The author does like to from scratch, ruclips.net/user/postUgkxbnOKZBE4evMO5V2vroHeCjq6d_MV6wJO shaping and trimming wood from large blocks into fine finished products. As another reviewer mentioned, most projects require a lot of high-dollar equipment that most of us don’t have the room or budget for. But, knowing how to do these things, even if we won’t be able to practise the full stack project, is still great.
Jonathan, I was a producer for Fox sports and later ESPN. Weekly I had to reassure the talent that trolls will be trolls. It’s easy to hide behind a keyboard. It much harder to put yourself out there like you do. Keep up the great work, don’t sweat the small stuff. You are doing a great job.
Hello young man. Over my life time (of which is long) I have never seen such clever and beautiful piece of woodwork done mainly by hand. This is why trees are cut down, it allows people like yourselves to use your skills and show joints that people can really push the boat out and take on a challenge. you should take this up full time you are quite good at it. Take care BIG GUY.
I kinda wanna see that corner carved out of a solid piece of wood. For something that has legs, having a full square beam with the dovetails carved out would be a cool look.
I've had problems with purpleheart not gluing well because it's an oily wood. Try wiping it down with mineral spirits before gluing next time and see if it stays together better, it's worked for me in the past.
I have to agree with Willy T. Unreinforced miter joints aren't really that weak. I have made many boxes that way over the last 22 years, some that I kept and use frequently in my shop and none have come apart so far. Although I haven't dropped any on a hard floor yet, which might do the trick!
I have to say I loved last weeks joint, not sure just how strong a decorative box needs to be I would have thought last weeks joint was strong enough. Of course you then had to go further and my what a beaut of a joint this weeks turned out to be, I still think that lacewood is the star of the piece. 👍👍👍
I wish I had your skills with the hand tools but its not some thing that comes over night. Im new to wood working and have learned enough to be extremely impressed with the skills involved using hand tools. Guys like you leave me amazed. Keep up the beautiful work and the great videos.
that looks really nice! Could cut 1/8 in slots in the middle of each dovetail, parallel with the tail direction, and put ebony flats in it. Instead of the vertical ebony piece drill it when done and insert brass rod down the side tails and one down the front tails.... That would make a really strong joint and probably look amazing.
I'm not sure that those saying you needed a spline were necessarily "right". You said that very thing in your last video! So I was just watching a talented craftsman have fun with a joint and share that with all of us (for free...ahem)! Thanks for doing what you do! You inspire other craftsmen and craftswomen to go out and try new things, and that's all that matters. The other "experts" in the comments can, well, just keep doing their thing.
I find that plenty of glue is essential, as you mentioned (on both sides) and also, using clamps with plenty of pressure to fully bond the inlay. Without the clamps, I have had issues-even with a,lot of glue, but never with the clamps plus plenty of glue.
I really liked the look of the mitered dovetail corner from last week, and I actually prefer it if you don't want all the focus of the project to be on the joint. Whatever project this joint gets used on would have to be better than the joint so it wouldn't be overshadowed by it, unless that's what you're going for. If you wanted to add hidden strength to the mitered dovetail corner, couldn't you use dowels or biscuits, or even a spline that's buried in the joint? That's what I was thinking last week when I saw the comments on the weakness of this joint.
Thank you, Jonathan, for your sharing and teaching through these well thought out and professional videos. This one, in particular, hits home with me, as I am building some shadow box picture frames. I wish you were my next-door neighbor so I could visit you often and learn your secrets of fine joinery. These videos make that possible as if I was living next door. Thank you again.
I know I'm late to the party, but I made a mitered Spanish cedar box almost 20 years ago that's still solid with nothing but glue. Don't know why people were complaining before. If I was truly worried about strength I would try a compound dovetail for a box with 4 short corner sides and the usual4 long sides, makes for a good looking piece. Wouldn't mind seeing you handle some compound angled dovetails too, I'm still learning and wouldn't mind any tips you got. BTW, fantastic work here.
