Hand cut dovetail kit

[Don Kondra]

Current project includes hand cutting dovetails in six drawers for a ladies dresser.

In anticipation of this I've just received a coping saw from Knew Concepts and a marking gauge from Lie Nielsen, an upgrade if you will from more traditional tools

Everything you need to hand cut dovetails..

The lighting set up...

Cheers, Don

 

[c.cloudwalker]

Sometimes wish I had the time to get back into woodworking...


This is just a matter of taste and I didn't always use this technique but here is one set up I used sometimes when I didn't want as many shadows as you have here. I would set up the objects on top of a piece of glass with a fairly thin piece of paper/material on top of the glass and blast light from below.

 

[Don Kondra]

Thanks for that, I'm sure others may find it helpful.

I find I use that technique less and less as I come to appreciate the added dimension that shadows lends to objects.

Cheers, Don