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Have my techniques in dovetailing<\/strong> changed? Yes, of course. Many of my shop techniques do indeed change over time. I like to refine, alter, and upgrade most skills. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n For dovetails, I adopted important techniques from the outstanding David Barron<\/strong>. He has 51 videos on YouTube at David Barron Furniture<\/a>. Many are directly for dovetail skills. His skill and precision are welcoming and enjoyable.<\/p>\n I have used some of his techniques in the past half-year for drawers and boxes. This mainly involves his magnetic saw guide<\/strong>. It makes sawing dovetails easier and more reliable than anything else I have tried. They are available online at Highland Woodworking<\/a> and at Classic Hand Tools (England). Options available are 1:4 through 1:8, as well as 90\u00b0 and 45\u00b0 guides.<\/p>\n With the saw guide, and with some of the steps he recommends, I can dovetail in a more controlled and relaxed manner than ever before. Thank you, David!<\/p>\n By the way, please check the link \u201cDovetail Guide<\/a>\u201d at Series Topics<\/a> on this website for a 44-page mini-book written entirely by me several years ago for the former version of Craftsy. Naturally, as usual, I have changed some of the techniques along the way, but there remains lots of worthwhile material for you.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n So, here is my point:<\/strong> as skilled as you may be, or as much difficulty as you may have, go ahead and be persistent, brave, and joyful in the wood shop. Life deserves it.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Have my techniques in dovetailing changed? Yes, of course. Many of my shop techniques do indeed change over time. I like to refine, alter, and upgrade most skills. \u00a0 For dovetails, I adopted important techniques from the outstanding David Barron. He has 51 videos on YouTube at David Barron Furniture. Many are directly for dovetail […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-techniques"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8043"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8064,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8043\/revisions\/8064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1640-e1756062974992-681x600.jpeg\")
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