Cutting Dovetails By Hand

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Basic techniques to cut dovetails with a few hand tools

In the Great Book of Woodworking, the Editors of Skills Institute Press provided an article on making a Shaker-style step stool.

In the article, the editors demonstrated how to cut the dovetails with a router, but, and jig.

For instructions on cutting the dovetails by hand, download the attached PDF.

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Attachments: Cutting Dovetails

 

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