Posts in the «joinery» Category

• Easy Sliding Dovetail Jig

As a result of my constant fascination/challenge to make furniture without metal fasteners, I often turn to using sliding dovetails.  Generally making sliding dovetails is a little finicky. Too tight and you can’t slide the joint together.  To loose and the joint is wobbly.  Recently I came up with a solution that makes the process […]

• Intriguing Mortise and Tenon Foxed Dovetail Joint

This joint from Loyd Arve Nornes is an interesting one that has been rattling around my brain since I saw these videos.  It is a locking Mortise and Tenon Foxed Dovetail joint or some variation on those terms.  The slots in the piece of wood that makes up the tenon seem to be ripe for a […]