Hi Gully,
Thanks for the reply and the attachment
Alan

Gully
Lovely job. Which programme did you get the wood texture from.
Thanks
Alan.

Very nice to.
I can see those chocolate wrappers from Gidons cabinet hiding in the bottom shelf.
Alan

Hi Eric
Yep. More than one way to skin a cat! Result looks great.
Alan

Hi Eric
Did you actually make that yourself.
Like the clean lines and efficiency of the project.
Mortice and tenon or biscuit joints
Alan

Thanks Ron
Alan

Welcome guys,
Good to see some fellow chippies!
cheers
Alan
Some stuff on this web site may be of use.
http://www.hand-cut-dovetails.com

Hi Cadmastr
Welcome. A great crew here. Excellent place to learn. Thats for your generosity.
Alan

Hi Eric
That tip of selecting the face rather than all the edges would have saved me hours where I first started modelling.

Another tip for people working in small measurements, I'm talking about woodworking projects that may be in the region of 20mm or so.

I found I needed to increase the model size by scaling up.

So if i wanted a curved profile, I would make my model in real size, scale up x10 and then things like the follow-me tool, and 'intersect with model' tool worked.

If I didnt scale up, they generally failed.

cheers
Alan
http://www.hand-cut-dovetails.com

Hi Gidon
Thanks for the comments re the web page, all possible thanks to the help from Modelhead(Bruce). It is a slow process because I do the lot, in between all other things in life I enjoy. If you find anything that is not clear, please tell me so that I can improve it.

I've saved your tutorial, especially liked the intersect with model that will speed things up considerably in my workflow.

TaffGoch. Enjoyed the link to Fine Woodworking and their blog regarding SketchUp.

I'm now writing for the 'British Woodworking' magazine, and eventually they will be providing downloadable sketchup models from their web site. Some of the images they published were created in Sketchup. I didn't think I would have been doing that this time last year.

cheers
Alan

Hi John,
I am really interested in helping a beginner to dovetailing, master the topic.

If you are up for it, post a model of the project in mind, either publically or privately and I will attempt to walk you through the project. I'm also happy designing the dovetails on the drawers and the full drawer constuction plus any other stuff you need help with.

cheers
Alan
http://www.hand-cut-dovetails.com

Hi John
Thanks for that. Marking the shoulder line is one of the keys to successful dovetailing. All the books and magazine articles I have ever read recommend that you mark the line in an anti clockwise direction, which doesnt work very well.

Using the 'front edge' of the knife in this manner allows you to 'feel' for the knife line. In fact the blade just fits into the groove without much effort, so its actually difficult not to do it correctly.

I also think Sketchup is an ideal tool to get information across.

cheers
Alan
http://www.hand-cut-dovetails.com

Hi Schreiber Bike
As woodworker and now a electron pusher I think the tutorial is great.

My new web site may be of interest. There is still a long way to go before I get to the topic of actually dovetailing. The headings Toolsand **Techiniques ** that you can reach from the home page may be of interest to you.

Like yourself I'm interested in feedback especially in the areas that I have covered so far that you feel is not clear, and suggestions for improvments.

cheers
Alan.

http://www.hand-cut-dovetails.com.

Eric,
Clear as a whistle.
lesson learnt for me was not to select the end of the arc first with the pick tool prior to stretching it.

Thanking you

Alan

Greetings,
Just arrived
cheers
Alan

Hi Solo,
this posting has inspired me to download the trial version of Podium.
cheers
Alan