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How to Cut Dovetails

Learn how to hand cut dovetails with this step-by-step instructional video.

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Veritas Dovetail Saws

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Veritas Dovetail Saws

$109.00

Registering a 1 1/2"" Pocket Layout Square against the edge of a workpiece while marking a cut line

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Veritas 1 1/2" Pocket Layout Square

$12.50

Micro-Adjust Gauge measuring the depth of a tenon

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Veritas Micro-Adjust Wheel Marking Gau...

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05S2150 - Veritas PM-V11 Bench Chisels, set of 5 (1/4", 3/8", 1/2", 3/4", 1")

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Veritas PM-V11 Bench Chisels

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Marking a dovetail joint using a Veritas 1

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Veritas Dovetail Saddle Markers

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05N3501 - Precision Square, Imperial

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Veritas Precision Square

$69.00

60N4701 - 6"" Pocket Rule

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Pocket Rule

$18.50

Scribing dovetails using the Japanese spear-point marking knife

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Japanese Spear-Point Marking Knife

$36.50

Cutting dovetails with a coping saw

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Coping Saw & Blade

$23.50

Striking a carving chisel with the large journeyman’s mallet

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Veritas Journeyman's Brass Mallets

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