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Hand cut Dovetails (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by fujiwood@lemmy.world to c/woodworking@lemmy.ca
 

These are not my first dovetails but it has been a while since I've cut them. This set were not very good but I'll slow down for the next ones.

#woodworking #wood #handtools #oc

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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Very pretty but it is inhumane to hunt doves just to cut their tail off and throw them back in.

[–] fujiwood@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

Thanks! If it makes you feel better, these were farm raised Doves that passed away from old age.

[–] markz@suppo.fi 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Actually they're just made of wood.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Good! So, how do we tell whether they are made of wood?

[–] j4k3@piefed.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 3 points 1 week ago

Build a bridge out've 'em!

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 5 points 1 week ago

But it's superhuman that they can cut them off with their hand.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It’s one thing to watch people on the internet make beautiful joinery (Mr chickadee) and another thing to do it.

That’s amazing work; my perfectionist ADHD combined with terrible spatial reasoning skills conspire to ensure it’s a hobby I’ll avoid.

[–] fujiwood@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Thank you very much :)

If you don't mind jigs and power tools it's still possible to do woodworking.

A little bit rustic but they seem to mate just fine.