It’d be hard to pay the bills cutting them by hand. Someday I’ll buy a Leigh or Omni jig, and my hand cutting will diminish significantly. I think the moral of the story is: don’t be scared to try to cut some dovetails by hand. It isn’t that tough.

Now, like Jon said; squaring up some rough stock using block planes; that scares me.

JON BELL

The curved molding on the top that looks like a goose neck.Never made it,but just mitering it looks "challenging".I got a Lonnie Bird crownmolding set which seems like it will make it easier,but it's still in the box

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