Being a total noob to woodworking, this video is waaay more work and planning than it looks like. He makes it look pretty easy. Awesome looking joint. Thumbs up and definitely sub’d.
I’m new here. I appreciate how you explain the math ect and what exactly you are doing then speed through the process. Don’t need to see another dovetail cut. Well done and thank you
Awesome man! I was one of those that commented about it being a weak joint,The fact you give it another go just got me to subscribe. And didn’t go on some rant about trolls in the comment section. You just did a stronger more beautiful joint with the Purple Heart inlay and a spline.
Hey, when the big earthquake hits, I want to know that I can seek shelter in my sock drawer when my house comes collapsing down... And not to mention the ease at which I can sleep at night just knowing that my remote control caddy could, if needed, double as a small bomb shelter 😀
it's beautiful, just like the last one. I don't see why the spline is adding any strength though. More surface area for glue, but other than that it's just another aspect of the same miter joint.
Bloody beautiful, joints 1 and 2. So nice to see hand cut joint, it's a dieing art with all the router jigs out there. Once again nice work, you definitely gained another sub here. 👍
I like that you used lacewood as the backing board at about 9:30. I haven't made a dovetail yet, I just made my first box joint about 3 months ago. When I showed it to a friend, he showed me a box his father had made that had box joints with a different colored dowel pin running vertically. I'll keep working at these. Thanks much. I subscribed and hit thumbs up to crush a troll.
It's beautiful. One day I hope to have the skill to put this together. It occurred to me if you really wanted to make a strong joint, though severely lengthen your work time, full blind dovetails in the lacewood would do it.
Great looking joint. Can you provide more detail on the layout? How to start? What tail size to use? Easy to lay this out wrong! In the end, for a box construction, the maple and Purple Heart need to be in a very correct direction. I played around with this and 2 out of three times I had the maple part cut wrong due to layout in the opposite direction! A star set video making a full box with more detailed discussion and points for accurate and correct direction layout would be fabulous!
I love this look! Question for you.... how well do you think this type of reinforced joint will hold up as a stair tread/rise (structural). I want to do a set of stairs with this same dovetail miter at the nose - would be beautiful. let me know.
Yo Jonathan ... really good episode, it looks amazing (and strong). BTW ... just received my 6:1 today from you and am already having a blast with it. It is so easy to use, even I make good cuts with it. Thanks for the quick turnaround time on the order, needless to say, I was extremely anxious to receive it.
Can you please explain the strength advantage of a square spline notched into the mitered faces like that? Is it just the added glueing surface? I’ve been under the understanding that a spline slotted into the miter faces also adds a mechanical advantage by locking the miter. Also face slotted splines are the best because endgrain isn’t involved in the splines glueing surfaces - but that would had disrupted the appearance. I’m not trying to be critical here, you’re a great craftsman that produces beautiful work, In my conservative head I’m thinking, “if I’m gonna go through all that work, I’m gonna want the piece to last for generations” I’ve not tried an inlayed dove tail. You have some serious patience
It adds glue surface. Also I think people need to stop building everything like they're going to stop a nuclear attack. For a jewelry box this will last generations
@@BiggMo When discussing joint strength, it's important to consider the different directions in which a joint can come apart without breaking the surrounding wood. For instance, consider an ordinary dovetail. The only way it can come apart is the way it went together, right? Movement in literally any other direction will break the wood before the joint itself fails. Now consider an ordinary miter. The joint can break due to force applied in any direction. It's not strong in any direction. Furthermore, it's an end grain to end grain joint, which is where regular wood glue is the weakest. Splining it the way he did adds long grain to long grain glue surface that the miter previously lacked. By itself, that's a massive upgrade to joint strength. However, it does add some mechanical advantage as well since the mitered corners can no longer "slide past" each other, if you see what I mean. If I wanted to add even more strength, I would have added 3 horizontal ebony splines across each miter as well, but that may have turned out to be too busy. All that being said, @Jonathan Katz-Moses is exactly right. If it's a freaking jewelry box, it doesn't need to be built with the same concern for joint strength as a table or a chair. Application matters, and that joint will last forever unless somebody throws it across a room.
