Dovetails

[johnfarris]

Dovetails, cut my thumb marking the pins today with Paul sellers stanley knife On the plus side the dovetails look fantastic

 

[custard]

Serves you right for pinching his knife.

 

[undergroundhunter]

I use a pencil and a cutting gauge, much safer.

Matt

 

[Newbie_Neil]

Dovetails, cut my thumb marking the pins today with Paul sellers stanley knife

It's an excellent little knife, isn't it.

On the plus side, the dovetails look fantastic

Congratulations.

Neil

 

[johnfarris]

Serves you right for pinching his knife.

LOL

Dovetails, cut my thumb marking the pins today with Paul sellers stanley knife

It's an excellent little knife, isn't it.

On the plus side, the dovetails look fantastic

Congratulations.

Neil

Its a nice size and good to be able to changes the blades. Little disappointed that the blade just swivels out and is not locked.

I have found there is a lot more satisfaction cutting dovetails by hand than there is using a jig. Probably going to sell my jig now.
Had a similar experience with sharpening i was using a Tormek for regrinding chisels, now I use sand paper so I sold my Tormek

 

[Ed Bray]

Do you mean that you are disappointed that they don't lock in the shut position? I almost always have one in my pocket and they have never swivelled open on their own.

I also think they are great (I've got four I think), and I buy the blades in packs of 50 from Amazon for £19, I also sharpen them when required.

 

[undergroundhunter]

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Its a nice size and good to be able to changes the blades. Little disappointed that the blade just swivels out and is not locked.
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I also use one of these knifes and have never found the blade to come out on its own, if i remember correctly when you pull the blade out the black plastic bit at the end moves out and this locks the blade in the out position. hope that makes sense.

Matt

 

[johnfarris]

Do you mean that you are disappointed that they don't lock in the shut position? I almost always have one in my pocket and they have never swivelled open on their own.

I also think they are great (I've got four I think), and I buy the blades in packs of 50 from Amazon for £19, I also sharpen them when required.

yes I am disappointed that they don't lock in the shut position