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   user-117127 | Feb 07, 2017 11:52am | #1

   Outstanding! Almost as good as being a student at NBSS. Dialog crisp and camera work very very fine, particularly the closeups. Thank you.

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   Briyon | Feb 07, 2017 02:43pm | #2

   Matt is an excellent instructor. Very good explaining all of the details of a process. Although I gut tails first I really like seeing this detailed presentation on pins first.

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   fpratt | Feb 07, 2017 05:43pm | #3

   Please feel free to provide more of this type of content. Excellent presentation.

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   jareed | Feb 07, 2017 07:19pm | #4

   Perfect timing, I'm beginning a similar project, it's a great refresher course for a task I don't do often enough. I really enjoy Matt demeanor and presentation.

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   Rcaneday | Feb 07, 2017 09:42pm | #5

   This is why I subscribe!! Great stuff!! Thanks for the excellent content.

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   Jca2000 | Feb 08, 2017 05:50am | #6

   Great content! For the longest time i found dovetailing really daunting but now I think I'lI actually dare try them on my next project. I recently became a member and between listening to you guys on shoptalk live and binge-watching all the great video content I'm beginning to wonder when I'll ever have time for actual woodworking of my own though...

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   Periodcraftsmen | Feb 08, 2017 10:41am | #7

   Great information and length of video. The length of video is what many of the past videos have been missing. Dovetails are just a jig saw puzzle and its amazing how easy they are to cut. Its a matter of getting away from the fear of screwing up.

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   CHARTER | Feb 08, 2017 12:42pm | #8

   Is this when we start the debate about which to cut first - pins or tails? (answer - tails, of course!)

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   WoodGuyMatt | Feb 08, 2017 07:16pm | #9

   Fantastic content! This is what makes me happy to be a FWW Member. Thank you gentlemen.

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    byoregon | Feb 08, 2017 10:35pm | #10

    Great video - content, production, length, the whole thing. I'd love to take an in-person class from Matt, but this felt pretty close. Maybe it's coming, but I wouldn't have minded hearing his reasoning for pins-first and why he chops out the waste entirely with a chisel rather than the coping saw method.

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    ctsailor | Feb 08, 2017 11:11pm | #11

    Great video work. Amazing work by Matt Wajda. As for tails or pins first? Any way you want. As long as it is pins first. Pins first covers ALL bases.

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    Otto88 | Feb 08, 2017 11:19pm | #12

    Great content, and wonderful instructor!

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    user-2418112 | Feb 09, 2017 11:36pm | #13

    I know it's already been said, but great instruction. Well articulated, Matt does a great job of evenly revealing the hows and whys. Great teaching.

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    Sharper802 | Feb 09, 2017 11:51pm | #14

    I don't understand why you wouldn't cut the waste away with a coping saw and then chop to the scribe line? Seem like an awful lot of unnecessary chopping and wear and tear on the chisel edge.

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    lkrenkel | Feb 10, 2017 07:43pm | #15

    I've been a subscriber/member for a very long time. This type of clear and informative content is why. Excellent series! Keep up the good work, and thank you.

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    rwebb38 | Feb 11, 2017 02:05am | #16

    Great content and I'd add that I also like the length of video as well. It would be nice to see Matt do a final summary episode addressing some of the questions posed to bring a good educational and informed finish to a great session. Realizing much of it is just preference, but I learn from knowing where those preferences originated. Great job.

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    sawinglogs | Feb 11, 2017 10:22am | #17

    Excellent content! This type of instruction is why subscribe here. Nice production of video. Looking forward to the rest of the series.

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    WoodIsTheNewBlack | Feb 11, 2017 12:25pm | #18

    I just have to echo the other comments: amazing video series! Like others, I am currently also in the middle of doing the dovetail corners of a cabinet. Some of the lessons from the third video (e.g., don't pair tails with the grain) I just learned the hard way! :-)

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    Tim_Roman | Feb 11, 2017 08:18pm | #19

    Great video! I think those watching need to understand that there are many techniques for cutting dovetails by hand. What Matt is showing us is the way HE does it. That doesn't mean another way is wrong and it's always good to look at different alternatives. Even if you don't do it exactly as he did, there are great tips and techniques for handling a chisel that you can use in other situations.

    I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of the series and then starting to plan my own version of the toolbox.

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    RPDREE | Feb 12, 2017 08:47am | #20

    Probably the best instruction on cutting dovetails that I have seen so far.

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    rwyoung | Feb 21, 2017 12:55pm | #21

    @BY_Corvallis and all who ask why this method of work-- Just a guess but he probably cuts pins first and chops waste because that's how he learned to do it from his teachers. One cat, many deaths.

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    jlcguitar | Feb 21, 2017 03:44pm | #22

    Matt placed the Tails on the top and bottom sections of the case, therefore imparting the dovetail strength and integrity within the sides so as to prevent the sides from splaying away from the top and bottom. On casework like this project, is there any preference to where the Tails should reside or is it purely aesthetics? Since it seems the toolbox will be supported by a solid surface like a workbench and the toolbox case will not be put in motion like a drawer maybe the Tails could be on the sides or top/bottom.

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   BenStrano | Feb 21, 2017 03:51pm | #23

   In a case piece like this the decision is purely aesthetic.

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    FernandoCela | Mar 16, 2017 07:40pm | #24

    Excellent video and instructor.
    Where could I find the complete project?

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    user-397214 | Jul 29, 2017 04:25am | #25

    What a natural, gifted, wise and relaxing teacher. How rare! Plus, no music which means one can concentrate. Excellent .. .thank you

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    BReeves | Dec 13, 2019 05:47pm | #26

    Nicely done!