I love how the sacrificial boards with all these RUclipsrs is one of those most expensive pieces of wood in. The shop. Lol cant wait til I’m at that level.
JKM, your dovetailing is amazing, splined or otherwise~! I have a project coming up to finally use the dovetail guides I bought from you. Can't wait to get started~!
3 of the four woods here are in my top five preferred woods as far as the look or the wood goes, and they are the stars of this joint. I love purple heart, lace wood, and highly figured maple. And yes, the contrast shows nicely on camera as well. I was just a bit worried when you said spline that you were going to cut grooves in the corner to spline it like a picture frame or more commonly used spline for a jewelry box. Properly place that could look nice too, but this works as well. Does an oily wood such as ebony really add much strength to the joint? The oils in the ebony would disallow the soak-up of most PVA glues, would it not?
Have you seen wenge or Madagascar snake wood. Beautiful wood and dense and strong. Similar to oak in durability. But the grain is beautiful. When worked properly
Parabéns meu amigo..., aprendi mais uma, adorei a sua ideia, também, você é muito caprichoso, suas habilidades são de espantar! Abraço aqui do Brasil 🇧🇷
Not every joint has to be strong. A nice painting isn’t going to keep your house from falling down in a earthquake. But sometimes you just want to look at something pretty. These joints both qualify as pretty! Could the corner piece be made of a single solid piece?
Lol no! but if that painting falls off the wall, it has a better chance of taking less damage if the frame is built strong! And yes the corner could be made from one piece cut into an L shape . Then cut the pins into it, You would have to find the right grain patter for it or one side will be weaker then the other.
That looks awesome! And, it is still end grain to side grain glueing, so this spline does not add much strength... I think it would also look amazing with splines going through the corners and the tails... regardless of opinions of strength, this is really creative and gets the talk going!
I feel like next week you should do the same thing again, but then use a hidden dovetail miter joint with a butterfly key going lengthwise, and top it off with dovetail splines. After that no one would question it's strength. Very nice joint, good source of inspiration.
@@katzmosestools I got bored and modeled it, because I can't make it out to my shop. It would be a very interesting order of operations to get this done. dl.dropbox.com/s/lrxs7enwt5leirj/Strange%20Dovetail.jpg *edit Crap I forgot the dovetail splines, dangit *edit 2 There we go, looked better with the inlay on the spline as well. dl.dropbox.com/s/d32w0bseau57d1g/Strange%20Dovetail%20Inlay%20Spline.jpg
I really like the square spline. It looks great. I thought that last week that the miter needed to be reinforced, but didn't want to call you out. Hopefully I will get me a dovetail jig for my birthday next week. I definitely want to try this one out. Minus the inlay. (Skills aren't there yet).
I can't wait to see what you create bud! just remember the only thing stopping you from doing inlay is 3.5 hrs total of practice. You'll be there soon my friend
Wow, that's beautiful. It's funny because depending on the application the joint before if just for say a keepsake box is going to be plenty strong. The whole " it's a weak joint" is all relative. Keep doing cool joints! Push the limits!
Unfortunately the internet (for the most part a good thing) brings out in some the cowardice of saying/doing remotely what one would not do face to face! Your last dovetail mitered corner was just fine and a wonderful effort for many applications IMO.... Today’s vid is also a great one, congrats and thanks.
This is a very artistic type of joint, and like you say very precise. I like it. You did a great job. I also love the different wood colors and contrasts. first time viewer so I subscribed.
Did you create the heaven and earth? Because that’s is godlike! I am going to add two horizontal splines as well with some ebony just for the hell of it!!! YOU motivate me my friend.....strong work.
