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Woodwork Joints (free download)

The other day I received a newsletter from The Book Depository in my mailbox where they anounced 11.000 (yes, that is eleven thousand) free ebooks available for download. Wow!

I instantly jumped on their website and started searching for woodworking books… but sadly, there was only one woodworking book in thousands of free ebooks. Continue reading this post…

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Making a twisted dovetail box

Here is another great article by John Bullar, once again featuring fantastic joinery.

These twisted dovetails (or nejiri arigata in Japanese) will give any piece an exquisite handmade look. Continue reading this post…

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Dovetail nirvana

A while back, while doing some research on dovetailed carcass construction I came across this article by John Bullar.

I kept the original link in one of my Firefox tabs but it seems that it is no longer available. * Continue reading this post…

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A little more about chisels

Eric posted a nice comment in my last blog entry and asked:

What the heck is a dovetail chisel or fishtail chisel? What’s the difference between Western bevel and Japanese bevel? And where do you recommend to buy them?

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