Comments on: Shaker Silverware Tray – Cutting the Tails and Pins http://theinquisitivewoodworker.com/wordpress/shaker-silverware-tray-cutting-the-tails-and-pins/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Exploring the world of woodworking. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:29:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: admin http://theinquisitivewoodworker.com/wordpress/shaker-silverware-tray-cutting-the-tails-and-pins/comment-page-1/#comment-15 admin Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:58:54 +0000 http://theinquisitivewoodworker.com/wordpress/?p=76#comment-15 Thanks for the comment Ananda. You are right, it would be best to cut the rabbet first. The other thing I forgot to mention, that shallow rabbet gives your chisel something to rest against when chopping from that side. This tick makes chopping from one side easy, which is half of your chopping. Just one more thing to help give you an added edge, on make a perfect joint. Thanks for the comment Ananda. You are right, it would be best to cut the rabbet first. The other thing I forgot to mention, that shallow rabbet gives your chisel something to rest against when chopping from that side. This tick makes chopping from one side easy, which is half of your chopping. Just one more thing to help give you an added edge, on make a perfect joint.

]]> By: Ananda Dorje http://theinquisitivewoodworker.com/wordpress/shaker-silverware-tray-cutting-the-tails-and-pins/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Ananda Dorje Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:13:42 +0000 http://theinquisitivewoodworker.com/wordpress/?p=76#comment-14 Your dovetails look great! I'd better get a move on these. My stock is ready for marking and cutting...but getting them done before x-mas is probably pushing it! I had an AHA while reading your blog... I worked on a test joint and wanted to share that I hadn't realized the importance of doing the 140 trick (78 trick for me), BEFORE the tails have been cut. If you do it after you cut, you run the risk of chipping out the inner edges of your tails (as I learned), which you really want to preserve, since they play a role in marking out the knife lines on the pin board! Your dovetails look great!

I’d better get a move on these. My stock is ready for marking and cutting…but getting them done before x-mas is probably pushing it!

I had an AHA while reading your blog…

I worked on a test joint and wanted to share that I hadn’t realized the importance of doing the 140 trick (78 trick for me), BEFORE the tails have been cut. If you do it after you cut, you run the risk of chipping out the inner edges of your tails (as I learned), which you really want to preserve, since they play a role in marking out the knife lines on the pin board!

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