What I just can't wrap my head around, is how (other than some extra glue surface) the square spline makes this joint any stronger. Especially compared to say a rectangular spline across the joint that actually bites into the surface of each piece. Thoughts?
The lacewood you used reminded me of those pen blanks made from resin and pinecones. I wonder if a square blank could be cut to match your lacewood portion but be one piece, without the miter.
The author does like to from scratch, ruclips.net/user/postUgkxbnOKZBE4evMO5V2vroHeCjq6d_MV6wJO shaping and trimming wood from large blocks into fine finished products. As another reviewer mentioned, most projects require a lot of high-dollar equipment that most of us don’t have the room or budget for. But, knowing how to do these things, even if we won’t be able to practise the full stack project, is still great.
As a very new wood worker, watching videos like these are truly inspiring.
It was this specific joint that made me go buy my first tools.
Brother can u tell what is use this half triangle
there's tons of beautiful things in the world that aren't practical. Doesn't mean that they aren't cool. You first joint was cool and i liked it!
Thanks bud! I really appreciate it!
Agreed!
Jonathan, I was a producer for Fox sports and later ESPN. Weekly I had to reassure the talent that trolls will be trolls. It’s easy to hide behind a keyboard. It much harder to put yourself out there like you do. Keep up the great work, don’t sweat the small stuff. You are doing a great job.
God gave you the gift of woodworking , glad to see you are using it for teaching others ! Really like the look of this joint ! You outdid yourself !
I really appreciate it bud!
What a beautiful joint, I can't believe people are so callous. Thank you for sharing both joints with us, I enjoyed the videos!
I was questioning all of my decisions over the last couple months after your video last week, but you have redeemed yourself.
Shaun, I was worried about you. Glad you're ok.
@Bryan Hunter #makermate has a ring to it...
I like people who love what thay do. And you show the pride you put in to it. Beautiful joint.!!!!
Hello young man. Over my life time (of which is long) I have never seen such clever and beautiful piece of woodwork done mainly by hand. This is why trees are cut down, it allows people like yourselves to use your skills and show joints that people can really push the boat out and take on a challenge. you should take this up full time you are quite good at it. Take care BIG GUY.
Thank you my friend!
This looks amazing. It would be cool if you did a video on how to make a whole box with this technique.
Just to mess with everyone, you should have made the same joint as last time... Then used a pocket holes for strength. 😂
And then dub that the Epic Middle Finger Joint.
Yeah and put a 2x2 in the corner to catch the screws...
Just to keep things from coming apart lol 😃
That would be epic. Lol
I kinda wanna see that corner carved out of a solid piece of wood.
For something that has legs, having a full square beam with the dovetails carved out would be a cool look.
I totally agree I though that's what it was in the first place.
You could, but grain orientation matters a LOT in dovetail joinery and you would have a hard time finding stock that would mate properly.
The joint design in this link may be better for that. I can envision a square beam being used in it:
ruclips.net/video/yn6HUdJMAYs/видео.html
I've had problems with purpleheart not gluing well because it's an oily wood. Try wiping it down with mineral spirits before gluing next time and see if it stays together better, it's worked for me in the past.
I have to agree with Willy T. Unreinforced miter joints aren't really that weak. I have made many boxes that way over the last 22 years, some that I kept and use frequently in my shop and none have come apart so far. Although I haven't dropped any on a hard floor yet, which might do the trick!
You make it look so easy. God bless you my brother!!
Taking critique, learning from it and going above and beyond is why I subscribed to you.
Amazing work !
really nice! your joint of the week series is probably my favorite of your video. thanks for the upload.
Absolutely awesome, thank you for making it simple to follow, with good lighting, from the other "Dr. "Phil" !
Thanks for your humility . Makes me fell like your honest enough to keep watching.
Glad I earned your trust on the internet hahaha
Wow wow wow. Awesome Katz!! Should have used your stop block!! Love the simplicity in how you explain tough stuff. Very helpful and encouraging
You are great at teaching and have a good heart for sharing knowledge. Thanks. Beautiful craftsmanship.
