WoodSkills/Dovetail Class

  • $30

Dovetail Class

  • Course
  • 13 Lessons
  • Includes 1 additional product

The Dovetail Class includes step by step sequences on how to create through-dovetails and half-blind dovetails. Watch and learn as I guide you through the process of creating a handmade drawer using half-blind dovetails. The dovetailed components created in the class are used to create a small drawer. The process of creating handmade drawer grooves is described. The drawer is then assembled and drawer back installed to create a completed drawer. Following my class will simplify the dovetail process and motivate you to create dovetail joinery. Lectures on Interlocking Joints, Hand Tools and Chisels included with class. 

The dovetail joint is very often associated with quality woodworking. It is both a structurally strong and aesthetically pleasing form of joinery. Dovetail joinery is often used in case construction and for drawer construction, specifically drawer fronts as it is a very strong, interlocking joint. The hand cut dovetail offers unparalleled beauty so any dovetail layout is possible. Although dovetail jig plans are available to create dovetail joinery, most if not all of these dovetail jigs involve powered tools. 

Dovetail joints are composed of mating pins and tails. In the photo, the tails are horizontally oriented in a dovetail jig. Creating dovetails by hand using a dovetail saw, chisels and marking tools, provides the flexibility to lay out tail and pin spacing more suitable to the drawer or case piece being made. The dovetail jig enables you to accurately create hand cut dovetails. This jig is easily built from the included plans. It provides accuracy, ease and precision in the creation of hand cut dovetails. Dovetail Jig plan used in class included ($15 value).



START WOODWORKING
$15 eBook included with purchase of class

Includes 1 additional product

Contents

Introduction

This section includes and Introduction to Hand Tools and a lecture on Chisels along with a lecture on Interlocking Joints. The Dovetail joint is considered an Interlocking Joint. This provides enough context to proceed with the next sections on the Through-Dovetail and the Half-Blind Dovetail. The half-blind series includes a segment on small drawer creation using the dovetail joint. Finally, a plan is included for the Dovetail Jig used throughout the video lectures. Start Woodworking (eBook) included.
Start Woodworking (eBook)
    Interlocking Joints
    • 15 mins
    • 58.6 MB
    Hand Tool Overview
    • 14 mins
    • 56.5 MB
    Chisels
    • 10 mins
    • 39.1 MB

    Dovetail Class (Through)

    This section provides a video lecture on creating a through dovetail joint. A step by step sequence is presented and discussed. Each step of the process is described. The video lecture will provide enough information for you to begin working at creating dovetails.
    Dovetail (Through)
    • 22 mins
    • 174 MB

    Dovetail Class (Half-Blind)

    This section provides a video lecture on creating a half-blind dovetail joint. A step by step sequence is presented and discussed. Each step of the process is described. The video lecture provides the information you need to begin working at creating half-blind dovetails. Final video lecture describes the creation of drawer bottom grooves and making a small drawer.
    Dovetail (Blind) Pt. 1
    • 10 mins
    • 2.26 GB
    Dovetail (Blind) Pt. 2
    • 12 mins
    • 3.41 GB
    Dovetail (Blind) Pt. 3
    • 12 mins
    • 3.25 GB
    Dovetail (Blind) Pt. 4
    • 8 mins
    • 1.85 GB
    Dovetail (Blind) Pt. 5
    • 11 mins
    • 2.83 GB
    Dovetail (Blind) Pt. 6
    • 13 mins
    • 4.7 GB

    Dovetail Jig Plan

    The Dovetail Jig will increase the accuracy of your dovetail joints. The dovetail jig simplifies the process of transferring markings from the tail to the pin board. The jig is also used to facilitate removal of waste from the tail and pin sockets. Included is a detailed plan with a step-by-step build sequence and 3-D CAD drawings of the components necessary to assemble the Dovetail Jig. The Dovetail Jig is used throughout the video lectures for both the through and half-blind dovetails.
    Dovetail Jig Plan
    • 11.7 MB
    Dovetail Jig Diagrams
    • 1.18 MB
    Dovetail Class

    MEET THE INSTRUCTOR

    Norman Pirollo began his furniture-making career by following a Cabinetmaking program at a local college. This education led to the launch of a successful small business creating high end jewelry boxes. Later, Norman sought a greater challenge and pursued his ambition of becoming a furniture maker. Norman then attended a furniture making school based on James Krenov philosophy and teachings. This education led to designing and creating furniture through Refined Edge Design. A woodworking educator role then followed. Today, Norman enjoys designing and making furniture as well as teaching woodworking techniques and skills.

    Norman has written several books on the woodworking and furniture making topic as well as writing articles for magazines such as Fine Woodworking. His book, WOODWORKING: FROM DESIGN TO MAKING describes the unique furniture design and making process applied in his furniture studio. A recent book, Quiet Woodworking: In An Unquiet World, delves into Norman's embrace of hand tools in his woodworking and furniture making.

    Norman has written several books and has been featured in publications over the years.

    The Furniture Society (Art of Balance, Apr 2024)
    Carleton Univ. Industrial Design (Guest Lecturer)
    Quiet Woodworking (New Art Press)
    Hand Tool Woodworking (New Art Press)
    Start Woodworking (New Art Press)
    Craftisian Interview (Norman Pirollo)
    HackSpace Mag. - Make With Wood  April 2020
    Woodworking: From Design To Making (New Art Press)
    Woodworking With Hand Tools 2018 (Fine Woodworking)
    The Wood Artist: Creating Art Through Wood (New Art Press)
    From Hi-Tech to Lo-Tech: A Woodworker's Journey (NAP)
    Start Your Own Woodworking Business (NAP)
    Rooted: Contemporary Studio Furniture (Schiffer Publishing)
    Canadian Woodworking Mag. Jan. 2015
    Our Homes magazine Fall 2014
    NICHE Magazine Winter 2013
    FWW Magazine - 4 Bench Jigs for Handplanes
    FWW Magazine  - Essential Shopmade Jigs
    Woodwork magazine (2008)
    Wood Art Today 2 (Schiffer Books)
    500 Cabinets ( Lark Books)
    Studio Furniture: Today's Leading Woodworkers
    Canadian Interiors Design Source Guide
    Ottawa Life magazine (Profile,work) 2012
    Panoram Italia magazine
    Our Homes magazine (2011)
    Craft Journal (2009)
    Woodworker's Journal (2006)