Handcut dovetail joinery. The tails have been sawn and chopped.
Transferring the outline of the tails to the second board.
The pins have been sawn and are being chopped to the baseline.
Easing the joint together.
I love this stuff. From left: bubinga, cherry, figured maple, curly red oak, pear, curly Claro walnut, curly koa, curly maple.
Planing a gentle transverse curve into a board of spalted maple which will become a cabinet door.
I use Western as well as Japanese hand tools. Here are just a few.
Glue oozes from a stack of thin wood laminations (the dark brown arc) being pressed in a two-part shop-made form. The resulting curved laminated wood will become the apron piece for a table.