I think that’s the most beautiful joint I’ve ever seen.
I have to say I loved last weeks joint, not sure just how strong a decorative box needs to be I would have thought last weeks joint was strong enough. Of course you then had to go further and my what a beaut of a joint this weeks turned out to be, I still think that lacewood is the star of the piece. 👍👍👍
Thank you my friend!
Your photography is amazing. And so is the joint.
Beautiful job, a lot of manual work and you are very skilled and patient. Awesome!
I wish I had your skills with the hand tools but its not some thing that comes over night. Im new to wood working and have learned enough to be extremely impressed with the skills involved using hand tools. Guys like you leave me amazed. Keep up the beautiful work and the great videos.
That means a lot bud. Thank you for your kind words
Brilliant woodwork, great instruction, and humility to boot. Subbed
that looks really nice! Could cut 1/8 in slots in the middle of each dovetail, parallel with the tail direction, and put ebony flats in it. Instead of the vertical ebony piece drill it when done and insert brass rod down the side tails and one down the front tails.... That would make a really strong joint and probably look amazing.
Wow screw the haters, spline or no spline, great work, btw the spline didn’t add any difficulty or strength, just looks cool
Way to not act all butt-hurt when addressing fans' issues-- Beautiful joint, I especially like the square-stock spline-- kudos
Thank you my friend hahaha I really appreciate it!
I'm not sure that those saying you needed a spline were necessarily "right". You said that very thing in your last video! So I was just watching a talented craftsman have fun with a joint and share that with all of us (for free...ahem)!
Thanks for doing what you do! You inspire other craftsmen and craftswomen to go out and try new things, and that's all that matters. The other "experts" in the comments can, well, just keep doing their thing.
Hahahaha thanks Caleb. I totally agree
Nice joint. I think even a spline across the 90 degree corner centered in each dovetail would look awesome with the right color of woods.
That is incredible. Beautiful joint, and so much detail!
I find that plenty of glue is essential, as you mentioned (on both sides) and also, using clamps with plenty of pressure to fully bond the inlay. Without the clamps, I have had issues-even with a,lot of glue, but never with the clamps plus plenty of glue.
I really liked the look of the mitered dovetail corner from last week, and I actually prefer it if you don't want all the focus of the project to be on the joint. Whatever project this joint gets used on would have to be better than the joint so it wouldn't be overshadowed by it, unless that's what you're going for. If you wanted to add hidden strength to the mitered dovetail corner, couldn't you use dowels or biscuits, or even a spline that's buried in the joint? That's what I was thinking last week when I saw the comments on the weakness of this joint.
Thank you, Jonathan, for your sharing and teaching through these well thought out and professional videos. This one, in particular, hits home with me, as I am building some shadow box picture frames. I wish you were my next-door neighbor so I could visit you often and learn your secrets of fine joinery. These videos make that possible as if I was living next door.
Thank you again.
Hats off for honesty and integrity
I know I'm late to the party, but I made a mitered Spanish cedar box almost 20 years ago that's still solid with nothing but glue. Don't know why people were complaining before. If I was truly worried about strength I would try a compound dovetail for a box with 4 short corner sides and the usual4 long sides, makes for a good looking piece. Wouldn't mind seeing you handle some compound angled dovetails too, I'm still learning and wouldn't mind any tips you got. BTW, fantastic work here.
That is other worldly. It looks incredible. Spline or no spline. Fantastic work.
I'm client of you and I follow your fantastic master pieces an learn from you. Congratulations my friend
Being a total noob to woodworking, this video is waaay more work and planning than it looks like. He makes it look pretty easy. Awesome looking joint. Thumbs up and definitely sub’d.
Welcome my friend!
Mind blown with this joint. Thank you for sharing.
