In this WWGOA GOLD LIVE event, George Vondriska demonstrates how to turn your bandsaw into a dovetail machine. With a little practice and a simple shop-made jig, you’ll be cutting through dovetails on your bandsaw in no time. One of the benefits of mastering this technique is that you can vary the spacing, giving you the chance to let your dovetail creativity come through.
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It seemed like there were bandsaw ridges what happened tothem?
There are fine lines from the bandsaw blade, but if you use a 10 tpi blade and cut nice and straight, they won’t be too obvious.
Are dovetails in hardwood harder or easier than pine?
The harder the wood, the more careful you have to be about hitting the layout lines. If the joint is too tight, the fibers of a soft wood will compress, possibly allowing the joint to still go together. Too. Tight on hard wood and it’ll probably split.
How long how much practice before they were good dove tails
Lots of practice.
Why cant you put the board on the other direction to cut the straight line?
For half the cuts the board has to be between the blade and bandsaw housing.
I’ve heard cohesion (glue both sides to be joined) is superior to adhesion (gluing only one side of the board). Your thoughts?
I typically apply glue to only one side of a joint.
how do you deal with a board that is too long to fit in the throat of the band saw?
With an angled cut into an angled cut do you mark sides inside and out before starting?
Hello
Would it make sense to cut the waste out for pins with the boards placed on you jig? Doing so would eliminate the need to tilt the board at angle.
why don’t you use your jig to get the blade at the right angle to the work piece to complete this base cut?
One of the most used tools in my shop is my pencil sharpener
Ready to go
Thanks a lot!
Hello all
OK, please let us know about your booboo
Looks good George-hope all is well
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Why am I a platinum member and yet now given access to this?
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Hi. This is a great time for us South Africans. 8 pm our local time today, when usually it’s early am hours for live broadcasts. That’s way past first rounds and “airplanes flying overhead”… Thanks looking forward to it!
You show a photo of a Japanese saw. Can you go into some details about what to look for in the double-sided saws? I know one is for ripping and one is for cross-cut but I’d like more information about other options of what to look for when buying one.
Thanks for providing the “Live in 30 Minutes” link. Saved me from digging through old emails.
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You’ll probably answer this question before you see mine but, when re-sawing boards there is a way (or ways) to eliminate blade drift. How much blade drift should you expect in cutting dovetails and will you be demonstrating how to eliminate blade drift in doing so?
…I also struggle setting up against blade drift…
Looking forward to this
I know that dovetails are a very strong joint for drawers, but investing in a dovetail jig might be kind of expensive for the few times I would use it. How good are dovetails made with a saw or router?
Dovetails are dovetails, no matter how you cut them. Gazillions of dovetailed drawers were made long before there was such a thing as a router or bandsaw.
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What’s a good saw blade for ironwood
Table saw? A 40-tooth alternate top bevel would be great. Bandsaw? Depends on what the application is. Resawing…1/2″ 3-4 TPI blade. General purpose….1/4″ or 3/8″ 4 TPI.
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Use any body’s blade but yours…?
Will this be recorded and available for Gold/Platinum members to d/l for later viewing? I am unable to attend due to my job.
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Hi Marc. Yes, you will be able to view this by logging into your membership. If you have any questions, please contact our customer service team at 1-855-253-0822.
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Gold member plans to watch.
Hello from Houston, TX! Thanks George for your contribution to the world of Woodworking – you’re leaving a great legacy!
Thanks. Just doing what I enjoy. I’m really glad it’s helping people out.
I am excited to try this procedure of making dovetails thank you
Thursday is September 20th. Is this class on Thursday or on Wednesday the 19th?
Hi Wayne. The class is on Wednesday. I am sorry for the confusion.
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canèt wait
Will this be available for download after the session? I will, unfortunately, be unable to attend. (I have to work.)
Yep, all the Live Streams are archived, so you can watch whenever it works for you.
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looking forward to learning more on woodworking