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Hand Tool School #36: How to Fix Gaps in Your Dovetails

Don't fret, patching them is simple and invisible

By Shannon Rogers - June 29, 2017

in Hand Tool School | Hand Tools

From time to time, it happens: You're cutting dovetail joints you either mis-measure or chop to the wrong line, and they come out looking like Swiss cheese.

Well, don't sweat it, because as I'm about to show you, patching them is easy and invisible. In this video I'll show you how to get perfect fitting dovetails even if you can't saw and wound up with gaps you can drive a truck through.

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This "Hand Tool School" series is provided courtesy of Shannon Rogers, a/k/a The Renaissance Woodworker. Rogers is founder of The Hand Tool School, which provides members with an online apprenticeship that teaches them how to use hand tools and to build furniture with traditional methods.

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