I’m new here. I appreciate how you explain the math ect and what exactly you are doing then speed through the process. Don’t need to see another dovetail cut. Well done and thank you
Welcome my friend!
wow wow wow. That inlay dovetails looks outstanding! I'm waiting for your 1:6 & 1:8 ratio guides to arrive! Can't wait.
Wow!! That is beautiful. Last weeks was too. Great inspiration!!
Thank you my friend!
Yep, totally going to use this joint in my next box! Very cool Johnathan!
It's incredibly rewarding to finish. the middle takes a while hahahaha
I'm new to this, and most of the stuff I watch is overwhelming, but you do a good job of explaining simply by showing. Looks beautiful by the way!
Awesome man! I was one of those that commented about it being a weak joint,The fact you give it another go just got me to subscribe. And didn’t go on some rant about trolls in the comment section. You just did a stronger more beautiful joint with the Purple Heart inlay and a spline.
Now get over yourself!
@@desertmulehunter, take your own advice.
You wouldn't have to back pedal your earlier comment if you weren't a hater.
People talk about joints being weak like glue hasn't improved for 100 years. Are these people making structural jewelry boxes?
That a load bearing spice rack?
no there making pritty wooden safes
Lol, ikr, like a joint like that is going to be holding as ton of weight. Lotza newbees here trying to seem smart lmao
Hey, when the big earthquake hits, I want to know that I can seek shelter in my sock drawer when my house comes collapsing down...
And not to mention the ease at which I can sleep at night just knowing that my remote control caddy could, if needed, double as a small bomb shelter 😀
Maybe climbing?
Just when I thought you couldn't get any joint-ier, you go and do something like this... and totally redeem yourself!
hahahahahahahahahahahaha
it's beautiful, just like the last one. I don't see why the spline is adding any strength though. More surface area for glue, but other than that it's just another aspect of the same miter joint.
Bloody beautiful, joints 1 and 2. So nice to see hand cut joint, it's a dieing art with all the router jigs out there. Once again nice work, you definitely gained another sub here. 👍
Beautiful joint! I feel like you could get the same effect and still actually utilize the dovetail by using a block of the lacewood?
I like that you used lacewood as the backing board at about 9:30. I haven't made a dovetail yet, I just made my first box joint about 3 months ago. When I showed it to a friend, he showed me a box his father had made that had box joints with a different colored dowel pin running vertically. I'll keep working at these. Thanks much. I subscribed and hit thumbs up to crush a troll.
Welcome my friend!
Really nice job bro!!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
It is amazing and beautiful. Nice job.
It's beautiful. One day I hope to have the skill to put this together. It occurred to me if you really wanted to make a strong joint, though severely lengthen your work time, full blind dovetails in the lacewood would do it.
i just found *TopFineWoodworking. Com* and the plans on there are so amazingly laid out and well thought i don’t know what I would do without them now
Couldn't you dovetail with the lacewood too? Like, instead of a mitered+spline joint, dovetail again.
Great looking joint. Can you provide more detail on the layout? How to start? What tail size to use? Easy to lay this out wrong! In the end, for a box construction, the maple and Purple Heart need to be in a very correct direction. I played around with this and 2 out of three times I had the maple part cut wrong due to layout in the opposite direction! A star set video making a full box with more detailed discussion and points for accurate and correct direction layout would be fabulous!
Such a nice touch with the ebony it just really "pops" !!!!
Wow! That's a beautiful joint!
I love this look! Question for you.... how well do you think this type of reinforced joint will hold up as a stair tread/rise (structural). I want to do a set of stairs with this same dovetail miter at the nose - would be beautiful. let me know.
Great job much better, stronger and prettier and yes it takes longer but worth it.
It is definitely a gorgeous looking piece of work!
Thanks for sharing.
Yo Jonathan ... really good episode, it looks amazing (and strong).
BTW ... just received my 6:1 today from you and am already having a blast with it. It is so easy to use, even I make good cuts with it. Thanks for the quick turnaround time on the order, needless to say, I was extremely anxious to receive it.
