Tommy MacDonald's 207 Woodworking Community • View topic - First Attempt at Full Blind Mitered Dovetails

FLWoodRat · **Posted:** Sun Jun 03, 12 7:34 pm

Chapter 1: My Full Blind Miter Dovetail Adventure Begins.

Now that I have my Miter Jack built it was time to make my first ever attempt at full blind mitered dovetails. I found a piece of scrap wood laying about and cut off a couple of pieces for the test run.

Next step was to cut a rabbet in the end of each block. Then I layed out the pin/sockets.

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After laying them out it was time to start cutting!

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After cutting them all it was time to set up to chop out the sockets.

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Here's the first socket emerging from hiding.

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After the pins were all chiseled out, I used that board to layout for the tails. More on that later.

tiny · **Posted:** Mon Jun 04, 12 12:01 pm

Hi Bruce.

Instead of full blind DT's, try banging your head against the wall real hard. I hear it gives you a similar feeling. :lol:

Paul
the little tongue-in-cheek guy

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