mongo
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I would like to take a moment to thank the forum for all that it does every day. The only reason this worked so well on the first try is because of what I find from here every day. I have cut some through dovetails before with success but I have never tried half blind dovetails. I admit I was nervous. Especially since this is a gift for a special friend out of some nicer woods. I have been putting it off for a few days. I probably should have practiced a few times first but sometimes you just have to jump in the water if you want to learn how to swim. But as someone here once pointed out wood grows on trees.
This was the first attempt at fitting the two pieces together. 
Thank you all. The fear is gone.
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Brad
Edited by mongo (08/22/12 04:23 PM)
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Window Guy
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Brad that looks really good nice job. I have not tried hand cut blind Dove Tails yet, and I am very nervous about it myself.
Steve
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tim_leo
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mongo said:
Very nice. Now it's time for me to learn something...Why the square corner on the top dovetail? (which is the bottom one in this photo)
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mongo
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tim_leo said:
Very nice. Now it's time for me to learn something...Why the square corner on the top dovetail? (which is the bottom one in this photo)
Artistic statement... 
The groove for the bottom of the drawer goes there. I should have moved the groove up about 1/8th. I had leave that part square to hide it otherwise it would have been peeking.  -> me 
Edited for a better explination.
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Brad
Edited by mongo (08/22/12 09:46 PM)
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Phil S.
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Pretty nice Brad. What are the two woods? The side is maple, but I'm wondering about the front. How do you like your Veritas detail chisel?
Phil
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mongo
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Phil S. said:
Pretty nice Brad. What are the two woods? The side is maple, but I'm wondering about the front. How do you like your Veritas detail chisel?
Phil
The woods are maple and cherry. The skew chisel worked well it would have been a pain without that or perhaps a fishtail chisel(which i dont yet own).
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Brad
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DFJarvie
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I learned that same lesson. If you have a groove for the draw bottom you need to half blind the sides also. Luckily I only made that mists once.
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Don
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Derek Cohen
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Hi Brad
Very nicely done. They are very decent as they stand, but can be improved ... and will improve as you make more. So, if you and others are to learn from this, what do you see to improve, and what do you think is the solution?
Regards from Perth
Derek
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CStanford
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Not bad at all.
Looks like the only thing you need to address is your chisel moving the knifed lines back. Before you make the last stroke with the chisel registered in the line, make sure you've removed all but a whisper of material in front of the line, this way there will be no pressure on the chisel's bezel forcing it backwards. You also need to use a chisel ground to a lower angle with no microbevel when you make this final cut - the payoff cut - the one that makes the thing gap free along the knifed lines. Really, this is the finest of fine paring cuts (or should be) and the chisel needs to be sharp,sharp and ground at a low angle with no additional microbeveling.
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FordPrefect
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Not to take away from Derek's Zen approach to self-betterment, but when I have done halfblinds and they gap like yours are doing, it's because I didn't clear out/square out the bottom back corner of the tail-seats. Anything that stands in the way of the tail, it can be just a whisper of wood, will act as a wedge pushing the joint apart.
For a first timer though, you are well on your way!
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