Can you please explain the strength advantage of a square spline notched into the mitered faces like that? Is it just the added glueing surface? I’ve been under the understanding that a spline slotted into the miter faces also adds a mechanical advantage by locking the miter. Also face slotted splines are the best because endgrain isn’t involved in the splines glueing surfaces - but that would had disrupted the appearance.
I’m not trying to be critical here, you’re a great craftsman that produces beautiful work, In my conservative head I’m thinking, “if I’m gonna go through all that work, I’m gonna want the piece to last for generations”
I’ve not tried an inlayed dove tail. You have some serious patience
It adds glue surface. Also I think people need to stop building everything like they're going to stop a nuclear attack. For a jewelry box this will last generations
Jonathan Katz-Moses: point taken., makes sense for that application.
@@BiggMo When discussing joint strength, it's important to consider the different directions in which a joint can come apart without breaking the surrounding wood. For instance, consider an ordinary dovetail. The only way it can come apart is the way it went together, right? Movement in literally any other direction will break the wood before the joint itself fails.
Now consider an ordinary miter. The joint can break due to force applied in any direction. It's not strong in any direction. Furthermore, it's an end grain to end grain joint, which is where regular wood glue is the weakest. Splining it the way he did adds long grain to long grain glue surface that the miter previously lacked. By itself, that's a massive upgrade to joint strength. However, it does add some mechanical advantage as well since the mitered corners can no longer "slide past" each other, if you see what I mean.
If I wanted to add even more strength, I would have added 3 horizontal ebony splines across each miter as well, but that may have turned out to be too busy.
All that being said, @Jonathan Katz-Moses is exactly right. If it's a freaking jewelry box, it doesn't need to be built with the same concern for joint strength as a table or a chair. Application matters, and that joint will last forever unless somebody throws it across a room.
You are amazing!!! I subscribed I'm pretty new to wood working. and I'm glad I found your channel I hope to learn a lot from your vids!!!!
I love how the sacrificial boards with all these RUclipsrs is one of those most expensive pieces of wood in. The shop. Lol cant wait til I’m at that level.
Splines across the dark dovetails would be even stronger I believe.
JKM, your dovetailing is amazing, splined or otherwise~! I have a project coming up to finally use the dovetail guides I bought from you. Can't wait to get started~!
I can't wait to see what you cerate!
Wow that looks incredible! One day I'd love to attempt this
Nice joint broski! You should see if snoop dogg will come do a joint of the week episode with you 😁
bahahahaha in California that might actually be a possibility!
That is f**king gorgeous man. Love that Inlay work. And the species contrast beautifully. Awesome job man.
You could make him a joint box...
He would naturally have to use box joints.
I'm not a fan of weed, but that's an awesome idea!
3 of the four woods here are in my top five preferred woods as far as the look or the wood goes, and they are the stars of this joint. I love purple heart, lace wood, and highly figured maple. And yes, the contrast shows nicely on camera as well. I was just a bit worried when you said spline that you were going to cut grooves in the corner to spline it like a picture frame or more commonly used spline for a jewelry box. Properly place that could look nice too, but this works as well. Does an oily wood such as ebony really add much strength to the joint? The oils in the ebony would disallow the soak-up of most PVA glues, would it not?
Have you seen wenge or Madagascar snake wood. Beautiful wood and dense and strong. Similar to oak in durability. But the grain is beautiful. When worked properly
@@dannysisk9458 yeah, I've seen wenge but not the snake wood. Haven't been privaledged to use either.
Parabéns meu amigo..., aprendi mais uma, adorei a sua ideia, também, você é muito caprichoso, suas habilidades são de espantar!
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Not every joint has to be strong. A nice painting isn’t going to keep your house from falling down in a earthquake. But sometimes you just want to look at something pretty. These joints both qualify as pretty! Could the corner piece be made of a single solid piece?
Lol no! but if that painting falls off the wall, it has a better chance of taking less damage if the frame is built strong! And yes the corner could be made from one piece cut into an L shape . Then cut the pins into it, You would have to find the right grain patter for it or one side will be weaker then the other.
nice looking corner joint , the color contrast is spot on
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Unbelievable....... That is absolutely beautiful. The best joint I have ever seen
These are beautiful joints. Can't wait to try out my new jigs!
Wow, you know what you doing, huh? Michael Scott's "what she said" and end with 360 view of a peice did it for me. Thanks!
That looks awesome! And, it is still end grain to side grain glueing, so this spline does not add much strength... I think it would also look amazing with splines going through the corners and the tails... regardless of opinions of strength, this is really creative and gets the talk going!
What a nice work.
It is so great to have space, and tools to do things.
Things are hell of expensive, specially to rent a space
I feel like next week you should do the same thing again, but then use a hidden dovetail miter joint with a butterfly key going lengthwise, and top it off with dovetail splines. After that no one would question it's strength. Very nice joint, good source of inspiration.
Bahahahaha deal
@@katzmosestools I got bored and modeled it, because I can't make it out to my shop. It would be a very interesting order of operations to get this done. dl.dropbox.com/s/lrxs7enwt5leirj/Strange%20Dovetail.jpg
*edit Crap I forgot the dovetail splines, dangit
*edit 2 There we go, looked better with the inlay on the spline as well.
dl.dropbox.com/s/d32w0bseau57d1g/Strange%20Dovetail%20Inlay%20Spline.jpg
I couldn’t have imagined such a thing. Wonderful.
Congratulatio my friend !!! Very very cool your job !
Beautiful Joint and perfectly executed!
Cheers !
I really like the square spline. It looks great. I thought that last week that the miter needed to be reinforced, but didn't want to call you out. Hopefully I will get me a dovetail jig for my birthday next week. I definitely want to try this one out. Minus the inlay. (Skills aren't there yet).
I can't wait to see what you create bud! just remember the only thing stopping you from doing inlay is 3.5 hrs total of practice. You'll be there soon my friend
That was fricken beautiful work man. Absolutely beautiful.
Couldn't you also cut the whole corner out of one square piece of wood like a turning blank instead of mitering it?
That is what I assumed it would be from the thumbnail.
@@dontaskme9047 It's a mitered join. The dovetailing is for aesthetics.
Love the Joint! I appreciate your energy and will to transmit your skills. Keep it up.
Thank you Dan I really appreciate it!
Wow, that's beautiful. It's funny because depending on the application the joint before if just for say a keepsake box is going to be plenty strong. The whole " it's a weak joint" is all relative. Keep doing cool joints! Push the limits!
I totally agree
I don't think "redemption" was necessary, but I do like the look!
Unfortunately the internet (for the most part a good thing) brings out in some the cowardice of saying/doing remotely what one would not do face to face! Your last dovetail mitered corner was just fine and a wonderful effort for many applications IMO.... Today’s vid is also a great one, congrats and thanks.
hahahaha yep... Thanks bud!
That looks beautiful, I have to try it.
This is a very artistic type of joint, and like you say very precise. I like it. You did a great job. I also love the different wood colors and contrasts. first time viewer so I subscribed.
Welcome my friend!
Did you create the heaven and earth? Because that’s is godlike! I am going to add two horizontal splines as well with some ebony just for the hell of it!!! YOU motivate me my friend.....strong work.
hahaha my great great great uncle did part a sea or something...
It was a pretty joint, what are you storing in a box such as this that needs a substantially stronger joint?
This video makes me happy.
What I just can't wrap my head around, is how (other than some extra glue surface) the square spline makes this joint any stronger. Especially compared to say a rectangular spline across the joint that actually bites into the surface of each piece. Thoughts?
Perfect! congratulations!
The lacewood you used reminded me of those pen blanks made from resin and pinecones. I wonder if a square blank could be cut to match your lacewood portion but be one piece, without the miter.